Starting a business: Time - Women in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Starting a business: Time - Women was 9 days in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Starting a business: Time - Women in Guinea-Bissau, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: time - women in Guinea-Bissau stood at 9 days. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of down 95.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 261 days in 2006 and was at its lowest, 9 days, in 2011.
That places Guinea-Bissau 119th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Starting a business: Time - Women in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 260 days | — |
| 2006 | 261 days | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 260 days | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 260 days | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 217 days | -16.5% |
| 2010 | 217 days | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 9 days | -95.9% |
| 2012 | 9 days | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 9 days | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 9 days | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 9 days | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 9 days | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 9 days | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 9 days | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 9 days | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 251.6 days | 217 days | 261 days | 5 |
| 2010s | 29.8 days | 9 days | 217 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
More private sector data for Guinea-Bissau
- Merchandise trade 31.7% (2025)
- Food imports 41.7% (2018)
- Manufactures imports 38.6% (2018)
- Merchandise imports 489.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 68.5% (2018)
- Manufactures exports 0.0% (2015)
- Merchandise exports 313.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 139.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1238 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 36.68 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in Guinea-Bissau?
- Starting a business: time - women in Guinea-Bissau was 9 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 261 days in 2006.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 days in 2011.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for starting a business: time - women?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 119th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is down 95.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau 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.