Starting a business: Time - Women in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Starting a business: Time - Women was 8 days in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Starting a business: Time - Women in Sri Lanka, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: time - women in Sri Lanka is 8 days, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.1% on the previous year and down 81.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in Sri Lanka peaked at 56 days in 2003 and was at its lowest, 8 days, in 2019.
That places Sri Lanka 132nd out of 190 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Starting a business: Time - Women in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 56 days | — |
| 2004 | 46 days | -17.9% |
| 2005 | 46 days | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 46 days | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 42 days | -8.7% |
| 2008 | 44 days | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 44 days | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 38 days | -13.6% |
| 2011 | 35 days | -7.9% |
| 2012 | 11 days | -68.6% |
| 2013 | 11 days | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 11 days | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 10 days | -9.1% |
| 2016 | 9 days | -10.0% |
| 2017 | 9 days | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 9 days | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 8 days | -11.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 46.29 days | 42 days | 56 days | 7 |
| 2010s | 15.1 days | 8 days | 38 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More private sector data for Sri Lanka
- Merchandise trade 32.2% (2025)
- Food imports 15.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 59.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 21.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 27.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 66.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 13.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 624.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1248 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in Sri Lanka?
- Starting a business: time - women in Sri Lanka was 8 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 56 days in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 8 days in 2019.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for starting a business: time - women?
- Sri Lanka ranks 132nd out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 81.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.