Starting a business: Time - Women in Yemen
Yemen: Starting a business: Time - Women was 41 days in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Time - Women in Yemen, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: time - women in Yemen stood at 41 days.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 215.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in Yemen peaked at 73 days in 2003 and was at its lowest, 13 days, in 2009.
That places Yemen 18th out of 190 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Time - Women in Yemen, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 73 days | — |
| 2004 | 64 days | -12.3% |
| 2005 | 64 days | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 64 days | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 64 days | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 14 days | -78.1% |
| 2009 | 13 days | -7.1% |
| 2010 | 13 days | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 13 days | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 41 days | +215.4% |
| 2013 | 41 days | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 41 days | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 41 days | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 41 days | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 41 days | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 41 days | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 41 days | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 50.86 days | 13 days | 73 days | 7 |
| 2010s | 35.4 days | 13 days | 41 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 16 Palestine, State of 44 days compare
- 17 Honduras 42 days compare
- 18 Papua New Guinea 41 days compare
- 20 Fiji 40 days compare
- 20 South Africa 40 days compare
More private sector data for Yemen
- Merchandise trade 24.7% (2025)
- Food imports 39.1% (2019)
- Manufactures imports 31.4% (2019)
- Merchandise imports 4.65 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 99.3% (2019)
- Manufactures exports 0.6% (2019)
- Merchandise exports 196.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4.69 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0264 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -14.41 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in Yemen?
- Starting a business: time - women in Yemen was 41 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 73 days in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 13 days in 2009.
- How does Yemen rank for starting a business: time - women?
- Yemen ranks 18th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 215.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Yemen 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.