Starting a business: Time - Women (days) in Senegal
Senegal: Starting a business: Time - Women was 6 days in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Starting a business: Time - Women in Senegal, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
Senegal recorded 6 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 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in Senegal peaked at 58 days in 2007 and was at its lowest, 6 days, in 2011.
Senegal ranks 151st of 191 countries on this measure, 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 Senegal, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 57 days | — |
| 2004 | 57 days | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 57 days | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 57 days | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 58 days | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 9 days | -84.5% |
| 2009 | 9 days | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 9 days | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 6 days | -33.3% |
| 2012 | 6 days | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 6 days | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 6 days | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 6 days | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 6 days | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 6 days | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 6 days | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 6 days | +0.0% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 6 days is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15 days, 40% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 6 days is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14.5 days, 41% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 43.43 days | 9 days | 58 days | 7 |
| 2010s | 6.3 days | 6 days | 9 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
More private sector data for Senegal
- Merchandise trade 60.0% (2025)
- Food imports 19.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 46.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 11.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 21.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 22.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 10.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 541.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2768 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 62.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in Senegal?
- Starting a business: time - women in Senegal was 6 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 58 days in 2007.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 days in 2011.
- How does Senegal rank for starting a business: time - women?
- Senegal ranks 151st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Senegal 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.