Starting a business: Time - Women in Haiti
Haiti: Starting a business: Time - Women was 97 days in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Time - Women in Haiti, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: time - women in Haiti stood at 97 days. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of down 56.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in Haiti peaked at 260 days in 2003 and was at its lowest, 97 days, in 2013.
That places Haiti 4th out of 190 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Time - Women in Haiti, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 260 days | — |
| 2004 | 202 days | -22.3% |
| 2005 | 202 days | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 202 days | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 202 days | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 224 days | +10.9% |
| 2009 | 224 days | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 134 days | -40.2% |
| 2011 | 134 days | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 134 days | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 97 days | -27.6% |
| 2014 | 97 days | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 97 days | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 97 days | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 97 days | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 97 days | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 97 days | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 216.57 days | 202 days | 260 days | 7 |
| 2010s | 108.1 days | 97 days | 134 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Haiti
- 1 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 230 days compare
- 2 Lao People's Democratic Republic 173 days compare
- 3 Cambodia 99 days compare
- 5 Eritrea 84 days compare
- 6 Bosnia and Herzegovina 80 days compare
- 7 Iran, Islamic Republic of 73 days compare
More private sector data for Haiti
- Merchandise trade 16.2% (2025)
- Food imports 37.3% (2016)
- Manufactures imports 43.9% (2016)
- Merchandise imports 4.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 16.4% (2016)
- Manufactures exports 79.1% (2016)
- Merchandise exports 554.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 46.53 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0173 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -18.53 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in Haiti?
- Starting a business: time - women in Haiti was 97 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Haiti?
- The highest recorded value was 260 days in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Haiti?
- The lowest recorded value was 97 days in 2013.
- How does Haiti rank for starting a business: time - women?
- Haiti ranks 4th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Haiti?
- Over the last ten years it is down 56.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Haiti 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.