Starting a business: Time - Women in China (People’s Republic of)
China (People’s Republic of): Starting a business: Time - Women was 8.55 days in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Time - Women in China (People’s Republic of), 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: time - women in China (People’s Republic of) stood at 8.55 days. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of down 77.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in China (People’s Republic of) peaked at 48 days in 2003 and was at its lowest, 8.55 days, in 2018.
That places China (People’s Republic of) 128th out of 190 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 41.86 days | 35 days | 48 days | 7 |
| 2010s | 27.7 days | 8.55 days | 38 days | 10 |
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More private sector data for China (People’s Republic of)
- Merchandise trade 32.6% (2025)
- Food imports 8.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 49.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 2.58 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 2.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 91.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 3.77 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,682 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1934 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 5.48 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in China (People’s Republic of)?
- Starting a business: time - women in China (People’s Republic of) was 8.55 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in China (People’s Republic of)?
- The highest recorded value was 48 days in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in China (People’s Republic of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.55 days in 2018.
- How does China (People’s Republic of) rank for starting a business: time - women?
- China (People’s Republic of) ranks 128th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in China (People’s Republic of)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 77.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China (People’s Republic of) 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.