Starting a business: Time - Women (days) in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Starting a business: Time - Women was 5 days in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Time - Women in Kazakhstan, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: time - women in Kazakhstan is 5 days, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of down 80.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in Kazakhstan peaked at 32 days in 2003 and was at its lowest, 5 days, in 2018.
Kazakhstan ranks 161st of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Time - Women in Kazakhstan, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 32 days | — |
| 2004 | 32 days | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 31 days | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 27 days | -12.9% |
| 2007 | 27 days | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 27 days | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 26 days | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 25 days | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 25 days | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 25 days | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 18 days | -28.0% |
| 2014 | 16 days | -11.1% |
| 2015 | 11 days | -31.2% |
| 2016 | 9 days | -18.2% |
| 2017 | 9 days | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 5 days | -44.4% |
| 2019 | 5 days | +0.0% |
Kazakhstan compared with similar countries
- Kazakhstan's 5 days is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12 days, 42% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Kazakhstan's 5 days is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 7 days, 71% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business: Time - Women in Kazakhstan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | -44.4% | 9 days | 5 days |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 28.86 days | 26 days | 32 days | 7 |
| 2010s | 14.8 days | 5 days | 25 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Kazakhstan
More private sector data for Kazakhstan
- Merchandise trade 46.8% (2025)
- Food imports 11.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 81.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 64.46 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 6.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 20.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 78.79 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 3,780 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2573 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -4.46 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in Kazakhstan?
- Starting a business: time - women in Kazakhstan was 5 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The highest recorded value was 32 days in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 days in 2018.
- How does Kazakhstan rank for starting a business: time - women?
- Kazakhstan ranks 161st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Kazakhstan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 80.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kazakhstan 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.