Starting a business: Time - Men (days) in Barbados
Barbados: Starting a business: Time - Men was 16 days in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Time - Men in Barbados, 2011–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: time - men in Barbados stood at 16 days. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of down 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - men in Barbados peaked at 19 days in 2014 and was at its lowest, 16 days, in 2016.
Barbados ranks 69th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Starting a business: Time - Men in Barbados, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 days | — |
| 2012 | 18 days | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 18 days | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 19 days | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 19 days | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 16 days | -15.8% |
| 2017 | 16 days | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 16 days | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 16 days | +0.0% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 16 days is above the median for high income countries, which is 8.25 days, 1.9× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 16 days is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 16 days, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Barbados
More private sector data for Barbados
- Merchandise trade 33.1% (2025)
- Food imports 22.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 52.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 2.23 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 43.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 39.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 428.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,514 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0534 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -7.16 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - men in Barbados?
- Starting a business: time - men in Barbados was 16 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - men recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 19 days in 2014.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - men recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 16 days in 2016.
- How does Barbados rank for starting a business: time - men?
- Barbados ranks 69th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - men rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Time - Men (days). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The time for men captures the median duration that business incorporation experts indicate is necessary for five male married entrepreneurs to complete all procedures required to start and operate a business with minimum follow-up and no extra payments. It is calulared in calendar days. The time estimates of all procedures are added to calculate the total time required to start and operate a business, taking into account simultaneity of processes. It is assumed that the minimum time required for each procedure is one day, except for procedures that can be fully completed online, for which the time required is recorded as half a day.