Starting a business: Time - Women in Netherlands
Netherlands: Starting a business: Time - Women was 3.5 days in 2019. βΌ Falling
Starting a business: Time - Women in Netherlands, 2003β2019
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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.43 days | 8 days | 9 days | 7 |
| 2010s | 4.6 days | 3.5 days | 8 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
More private sector data for Netherlands
- Merchandise trade 139.5% (2025)
- Food imports 13.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 64.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 870.44 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 16.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 62.8% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 989.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 54,691 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.7422 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.46 % change on previous year (2025)
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
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.