Starting a business: Time - Women (days) in Cyprus
Cyprus: Starting a business: Time - Women was 6 days in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Time - Women in Cyprus, 2008–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
Cyprus recorded 6 days for starting a business: time - women in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in Cyprus peaked at 8 days in 2008 and was at its lowest, 6 days, in 2016.
Cyprus ranks 151st of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Starting a business: Time - Women in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 8 days | — |
| 2009 | 8 days | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 8 days | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 8 days | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 8 days | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 8 days | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 8 days | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 8 days | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 6 days | -25.0% |
| 2017 | 6 days | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 6 days | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 6 days | +0.0% |
Cyprus compared with similar countries
- Cyprus's 6 days is below the median for high income countries, which is 9.25 days, 65% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Cyprus's 6 days is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 7 days, 86% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8 days | 8 days | 8 days | 2 |
| 2010s | 7.2 days | 6 days | 8 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
More private sector data for Cyprus
- Merchandise trade 52.1% (2025)
- Food imports 15.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 59.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 15.29 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 22.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 22.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 6.19 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,513 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1501 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 11.94 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in Cyprus?
- Starting a business: time - women in Cyprus was 6 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 8 days in 2008.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 days in 2016.
- How does Cyprus rank for starting a business: time - women?
- Cyprus ranks 151st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cyprus 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.