Starting a business: Time - Men (days) in Samoa
Samoa: Starting a business: Time - Men was 9 days in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Starting a business: Time - Men in Samoa, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 9 days for starting a business: time - men in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - men in Samoa peaked at 42 days in 2003 and was at its lowest, 9 days, in 2009.
Samoa ranks 118th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Starting a business: Time - Men in Samoa, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 42 days | — |
| 2004 | 42 days | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 35 days | -16.7% |
| 2006 | 35 days | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 35 days | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 35 days | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 9 days | -74.3% |
| 2010 | 9 days | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 9 days | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 9 days | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 9 days | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 9 days | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 9 days | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 9 days | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 9 days | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 9 days | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 9 days | +0.0% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 9 days is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12 days, 75% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 9 days is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 12.82 days, 70% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 33.29 days | 9 days | 42 days | 7 |
| 2010s | 9 days | 9 days | 9 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 118 Cape Verde 9 days compare
- 118 Morocco 9 days compare
- 118 Solomon Islands 9 days compare
- 118 Tunisia 9 days compare
More private sector data for Samoa
- Merchandise trade 38.1% (2025)
- Food imports 29.6% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 48.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 467.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 24.8% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 39.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 24.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 109.44 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0186 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -42.86 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - men in Samoa?
- Starting a business: time - men in Samoa was 9 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - men recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 42 days in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - men recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 days in 2009.
- How does Samoa rank for starting a business: time - men?
- Samoa ranks 118th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - men rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Samoa 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.