Starting a business: Time - Women in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Starting a business: Time - Women was 13 days in 2019. β Volatile
Starting a business: Time - Women in Timor-Leste, 2004β2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
Timor-Leste 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 Timor-Leste peaked at 167 days in 2004 and was at its lowest, 13 days, in 2017.
Timor-Leste ranks 83rd of 190 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.
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 Timor-Leste
More private sector data for Timor-Leste
- 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 Timor-Leste?
- Starting a business: time - women in Timor-Leste was 13 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 167 days in 2004.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 13 days in 2017.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for starting a business: time - women?
- Timor-Leste ranks 83rd out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is down 91.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Timor-Leste 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.