Starting a business: Time - Women in New Zealand
New Zealand: Starting a business: Time - Women was 0.5 days in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Starting a business: Time - Women in New Zealand, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: time - women in New Zealand is 0.5 days, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in New Zealand peaked at 12 days in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.5 days, in 2008.
That places New Zealand 191st out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Starting a business: Time - Women in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 12 days | — |
| 2004 | 12 days | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 12 days | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 12 days | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 12 days | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.5 days | -95.8% |
| 2009 | 0.5 days | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.5 days | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.5 days | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.5 days | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.5 days | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.5 days | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.5 days | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.5 days | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.5 days | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.5 days | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.5 days | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.71 days | 0.5 days | 12 days | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.5 days | 0.5 days | 0.5 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
More private sector data for New Zealand
- Merchandise trade 35.7% (2025)
- Food imports 12.8% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 70.7% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 47.55 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 69.0% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 14.0% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 46.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 8,770 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1769 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 10.43 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in New Zealand?
- Starting a business: time - women in New Zealand was 0.5 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 12 days in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5 days in 2008.
- How does New Zealand rank for starting a business: time - women?
- New Zealand ranks 191st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.