Starting a business: Time - Women (days) in Libya
Libya: Starting a business: Time - Women was 35 days in 2019. ▬ Flat
Starting a business: Time - Women in Libya, 2012–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
Libya recorded 35 days for starting a business: time - women in 2019. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
That places Libya 26th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
Starting a business: Time - Women in Libya, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 35 days | — |
| 2013 | 35 days | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 35 days | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 35 days | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 35 days | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 35 days | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 35 days | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 35 days | +0.0% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 35 days is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12 days, 2.9× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Libya's 35 days is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 14 days, 2.5× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Libya
More private sector data for Libya
- Merchandise trade 102.7% (2025)
- Food imports 21.6% (2019)
- Manufactures imports 62.7% (2019)
- Merchandise imports 19.31 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.1% (2019)
- Manufactures exports 0.6% (2019)
- Merchandise exports 30.09 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,034 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.6255 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -0.3511 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in Libya?
- Starting a business: time - women in Libya was 35 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 35 days in 2012.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 35 days in 2012.
- How does Libya rank for starting a business: time - women?
- Libya ranks 26th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Libya 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.