Starting a business: Time - Women in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico: Starting a business: Time - Women was 5.5 days in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
5.5 days
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
158th
of 191 countries
All-time high
7 days
in 2003
All-time low
5.5 days
in 2016
Years of data
17
2003–2019

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

024682003201120192003: 7 days2004: 7 days2005: 7 days2006: 7 days2007: 7 days2008: 7 days2009: 7 days2010: 7 days2011: 6 days2012: 6 days2013: 6 days2014: 6 days2015: 6 days2016: 5.5 days2017: 5.5 days2018: 5.5 days2019: 5.5 days

Source: World Bank. Measured in days.

Analysis

In 2019, starting a business: time - women in Puerto Rico stood at 5.5 days. 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 Puerto Rico peaked at 7 days in 2003 and was at its lowest, 5.5 days, in 2016.

Puerto Rico ranks 158th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Starting a business: Time - Women in Puerto Rico, year by year

Annual values for Starting a business: Time - Women (days) in Puerto Rico, 2003 to 2019.
Year days Change
2003 7 days
2004 7 days +0.0%
2005 7 days +0.0%
2006 7 days +0.0%
2007 7 days +0.0%
2008 7 days +0.0%
2009 7 days +0.0%
2010 7 days +0.0%
2011 6 days -14.3%
2012 6 days +0.0%
2013 6 days +0.0%
2014 6 days +0.0%
2015 6 days +0.0%
2016 5.5 days -8.3%
2017 5.5 days +0.0%
2018 5.5 days +0.0%
2019 5.5 days +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 7 days 7 days 7 days 7
2010s 5.9 days 5.5 days 7 days 10

Countries ranked near Puerto Rico

  1. 158 Latvia 5.5 days compare
  2. 158 Lithuania 5.5 days compare
  3. 161 Belgium 5 days compare
  4. 161 Burundi 5 days compare
  5. 161 Kazakhstan 5 days compare
  6. 161 Oman 5 days compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is starting a business: time - women in Puerto Rico?
Starting a business: time - women in Puerto Rico was 5.5 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Puerto Rico?
The highest recorded value was 7 days in 2003.
What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Puerto Rico?
The lowest recorded value was 5.5 days in 2016.
How does Puerto Rico rank for starting a business: time - women?
Puerto Rico ranks 158th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
Over the last ten years it is down 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Puerto Rico 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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Indicator
Starting a business: Time - Women (days)
Unit
days
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 3,094 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.