Starting a business: Time - Women (days) in East Timor
East Timor: Starting a business: Time - Women was 13 days in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Starting a business: Time - Women in East Timor, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
East Timor recorded 13 days for starting a business: time - women in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 91.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in East Timor peaked at 167 days in 2004 and was at its lowest, 13 days, in 2017.
East Timor ranks 83rd of 191 countries on this measure, 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 East Timor, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 167 days | — |
| 2005 | 167 days | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 167 days | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 158 days | -5.4% |
| 2008 | 157 days | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 157 days | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 110 days | -29.9% |
| 2011 | 94 days | -14.5% |
| 2012 | 94 days | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 94 days | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 15 days | -84.0% |
| 2015 | 14 days | -6.7% |
| 2016 | 14 days | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 13 days | -7.1% |
| 2018 | 13 days | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 13 days | +0.0% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 13 days is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15 days, 87% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- East Timor's 13 days is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 12.82 days, 1.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 162.17 days | 157 days | 167 days | 6 |
| 2010s | 47.4 days | 13 days | 110 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near East Timor
More private sector data for East Timor
- Merchandise trade 56.9% (2025)
- Food imports 28.1% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 49.6% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 979.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.5% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 21.9% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 103.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 72.61 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0541 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 19.77 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in East Timor?
- Starting a business: time - women in East Timor was 13 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 167 days in 2004.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 13 days in 2017.
- How does East Timor rank for starting a business: time - women?
- East Timor ranks 83rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is down 91.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this East Timor 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.