Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score in Benin
Benin: Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score was 91.46 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score in Benin, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Benin recorded 91.46 for starting a business: time - women (days)- score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 40.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women (days)- score in Benin peaked at 91.46 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 64.32, in 2003.
Benin ranks 65th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score in Benin, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 64.32 | — |
| 2004 | 65.33 | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 65.33 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 65.33 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 65.33 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 65.33 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 65.33 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 65.33 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 67.34 | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 70.35 | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 81.41 | +15.7% |
| 2014 | 87.44 | +7.4% |
| 2015 | 87.44 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 91.46 | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 91.46 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 91.46 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 91.46 | +0.0% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 91.46 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 85.43, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Benin's 91.46 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 85.93, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 65.18 | 64.32 | 65.33 | 7 |
| 2010s | 82.51 | 65.33 | 91.46 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Benin
More private sector data for Benin
- Merchandise trade 36.4% (2025)
- Food imports 33.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 50.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 4.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 39.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 7.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 3.99 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 269.2 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -0.8946 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women (days)- score in Benin?
- Starting a business: time - women (days)- score in Benin was 91.46 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women (days)- score recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 91.46 in 2016.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women (days)- score recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 64.32 in 2003.
- How does Benin rank for starting a business: time - women (days)- score?
- Benin ranks 65th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women (days)- score rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.