Starting a business: Time - Women in United States of America
United States of America: Starting a business: Time - Women was 4.2 days in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Time - Women in United States of America, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: time - women in United States of America is 4.2 days, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is down 25.0% on the previous year and down 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in United States of America peaked at 6.2 days in 2013 and was at its lowest, 4.2 days, in 2019.
That places United States of America 171st out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 United States of America, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 6 days | — |
| 2004 | 6 days | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 6 days | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 6 days | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 6 days | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 5 days | -16.7% |
| 2009 | 5 days | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 5 days | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 5 days | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 5 days | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 6.2 days | +24.0% |
| 2014 | 5.6 days | -9.7% |
| 2015 | 5.6 days | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 5.6 days | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 5.6 days | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 5.6 days | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 4.2 days | -25.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.71 days | 5 days | 6 days | 7 |
| 2010s | 5.34 days | 4.2 days | 6.2 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
More private sector data for United States of America
- Merchandise trade 18.5% (2025)
- Food imports 6.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 78.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 3.51 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 9.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 55.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 2.19 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 6,394 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.071 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 5.99 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in United States of America?
- Starting a business: time - women in United States of America was 4.2 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 6.2 days in 2013.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.2 days in 2019.
- How does United States of America rank for starting a business: time - women?
- United States of America ranks 171st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States of America 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.