Starting a business: Time - Women in Peru
Peru: Starting a business: Time - Women was 26 days in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Time - Women in Peru, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
Peru recorded 26 days for starting a business: time - women in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of down 36.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in Peru peaked at 104.5 days in 2005 and was at its lowest, 26 days, in 2018.
That places Peru 38th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 | 80.36 days | 41 days | 104.5 days | 7 |
| 2010s | 38.4 days | 26 days | 42.5 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Peru
More private sector data for Peru
- Merchandise trade 42.8% (2025)
- Food imports 11.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 68.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 60.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 21.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 7.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 82.69 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 7.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Transport services 32.3% (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services 34.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in Peru?
- Starting a business: time - women in Peru was 26 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 104.5 days in 2005.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 26 days in 2018.
- How does Peru rank for starting a business: time - women?
- Peru ranks 38th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Peru 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.