Starting a business: Time - Women in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Starting a business: Time - Women was 11 days in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Time - Women in Saint Lucia, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: time - women in Saint Lucia stood at 11 days. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is down 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in Saint Lucia peaked at 22 days in 2005 and was at its lowest, 11 days, in 2011.
Saint Lucia ranks 103rd of 190 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Starting a business: Time - Women in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 22 days | — |
| 2006 | 20 days | -9.1% |
| 2007 | 20 days | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 20 days | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 14 days | -30.0% |
| 2010 | 14 days | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 11 days | -21.4% |
| 2012 | 11 days | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 11 days | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 11 days | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 11 days | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 11 days | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 11 days | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 11 days | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 11 days | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 19.2 days | 14 days | 22 days | 5 |
| 2010s | 11.3 days | 11 days | 14 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
More private sector data for Saint Lucia
- Merchandise trade 41.2% (2025)
- Food imports 27.6% (2020)
- Manufactures imports 57.0% (2020)
- Merchandise imports 1.01 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 41.6% (2020)
- Manufactures exports 45.9% (2020)
- Merchandise exports 85.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 471.83 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.032 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -7.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in Saint Lucia?
- Starting a business: time - women in Saint Lucia was 11 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 22 days in 2005.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11 days in 2011.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for starting a business: time - women?
- Saint Lucia ranks 103rd out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saint Lucia 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.