Starting a business: Time - Women in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Starting a business: Time - Women was 9 days in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Time - Women in Afghanistan, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: time - women in Afghanistan stood at 9 days.
That represents a change of down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in Afghanistan peaked at 11 days in 2007 and was at its lowest, 7 days, in 2013.
Afghanistan ranks 119th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Starting a business: Time - Women in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 10 days | — |
| 2005 | 10 days | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 10 days | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 11 days | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 11 days | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 10 days | -9.1% |
| 2010 | 10 days | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 10 days | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 10 days | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 7 days | -30.0% |
| 2014 | 9 days | +28.6% |
| 2015 | 9 days | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 9 days | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 9 days | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 9 days | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 9 days | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.33 days | 10 days | 11 days | 6 |
| 2010s | 9.1 days | 7 days | 10 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More private sector data for Afghanistan
- Merchandise trade 22.2% (2025)
- Food imports 26.9% (2019)
- Manufactures imports 41.1% (2019)
- Merchandise imports 3.61 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 63.9% (2019)
- Manufactures exports 4.8% (2019)
- Merchandise exports 926.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 21.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0517 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 0.7617 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in Afghanistan?
- Starting a business: time - women in Afghanistan was 9 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 11 days in 2007.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 days in 2013.
- How does Afghanistan rank for starting a business: time - women?
- Afghanistan ranks 119th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Time - Women (days). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The time for women captures the median duration that business incorporation experts indicate is necessary for five female 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.