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.
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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- Kosovo 95.98
- Central African Republic 78.39
- South Africa 60.3
About this data
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.