Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score in Malaysia
Malaysia: Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score was 82.41 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score in Malaysia, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: time - women (days)- score in Malaysia is 82.41, measured in 2019.
That represents a change of down 4.7% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women (days)- score in Malaysia peaked at 92.46 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 62.31, in 2003.
Malaysia ranks 132nd 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 Malaysia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 62.31 | — |
| 2004 | 62.31 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 62.31 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 62.31 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 68.34 | +9.7% |
| 2008 | 79.4 | +16.2% |
| 2009 | 81.41 | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 82.41 | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 91.46 | +11.0% |
| 2012 | 90.45 | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 90.45 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 92.46 | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 92.46 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 76.38 | -17.4% |
| 2017 | 76.38 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 86.43 | +13.2% |
| 2019 | 82.41 | -4.7% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 82.41 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 88.44, 93% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 82.41 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 87.62, 94% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 68.34 | 62.31 | 81.41 | 7 |
| 2010s | 86.13 | 76.38 | 92.46 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More private sector data for Malaysia
- Merchandise trade 151.7% (2025)
- Food imports 8.3% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 72.0% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 340.44 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.4% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 72.7% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 376.04 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 10,452 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.7964 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 13.69 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women (days)- score in Malaysia?
- Starting a business: time - women (days)- score in Malaysia was 82.41 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women (days)- score recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 92.46 in 2014.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women (days)- score recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.31 in 2003.
- How does Malaysia rank for starting a business: time - women (days)- score?
- Malaysia ranks 132nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women (days)- score rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malaysia 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.