Starting a business: Time - Women (days) in Botswana
Botswana: Starting a business: Time - Women was 48 days in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Time - Women in Botswana, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: time - women in Botswana stood at 48 days.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in Botswana peaked at 125 days in 2003 and was at its lowest, 40 days, in 2011.
That places Botswana 14th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Time - Women in Botswana, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 125 days | — |
| 2004 | 125 days | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 125 days | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 105 days | -16.0% |
| 2007 | 105 days | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 74 days | -29.5% |
| 2009 | 59 days | -20.3% |
| 2010 | 59 days | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 40 days | -32.2% |
| 2012 | 40 days | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 41 days | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 48 days | +17.1% |
| 2015 | 48 days | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 48 days | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 48 days | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 48 days | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 48 days | +0.0% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 48 days is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12 days, 4.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 48 days is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14.5 days, 3.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 102.57 days | 59 days | 125 days | 7 |
| 2010s | 46.8 days | 40 days | 59 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
More private sector data for Botswana
- Merchandise trade 57.8% (2025)
- Food imports 16.2% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 61.8% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 6.39 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 1.9% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 86.3% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 5.12 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,998 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2569 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 9.73 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in Botswana?
- Starting a business: time - women in Botswana was 48 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 125 days in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 40 days in 2011.
- How does Botswana rank for starting a business: time - women?
- Botswana ranks 14th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Botswana 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.