Starting a business: Time - Women in Iraq
Iraq: Starting a business: Time - Women was 27 days in 2019. βΌ Falling
Starting a business: Time - Women in Iraq, 2004β2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: time - women in Iraq stood at 27 days. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of down 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in Iraq peaked at 35 days in 2015 and was at its lowest, 27 days, in 2017.
That places Iraq 36th out of 190 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30.83 days | 30 days | 31 days | 6 |
| 2010s | 29.7 days | 27 days | 35 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
More private sector data for Iraq
- Merchandise trade 70.0% (2025)
- Food imports 7.2% (2014)
- Manufactures imports 66.3% (2014)
- Merchandise imports 85.19 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.0% (2016)
- Manufactures exports 0.0% (2016)
- Merchandise exports 92.91 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,976 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3653 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -8 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in Iraq?
- Starting a business: time - women in Iraq was 27 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 35 days in 2015.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 27 days in 2017.
- How does Iraq rank for starting a business: time - women?
- Iraq ranks 36th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iraq 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.