Starting a business: Time - Women (days) in Mauritania
Mauritania: Starting a business: Time - Women was 6 days in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Starting a business: Time - Women in Mauritania, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: time - women in Mauritania is 6 days, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of down 68.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in Mauritania peaked at 82 days in 2003 and was at its lowest, 6 days, in 2017.
Mauritania ranks 151st of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Starting a business: Time - Women in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 82 days | — |
| 2004 | 82 days | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 82 days | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 82 days | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 50 days | -39.0% |
| 2008 | 19 days | -62.0% |
| 2009 | 19 days | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 19 days | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 19 days | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 19 days | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 19 days | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 8 days | -57.9% |
| 2015 | 8 days | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 8 days | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 6 days | -25.0% |
| 2018 | 6 days | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 6 days | +0.0% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 6 days is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15 days, 40% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 6 days is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14.5 days, 41% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 59.43 days | 19 days | 82 days | 7 |
| 2010s | 11.8 days | 6 days | 19 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More private sector data for Mauritania
- Merchandise trade 87.3% (2025)
- Food imports 23.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 40.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 5.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 25.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 0.5% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 4.51 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 848.53 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3861 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 8.67 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in Mauritania?
- Starting a business: time - women in Mauritania was 6 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 82 days in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 days in 2017.
- How does Mauritania rank for starting a business: time - women?
- Mauritania ranks 151st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 68.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mauritania 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.