Starting a business: Time - Women in Morocco
Morocco: Starting a business: Time - Women was 9 days in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Time - Women in Morocco, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: time - women in Morocco stood at 9 days. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in Morocco peaked at 35 days in 2003 and was at its lowest, 9 days, in 2017.
Morocco ranks 118th of 188 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.29 days | 12 days | 35 days | 7 |
| 2010s | 10.65 days | 9 days | 12 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
- 117 Qatar 9.5 days compare
- 118 Afghanistan 9 days compare
- 118 Bahrain 9 days compare
- 118 Benin 9 days compare
- 118 Cape Verde 9 days compare
- 118 Guinea-Bissau 9 days compare
- 118 Samoa 9 days compare
- 118 Solomon Islands 9 days compare
- 118 Tunisia 9 days compare
More private sector data for Morocco
- Merchandise trade 75.2% (2025)
- Food imports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 68.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 87.39 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 12.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 82.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 49.78 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 32.92 billion current US$ (2025)
- Transport services 44.2% (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services 29.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in Morocco?
- Starting a business: time - women in Morocco was 9 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 35 days in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 days in 2017.
- How does Morocco rank for starting a business: time - women?
- Morocco ranks 118th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Morocco 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.