Starting a business: Time - Women in Nepal
Nepal: Starting a business: Time - Women was 22.5 days in 2019. βΌ Falling
Starting a business: Time - Women in Nepal, 2003β2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 22.5 days for starting a business: time - women in 2019.
The figure is up 21.6% on the previous year and down 27.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in Nepal peaked at 31 days in 2003 and was at its lowest, 17 days, in 2013.
Nepal ranks 44th of 190 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31 days | 31 days | 31 days | 7 |
| 2010s | 21.65 days | 17 days | 31 days | 10 |
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More private sector data for Nepal
- Merchandise trade 36.7% (2025)
- Food imports 18.0% (2022)
- Manufactures imports 52.5% (2022)
- Merchandise imports 14.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 49.4% (2022)
- Manufactures exports 47.5% (2022)
- Merchandise exports 2.31 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.65 billion current US$ (2024)
- Transport services 20.4% (2024)
- Computer, communications and other services 9.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in Nepal?
- Starting a business: time - women in Nepal was 22.5 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 31 days in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 17 days in 2013.
- How does Nepal rank for starting a business: time - women?
- Nepal ranks 44th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nepal 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.