Starting a business: Time - Women in Eswatini
Eswatini: Starting a business: Time - Women was 21.5 days in 2019. βΌ Falling
Starting a business: Time - Women in Eswatini, 2005β2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: time - women in Eswatini is 21.5 days, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 28.3% on the previous year and down 64.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in Eswatini peaked at 60 days in 2005 and was at its lowest, 21.5 days, in 2019.
Eswatini ranks 46th of 190 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 60 days | 60 days | 60 days | 5 |
| 2010s | 37.75 days | 21.5 days | 56 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
- 44 Nepal 22.5 days compare
- 45 Central African Republic 22 days compare
- 46 Slovak Republic 21.5 days compare
- 48 Austria 21 days compare
- 49 Malta 20.5 days compare
More private sector data for Eswatini
- Merchandise trade 86.4% (2025)
- Food imports 19.6% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 58.1% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 2.09 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 29.7% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 59.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 2.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,887 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4592 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.85 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in Eswatini?
- Starting a business: time - women in Eswatini was 21.5 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 60 days in 2005.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.5 days in 2019.
- How does Eswatini rank for starting a business: time - women?
- Eswatini ranks 46th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 64.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.