Starting a business: Time - Women in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: Starting a business: Time - Women was 16 days in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Time - Women in Viet Nam, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business: time - women in Viet Nam is 16 days, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.9% on the previous year and down 56.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in Viet Nam peaked at 61 days in 2003 and was at its lowest, 16 days, in 2019.
That places Viet Nam 69th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Time - Women in Viet Nam, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 61 days | — |
| 2004 | 47 days | -23.0% |
| 2005 | 41 days | -12.8% |
| 2006 | 46 days | +12.2% |
| 2007 | 37 days | -19.6% |
| 2008 | 37 days | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 37 days | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 36 days | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 36 days | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 32 days | -11.1% |
| 2013 | 34 days | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 34 days | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 20 days | -41.2% |
| 2016 | 24 days | +20.0% |
| 2017 | 22 days | -8.3% |
| 2018 | 17 days | -22.7% |
| 2019 | 16 days | -5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 43.71 days | 37 days | 61 days | 7 |
| 2010s | 27.1 days | 16 days | 36 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Viet Nam
- 69 Barbados 16 days compare
- 69 Comoros 16 days compare
- 69 Micronesia, Federated States of 16 days compare
- 69 Syrian Arab Republic 16 days compare
- 69 Tonga 16 days compare
More private sector data for Viet Nam
- Merchandise trade 180.0% (2025)
- Food imports 8.8% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 74.7% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 453.78 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 9.4% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 85.0% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 472.93 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,655 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9188 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 16.82 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in Viet Nam?
- Starting a business: time - women in Viet Nam was 16 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Viet Nam?
- The highest recorded value was 61 days in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 16 days in 2019.
- How does Viet Nam rank for starting a business: time - women?
- Viet Nam ranks 69th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Viet Nam?
- Over the last ten years it is down 56.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Viet Nam 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.