Starting a business: Time - Men in Somalia
Somalia: Starting a business: Time - Men was 70 days in 2019. ▬ Flat
Starting a business: Time - Men in Somalia, 2015–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 70 days for starting a business: time - men in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over five years.
That places Somalia 8th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
Countries ranked near Somalia
More private sector data for Somalia
- Merchandise trade 40.2% (2025)
- Food imports 22.4% (1982)
- Manufactures imports 54.7% (1982)
- Merchandise imports 3.93 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 93.7% (1982)
- Manufactures exports 1.3% (1982)
- Merchandise exports 1.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World 10.9% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies 15.8% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside regi 75.3% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - men in Somalia?
- Starting a business: time - men in Somalia was 70 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - men recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 70 days in 2015.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - men recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 70 days in 2015.
- How does Somalia rank for starting a business: time - men?
- Somalia ranks 8th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Somalia 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.