Starting a business: Time - Women in Thailand
Thailand: Starting a business: Time - Women was 6 days in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Time - Women in Thailand, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: time - women in Thailand stood at 6 days. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of down 82.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in Thailand peaked at 35 days in 2003 and was at its lowest, 6 days, in 2017.
Thailand ranks 151st of 190 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 Thailand, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 35 days | — |
| 2004 | 35 days | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 35 days | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 35 days | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 35 days | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 35 days | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 34 days | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 34 days | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 32 days | -5.9% |
| 2012 | 31 days | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 31 days | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 31 days | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 31 days | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 29 days | -6.5% |
| 2017 | 6 days | -79.3% |
| 2018 | 6 days | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 6 days | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 34.86 days | 34 days | 35 days | 7 |
| 2010s | 23.7 days | 6 days | 34 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
More private sector data for Thailand
- Merchandise trade 118.6% (2025)
- Food imports 6.6% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 65.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 344.94 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 14.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 72.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 339.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,742 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5886 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 12.93 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in Thailand?
- Starting a business: time - women in Thailand was 6 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 35 days in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 days in 2017.
- How does Thailand rank for starting a business: time - women?
- Thailand ranks 151st out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 82.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Thailand 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.