Starting a business: Time - Men (days) in Maldives
Maldives: Starting a business: Time - Men was 12 days in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Time - Men in Maldives, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 12 days for starting a business: time - men in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - men in Maldives peaked at 12 days in 2009 and was at its lowest, 9 days, in 2003.
Maldives ranks 90th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Time - Men in Maldives, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 9 days | — |
| 2004 | 9 days | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 9 days | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 9 days | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 9 days | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 9 days | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 12 days | +33.3% |
| 2010 | 12 days | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 12 days | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 12 days | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 12 days | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 12 days | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 12 days | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 12 days | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 12 days | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 12 days | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 12 days | +0.0% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 12 days is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12 days, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 12 days is below the median for South Asia, which is 14.73 days, 81% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.43 days | 9 days | 12 days | 7 |
| 2010s | 12 days | 12 days | 12 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More private sector data for Maldives
- Merchandise trade 52.5% (2025)
- Food imports 21.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 53.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 3.62 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 94.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 1.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 444.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 838.25 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0574 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 15.93 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - men in Maldives?
- Starting a business: time - men in Maldives was 12 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - men recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 12 days in 2009.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - men recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 days in 2003.
- How does Maldives rank for starting a business: time - men?
- Maldives ranks 90th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - men rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives 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.