Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score by country

The score for the time for women benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.

Countries reporting
187
Highest
100
New Zealand
Lowest
0
Venezuela
Median
88.44
Years covered
17
2003–2019
Data points
3,083

What the numbers show

Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 100 in New Zealand; the lowest is 0 in Venezuela.

The median across all reporting countries is 88.44, and the mean is 82.02.

Over the past decade 143 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Bosnia and Herzegovina (up 1,900.0%), and the largest decrease in Laos (down 100.0%).

Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 New Zealand 100 2019 unchanged rising
1 Djibouti 86.43 2019 up 36.5% rising
2 Georgia 99.5 2019 up 2.1% rising
3 Canada 99 2019 up 4.2% flat
3 Hong Kong 99 2019 up 4.8% rising
3 Singapore 99 2019 up 1.0% rising
6 Australia 98.49 2019 up 0.5% flat
7 Togo 97.99 2019 up 509.4% volatile
8 Jamaica 97.49 2019 up 5.4% rising
8 Uzbekistan 97.49 2019 up 12.8% rising
10 Azerbaijan 96.98 2019 up 7.2% rising
10 Denmark 96.98 2019 up 3.2% flat
10 Estonia 96.98 2019 up 3.2% rising
10 Netherlands 96.98 2019 up 4.9% rising
14 Armenia 96.48 2019 up 11.6% rising
14 Chile 96.48 2019 up 60.0% rising
14 France 96.48 2019 up 2.7% rising
14 Greece 96.48 2019 up 18.5% rising
14 Moldova 96.48 2019 up 6.7% rising
14 Norway 96.48 2019 up 2.1% rising
14 Rwanda 96.48 2019 up 3.2% rising
21 United States 96.28 2019 up 0.8% flat
22 Albania 95.98 2019 up 1.6% rising
22 United Arab Emirates 95.98 2019 up 13.7% rising
22 United Kingdom 95.98 2019 up 7.9% rising
22 Mauritius 95.98 2019 up 2.7% rising
26 Burundi 95.48 2019 up 9.2% rising
26 Belgium 95.48 2019 down 0.5% rising
26 Kazakhstan 95.48 2019 up 28.4% rising
26 Oman 95.48 2019 up 10.5% rising
30 Lithuania 94.97 2019 up 27.7% rising
30 Latvia 94.97 2019 up 11.8% rising
30 Puerto Rico 94.97 2019 up 1.6% flat
33 Brunei 94.47 2019 β€” volatile
33 Cote d'Ivoire 94.47 2019 up 56.7% rising
33 Cyprus 94.47 2019 up 2.2% flat
33 Mauritania 94.47 2019 up 16.0% rising
33 Panama 94.47 2019 up 6.8% rising
33 Senegal 94.47 2019 up 3.3% rising
33 Thailand 94.47 2019 up 42.4% rising
40 Portugal 93.97 2019 up 0.5% rising
40 Ukraine 93.97 2019 up 29.9% rising
40 Uruguay 93.97 2019 up 159.7% rising
43 Democratic Republic of Congo 93.47 2019 β€” volatile
43 Hungary 93.47 2019 down 2.1% rising
43 Myanmar 93.47 2019 up 304.3% rising
43 Serbia 93.47 2019 up 6.9% rising
43 Sao Tome and Principe 93.47 2019 β€” volatile
43 Tajikistan 93.47 2019 up 60.3% rising
43 Turkey 93.47 2019 up 3.9% rising
50 Nigeria 93.24 2019 up 23.7% rising
51 Sweden 92.96 2019 up 10.1% rising
52 Germany 92.46 2019 up 11.5% rising
52 Gambia 92.46 2019 up 26.0% rising
52 South Korea 92.46 2019 up 7.0% rising
52 Sri Lanka 92.46 2019 up 64.3% rising
52 Madagascar 92.46 2019 up 4.5% rising
52 Sierra Leone 92.46 2019 up 4.5% rising
52 Slovenia 92.46 2019 down 2.1% rising
59 Mexico 92.05 2019 up 1.2% rising
60 Belarus 91.96 2019 up 5.2% rising
60 Zambia 91.96 2019 up 13.0% rising
62 China 91.91 2019 up 47.5% rising
63 Afghanistan 91.46 2019 up 1.1% flat
63 Benin 91.46 2019 up 40.0% rising
63 Bahrain 91.46 2019 up 1.1% flat
63 Cape Verde 91.46 2019 up 19.7% rising
63 Guinea-Bissau 91.46 2019 β€” volatile
63 Morocco 91.46 2019 up 3.4% rising
63 Solomon Islands 91.46 2019 up 102.2% rising
63 Tunisia 91.46 2019 up 4.6% flat
63 Samoa 91.46 2019 unchanged rising
72 Qatar 90.95 2019 down 0.5% flat
73 Switzerland 90.45 2019 up 9.8% rising
73 Colombia 90.45 2019 up 11.1% rising
73 Gabon 90.45 2019 up 95.7% rising
73 Kyrgyzstan 90.45 2019 up 5.9% rising
73 Niger 90.45 2019 up 9.8% rising
73 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 90.45 2019 up 1.1% flat
73 Taiwan 90.45 2019 up 15.4% rising
80 Russia 90.35 2019 up 26.6% rising
81 Trinidad and Tobago 89.95 2019 up 51.7% rising
82 Ireland 89.45 2019 up 9.9% rising
82 Israel 89.45 2019 up 8.5% rising
82 Italy 89.45 2019 up 1.7% rising
82 Saint Lucia 89.45 2019 up 3.5% rising
82 Mali 89.45 2019 down 3.3% rising
82 Saudi Arabia 89.45 2019 up 24.5% rising
