Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Starting a business: Procedures required - Women was 9 number in 2019. βΌ Falling
Starting a business: Procedures required - Women in Zimbabwe, 2003β2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: procedures required - women in Zimbabwe stood at 9 number. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: procedures required - women in Zimbabwe peaked at 10 number in 2003 and was at its lowest, 9 number, in 2017.
That places Zimbabwe 30th out of 190 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10 number | 10 number | 10 number | 7 |
| 2010s | 9.7 number | 9 number | 10 number | 10 |
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More private sector data for Zimbabwe
- Merchandise trade 38.7% (2025)
- Food imports 19.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 58.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 10.11 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 21.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 6.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 9.71 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 572.66 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1895 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 30.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: procedures required - women in Zimbabwe?
- Starting a business: procedures required - women in Zimbabwe was 9 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 10 number in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: procedures required - women recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 number in 2017.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for starting a business: procedures required - women?
- Zimbabwe ranks 30th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: procedures required - women rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The number of procedures for women records all the procedures required in practice for five female married entrepreneurs to start and operate a local limited liability company. A procedure is de?ned as any interaction of the company founders with external parties or spouses (if legally required). Both pre- and post-incorporation procedures that are officially required or commonly done in practice are recorded.