Starting a business: Time - Women (days) in Guinea
Guinea: Starting a business: Time - Women was 15 days in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Time - Women in Guinea, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: time - women in Guinea is 15 days, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is down 62.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in Guinea peaked at 48 days in 2003 and was at its lowest, 15 days, in 2014.
Guinea ranks 75th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Time - Women in Guinea, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 48 days | — |
| 2004 | 40 days | -16.7% |
| 2005 | 40 days | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 40 days | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 40 days | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 40 days | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 40 days | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 40 days | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 40 days | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 43 days | +7.5% |
| 2013 | 23 days | -46.5% |
| 2014 | 15 days | -34.8% |
| 2015 | 15 days | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 15 days | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 15 days | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 15 days | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 15 days | +0.0% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 15 days is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15 days, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 15 days is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14.5 days, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 41.14 days | 40 days | 48 days | 7 |
| 2010s | 23.6 days | 15 days | 43 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
More private sector data for Guinea
- Merchandise trade 82.7% (2025)
- Food imports 26.6% (2016)
- Manufactures imports 58.5% (2016)
- Merchandise imports 8.34 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 4.3% (2016)
- Manufactures exports 3.7% (2016)
- Merchandise exports 15.10 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,000 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5328 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 53.34 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in Guinea?
- Starting a business: time - women in Guinea was 15 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 48 days in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 15 days in 2014.
- How does Guinea rank for starting a business: time - women?
- Guinea ranks 75th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this 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.