Starting a business: Time - Women in Netherlands

Netherlands: Starting a business: Time - Women was 3.5 days in 2019. β–Ό Falling

Latest (2019)
3.5 days
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
178th
of 190 countries
All-time high
9 days
in 2003
All-time low
3.5 days
in 2014
Years of data
17
2003–2019

Starting a business: Time - Women in Netherlands, 2003–2019

02468102003201120192003: 9 days2004: 9 days2005: 9 days2006: 8 days2007: 8 days2008: 8 days2009: 8 days2010: 8 days2011: 8 days2012: 5 days2013: 4 days2014: 3.5 days2015: 3.5 days2016: 3.5 days2017: 3.5 days2018: 3.5 days2019: 3.5 days

Source: World Bank. Measured in days.

Analysis

In 2019, starting a business: time - women in Netherlands stood at 3.5 days. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 56.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in Netherlands peaked at 9 days in 2003 and was at its lowest, 3.5 days, in 2014.

Netherlands ranks 178th of 190 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 8.43 days 8 days 9 days 7
2010s 4.6 days 3.5 days 8 days 10

Countries ranked near Netherlands

  1. 178 Azerbaijan 3.5 days compare
  2. 178 Denmark 3.5 days compare
  3. 178 Estonia 3.5 days compare

See the full ranking of 190 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is starting a business: time - women in Netherlands?
Starting a business: time - women in Netherlands was 3.5 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Netherlands?
The highest recorded value was 9 days in 2003.
What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Netherlands?
The lowest recorded value was 3.5 days in 2014.
How does Netherlands rank for starting a business: time - women?
Netherlands ranks 178th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Netherlands?
Over the last ten years it is down 56.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Netherlands 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

Indicator
Starting a business: Time - Women (days)
Unit
days
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 3,083 data points, 2003–2019
Last refreshed

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.