Starting a business: Time - Women in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Starting a business: Time - Women was 32 days in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Time - Women in Ethiopia, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: time - women in Ethiopia is 32 days, measured in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 60.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in Ethiopia peaked at 47 days in 2003 and was at its lowest, 19 days, in 2006.
Ethiopia ranks 31st of 190 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 27.71 days | 19 days | 47 days | 7 |
| 2010s | 34.5 days | 20 days | 40 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 29 Equatorial Guinea 33 days compare
- 29 Philippines 33 days compare
- 31 Seychelles 32 days compare
- 33 Kiribati 31 days compare
- 34 Tanzania, United Republic of 29.5 days compare
More private sector data for Ethiopia
- Merchandise trade 24.2% (2025)
- Food imports 13.8% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 69.2% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 23.01 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 80.4% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 9.2% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 7.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 55.99 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.06 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 38.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in Ethiopia?
- Starting a business: time - women in Ethiopia was 32 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 47 days in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 19 days in 2006.
- How does Ethiopia rank for starting a business: time - women?
- Ethiopia ranks 31st out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.