Starting a business: Time - Women in Italy
Italy: Starting a business: Time - Women was 11 days in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Time - Women in Italy, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: time - women in Italy is 11 days, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is down 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in Italy peaked at 23 days in 2003 and was at its lowest, 11 days, in 2015.
Italy ranks 103rd of 190 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 Italy, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 23 days | — |
| 2004 | 15 days | -34.8% |
| 2005 | 15 days | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 15 days | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 15 days | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 12 days | -20.0% |
| 2009 | 12.5 days | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 12.5 days | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 12.5 days | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 12.5 days | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 12.5 days | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 11.5 days | -8.0% |
| 2015 | 11 days | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 11 days | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 11 days | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 11 days | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 11 days | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.36 days | 12 days | 23 days | 7 |
| 2010s | 11.65 days | 11 days | 12.5 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More private sector data for Italy
- Merchandise trade 54.7% (2025)
- Food imports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 66.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 668.67 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 79.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 726.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 12,331 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2847 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.87 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in Italy?
- Starting a business: time - women in Italy was 11 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 23 days in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 11 days in 2015.
- How does Italy rank for starting a business: time - women?
- Italy ranks 103rd out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy 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.