Starting a business: Time - Women in Pakistan
Pakistan: Starting a business: Time - Women was 16.5 days in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Time - Women in Pakistan, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
Pakistan recorded 16.5 days for starting a business: time - women in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in Pakistan peaked at 25 days in 2003 and was at its lowest, 16.5 days, in 2018.
Pakistan ranks 65th of 190 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Time - Women in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 25 days | — |
| 2004 | 25 days | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 23 days | -8.0% |
| 2006 | 25 days | +8.7% |
| 2007 | 24 days | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 24 days | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 21 days | -12.5% |
| 2010 | 21 days | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 20 days | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 20 days | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 20 days | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 20 days | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 20 days | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 20 days | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 19.5 days | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 16.5 days | -15.4% |
| 2019 | 16.5 days | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23.86 days | 21 days | 25 days | 7 |
| 2010s | 19.35 days | 16.5 days | 21 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 62 Marshall Islands 17 days compare
- 62 Mozambique 17 days compare
- 64 Brazil 16.62 days compare
- 65 Dominican Republic 16.5 days compare
- 65 El Salvador 16.5 days compare
- 65 Luxembourg 16.5 days compare
More private sector data for Pakistan
- Merchandise trade 23.7% (2025)
- Food imports 14.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 46.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 65.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 24.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 67.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 30.55 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 119.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.075 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -5.49 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in Pakistan?
- Starting a business: time - women in Pakistan was 16.5 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 25 days in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.5 days in 2018.
- How does Pakistan rank for starting a business: time - women?
- Pakistan ranks 65th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.