Starting a business: Time - Women in Ireland
Ireland: Starting a business: Time - Women was 11 days in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Time - Women in Ireland, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 11 days for starting a business: time - women in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of down 42.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in Ireland peaked at 24 days in 2003 and was at its lowest, 11 days, in 2016.
That places Ireland 103rd out of 190 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 Ireland, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 24 days | — |
| 2004 | 24 days | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 24 days | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 19 days | -20.8% |
| 2007 | 19 days | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 19 days | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 19 days | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 19 days | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 19 days | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 16 days | -15.8% |
| 2013 | 16 days | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 12 days | -25.0% |
| 2015 | 12 days | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 11 days | -8.3% |
| 2017 | 11 days | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 11 days | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 11 days | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 21.14 days | 19 days | 24 days | 7 |
| 2010s | 13.8 days | 11 days | 19 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
More private sector data for Ireland
- Merchandise trade 62.7% (2025)
- Food imports 9.4% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 82.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 159.22 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 7.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 90.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 293.42 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 53,501 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4066 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 21.65 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in Ireland?
- Starting a business: time - women in Ireland was 11 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 24 days in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 11 days in 2016.
- How does Ireland rank for starting a business: time - women?
- Ireland ranks 103rd out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ireland 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.