Starting a business: Time - Women (days) in Namibia
Namibia: Starting a business: Time - Women was 54 days in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Time - Women in Namibia, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: time - women in Namibia is 54 days, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of down 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in Namibia peaked at 99 days in 2007 and was at its lowest, 54 days, in 2017.
That places Namibia 11th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Time - Women in Namibia, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 86 days | — |
| 2004 | 85 days | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 95 days | +11.8% |
| 2006 | 95 days | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 99 days | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 66 days | -33.3% |
| 2009 | 66 days | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 66 days | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 66 days | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 66 days | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 66 days | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 66 days | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 66 days | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 66 days | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 54 days | -18.2% |
| 2018 | 54 days | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 54 days | +0.0% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 54 days is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15 days, 3.6× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 54 days is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14.5 days, 3.7× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 84.57 days | 66 days | 99 days | 7 |
| 2010s | 62.4 days | 54 days | 66 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
More private sector data for Namibia
- Merchandise trade 102.4% (2025)
- Food imports 13.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 60.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 8.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 28.0% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 18.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 7.02 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,271 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4658 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in Namibia?
- Starting a business: time - women in Namibia was 54 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 99 days in 2007.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 54 days in 2017.
- How does Namibia rank for starting a business: time - women?
- Namibia ranks 11th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Namibia 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.