88 Japan 89.3 2019 up 15.4% rising
89 Argentina 88.94 2019 up 18.0% rising
89 Bahamas 88.94 2019 up 27.3% rising
89 Iceland 88.94 2019 down 6.8% falling
89 San Marino 88.94 2019 up 50.0% rising
93 Bhutan 88.44 2019 up 63.0% rising
93 Dominica 88.44 2019 up 1.1% flat
93 Grenada 88.44 2019 up 8.6% rising
93 Maldives 88.44 2019 unchanged flat
93 Montenegro 88.44 2019 up 2.3% rising
93 Mongolia 88.44 2019 up 6.0% rising
99 Spain 87.94 2019 up 124.4% volatile
100 Indonesia 87.8 2019 up 136.1% volatile
101 Burkina Faso 87.44 2019 up 1.2% rising
101 Egypt 87.44 2019 unchanged rising
101 Finland 87.44 2019 up 4.8% rising
101 Ghana 87.44 2019 down 2.2% rising
101 Jordan 87.44 2019 unchanged rising
101 South Sudan 87.44 2019 up 1.2% flat
101 East Timor 87.44 2019 β€” volatile
108 Cameroon 86.43 2019 up 34.4% rising
108 Nicaragua 86.43 2019 up 41.0% rising
110 Guinea 85.43 2019 up 41.7% rising
110 Guatemala 85.43 2019 up 32.8% rising
110 Lebanon 85.43 2019 unchanged rising
110 Lesotho 85.43 2019 up 39.3% volatile
110 North Macedonia 85.43 2019 up 2.4% rising
115 Barbados 84.42 2019 up 2.4% flat
115 Comoros 84.42 2019 up 7.7% rising
115 Micronesia (country) 84.42 2019 unchanged rising
115 Syria 84.42 2019 unchanged rising
115 Tonga 84.42 2019 up 12.0% rising
115 Vietnam 84.42 2019 up 33.3% rising
121 Dominican Republic 83.92 2019 down 0.6% rising
121 Luxembourg 83.92 2019 up 7.1% rising
121 Pakistan 83.92 2019 up 5.7% rising
121 El Salvador 83.92 2019 unchanged rising
125 Brazil 83.8 2019 β€” volatile
126 Marshall Islands 83.42 2019 unchanged flat
126 Mozambique 83.42 2019 up 25.8% volatile
128 India 82.94 2019 up 25.0% rising
129 Algeria 82.41 2019 up 5.1% rising
129 Guyana 82.41 2019 up 12.3% rising
129 Liberia 82.41 2019 up 3.8% rising
129 Malaysia 82.41 2019 up 1.2% rising
129 Vanuatu 82.41 2019 up 54.7% rising
134 Saint Kitts and Nevis 81.91 2019 up 0.6% flat
135 Antigua and Barbuda 81.41 2019 up 3.8% flat
136 Bangladesh 80.9 2019 up 62.6% rising
136 Croatia 80.9 2019 up 3.9% rising
138 Kuwait 80.4 2019 up 25.0% flat
138 Romania 80.4 2019 down 13.0% flat
140 Malta 79.9 2019 up 29.3% rising
141 Austria 79.4 2019 up 5.3% rising
142 Slovakia 78.89 2019 up 9.8% rising
142 Eswatini 78.89 2019 up 96.2% rising
145 Nepal 77.89 2019 up 12.3% rising
146 Bulgaria 77.39 2019 up 2.7% rising
146 Costa Rica 77.39 2019 up 190.6% volatile
146 Kenya 77.39 2019 up 14.9% rising
149 Uganda 76.38 2019 up 4.1% rising
150 Czechia 75.88 2019 up 11.0% rising
151 Peru 74.37 2019 up 25.4% volatile
152 Iraq 73.37 2019 up 5.8% flat
152 Zimbabwe 73.37 2019 up 1,116.7% volatile
154 Palau 72.36 2019 unchanged flat
155 Tanzania 70.85 2019 up 2.2% rising
156 Kiribati 69.35 2019 unchanged flat
157 Ethiopia 68.34 2019 down 15.0% falling
157 Seychelles 68.34 2019 up 1.5% flat
159 Equatorial Guinea 67.34 2019 β€” volatile
159 Philippines 67.34 2019 up 1.5% rising
161 Libya 65.33 2019 unchanged flat
161 Paraguay 65.33 2019 unchanged rising
161 Sudan 65.33 2019 up 3.2% rising
164 Angola 64.32 2019 up 100.0% rising
165 Malawi 63.32 2019 down 1.6% flat
165 Poland 63.32 2019 up 3.3% rising
167 Bolivia 60.8 2019 up 18.6% rising
168 Fiji 60.3 2019 up 7.1% falling
170 Papua New Guinea 59.3 2019 up 22.9% rising
170 Yemen 59.3 2019 down 32.2% rising
172 Honduras 58.29 2019 down 32.6% rising
173 Palestine 56.28 2019 up 55.6% rising
174 Belize 52.26 2019 down 8.8% flat
174 Botswana 52.26 2019 up 26.8% volatile
176 Ecuador 51.76 2019 up 43.1% rising
177 Congo 50.25 2019 β€” volatile
178 Namibia 46.23 2019 up 35.3% rising
179 Chad 42.21 2019 up 10.5% rising
180 Suriname 34.17 2019 β€” volatile
181 Somalia 30.15 2019 β€” flat
182 Iran 27.14 2019 down 27.0% rising
183 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20.1 2019 up 1,900.0% volatile
184 Eritrea 16.08 2019 unchanged falling
185 Haiti 3.02 2019 β€” volatile
186 Cambodia 1.01 2019 β€” volatile
187 Laos 0 2019 down 100.0% volatile
187 Venezuela 0 2019 β€” flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 3,083 data points, 2003–2019
Last refreshed

The score for the time for women benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.