Starting a business: Time - Women in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Starting a business: Time - Women was 19.5 days in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Starting a business: Time - Women in Bangladesh, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 19.5 days for starting a business: time - women in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 61.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in Bangladesh peaked at 74.5 days in 2007 and was at its lowest, 19.5 days, in 2014.
Bangladesh ranks 52nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Starting a business: Time - Women in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 58 days | — |
| 2004 | 51.5 days | -11.2% |
| 2005 | 51.5 days | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 50.5 days | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 74.5 days | +47.5% |
| 2008 | 73.5 days | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 50.5 days | -31.3% |
| 2010 | 27.5 days | -45.5% |
| 2011 | 27.5 days | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 27.5 days | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 21.84 days | -20.6% |
| 2014 | 19.5 days | -10.7% |
| 2015 | 19.5 days | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 19.5 days | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 19.5 days | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 19.5 days | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 19.5 days | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 58.57 days | 50.5 days | 74.5 days | 7 |
| 2010s | 22.13 days | 19.5 days | 27.5 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More private sector data for Bangladesh
- Merchandise trade 25.8% (2025)
- Food imports 13.0% (2018)
- Manufactures imports 67.0% (2018)
- Merchandise imports 69.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 3.4% (2018)
- Manufactures exports 94.5% (2018)
- Merchandise exports 48.17 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 274.16 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1056 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in Bangladesh?
- Starting a business: time - women in Bangladesh was 19.5 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 74.5 days in 2007.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.5 days in 2014.
- How does Bangladesh rank for starting a business: time - women?
- Bangladesh ranks 52nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bangladesh 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.