Starting a business: Time - Women in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Starting a business: Time - Women was 27 days in 2019. βΌ Falling
Starting a business: Time - Women in Zimbabwe, 2003β2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 27 days for starting a business: time - women in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.6% on the previous year and down 71.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women in Zimbabwe peaked at 132 days in 2003 and was at its lowest, 27 days, in 2019.
That places Zimbabwe 36th out of 190 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 99.43 days | 94 days | 132 days | 7 |
| 2010s | 74.5 days | 27 days | 91 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More private sector data for Zimbabwe
- Merchandise trade 38.7% (2025)
- Food imports 19.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 58.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 10.11 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 21.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 6.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 9.71 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 572.66 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1895 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 30.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women in Zimbabwe?
- Starting a business: time - women in Zimbabwe was 27 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 132 days in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 27 days in 2019.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for starting a business: time - women?
- Zimbabwe ranks 36th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 71.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.