Starting a business: Time - Women in Gabon
Gabon: Starting a business: Time - Women was 10 days in 2019. βΌ Falling
Starting a business: Time - Women in Gabon, 2005β2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: time - women in Gabon stood at 10 days. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is down 67.7% on the previous year and down 81.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in Gabon peaked at 54 days in 2005 and was at its lowest, 10 days, in 2019.
Gabon ranks 111th of 190 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 54 days | 54 days | 54 days | 5 |
| 2010s | 42.4 days | 10 days | 54 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
- 109 Trinidad and Tobago 10.5 days compare
- 110 Russian Federation 10.1 days compare
- 111 Colombia 10 days compare
- 111 Kyrgyz Republic 10 days compare
- 111 Niger 10 days compare
- 111 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 10 days compare
- 111 Switzerland 10 days compare
- 111 Chinese Taipei 10 days compare
More private sector data for Gabon
- Merchandise trade 72.8% (2025)
- Food imports 15.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 76.4% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 4.00 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.9% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 17.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 11.60 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,473 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5414 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -10.77 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in Gabon?
- Starting a business: time - women in Gabon was 10 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 54 days in 2005.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 days in 2019.
- How does Gabon rank for starting a business: time - women?
- Gabon ranks 111th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 81.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Gabon 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.