Starting a business: Time - Women (days) in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Starting a business: Time - Women was 33 days in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Time - Women in Equatorial Guinea, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
Equatorial Guinea recorded 33 days for starting a business: time - women in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is down 78.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 155 days in 2005 and was at its lowest, 33 days, in 2017.
That places Equatorial Guinea 29th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Starting a business: Time - Women in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 155 days | — |
| 2006 | 155 days | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 155 days | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 155 days | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 155 days | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 155 days | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 150 days | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 150 days | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 150 days | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 150 days | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 150 days | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 149 days | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 33 days | -77.9% |
| 2018 | 33 days | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 33 days | +0.0% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 33 days is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12 days, 2.8× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 33 days is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14.5 days, 2.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 155 days | 155 days | 155 days | 5 |
| 2010s | 115.3 days | 33 days | 155 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More private sector data for Equatorial Guinea
- Merchandise trade 33.5% (2025)
- Food imports 31.8% (1983)
- Manufactures imports 64.2% (1983)
- Merchandise imports 1.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 57.9% (1983)
- Manufactures exports 4.0% (1983)
- Merchandise exports 2.60 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,341 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2028 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -12.72 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in Equatorial Guinea?
- Starting a business: time - women in Equatorial Guinea was 33 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 155 days in 2005.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 33 days in 2017.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for starting a business: time - women?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 29th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 78.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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.