Starting a business: Time - Men (days) in Philippines
Philippines: Starting a business: Time - Men was 33 days in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Time - Men in Philippines, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: time - men in Philippines is 33 days, measured in 2019.
The figure is down 2.9% on the previous year and down 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - men in Philippines peaked at 39 days in 2017 and was at its lowest, 25 days, in 2015.
Philippines ranks 29th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Time - Men in Philippines, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 37 days | — |
| 2004 | 37 days | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 35 days | -5.4% |
| 2006 | 35 days | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 35 days | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 34 days | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 34 days | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 29 days | -14.7% |
| 2011 | 28 days | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 28 days | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 28 days | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 26 days | -7.1% |
| 2015 | 25 days | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 25 days | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 39 days | +56.0% |
| 2018 | 34 days | -12.8% |
| 2019 | 33 days | -2.9% |
Philippines compared with similar countries
- Philippines's 33 days is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12 days, 2.8× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Philippines's 33 days is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 12.82 days, 2.6× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business: Time - Men in Philippines changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +56.0% | 25 days | 39 days |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 35.29 days | 34 days | 37 days | 7 |
| 2010s | 29.5 days | 25 days | 39 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Philippines
More private sector data for Philippines
- Merchandise trade 46.2% (2025)
- Food imports 15.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 65.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 141.20 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 77.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 83.72 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 716.89 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1719 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 14.71 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - men in Philippines?
- Starting a business: time - men in Philippines was 33 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - men recorded in Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 39 days in 2017.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - men recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 25 days in 2015.
- How does Philippines rank for starting a business: time - men?
- Philippines ranks 29th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - men rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Philippines 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.