Time required to start a business (days), 2019

Country Time required to start a business (days)
Afghanistan 8.5
Albania 4.5
Algeria 18.0
Angola 36.0
Antigua & Barbuda 19.0
Argentina 11.5
Armenia 4.0
Australia 2.0
Austria 21.0
Azerbaijan 3.5
Bahamas 11.5
Bahrain 8.3
Bangladesh 19.5
Barbados 16.0
Belarus 8.5
Belgium 5.0
Belize 48.0
Benin 8.5
Bhutan 12.0
Bolivia 39.5
Bosnia & Herzegovina 80.0
Botswana 48.0
Brazil 16.6
Brunei 5.5
Bulgaria 23.0
Burkina Faso 13.0
Burundi 5.0
Cambodia 99.0
Cameroon 13.5
Canada 1.5
Cape Verde 9.0
Central African Republic 22.0
Chad 58.0
Chile 4.0
China 8.6
Colombia 10.0
Comoros 16.0
Congo - Brazzaville 49.5
Congo - Kinshasa 7.0
Costa Rica 23.0
Croatia 19.5
Cyprus 6.0
Czechia 24.5
Côte d’Ivoire 6.0
Denmark 3.5
Djibouti 14.0
Dominica 12.0
Dominican Republic 16.5
Ecuador 48.5
Egypt 12.5
El Salvador 16.5
Equatorial Guinea 33.0
Eritrea 84.0
Estonia 3.5
Eswatini 21.5
Ethiopia 32.0
Fiji 40.0
Finland 13.0
France 4.0
Gabon 10.0
Gambia 8.0
Georgia 1.0
Germany 8.0
Ghana 13.0
Greece 4.0
Grenada 12.0
Guatemala 15.0
Guinea 15.0
Guinea-Bissau 8.5
Guyana 18.0
Haiti 97.0
Honduras 42.0
Hong Kong SAR China 1.5
Hungary 7.0
Iceland 11.5
India 17.5
Indonesia 12.6
Iran 72.5
Iraq 26.5
Ireland 11.0
Israel 11.0
Italy 11.0
Jamaica 3.0
Japan 11.2
Jordan 12.5
Kazakhstan 5.0
Kenya 23.0
Kiribati 31.0
Kosovo 4.5
Kuwait 19.4
Kyrgyzstan 10.0
Laos 173
Latvia 5.5
Lebanon 15.0
Lesotho 15.0
Liberia 18.0
Libya 35.0
Liechtenstein 46.0
Lithuania 5.5
Luxembourg 16.5
Madagascar 8.0
Malawi 37.0
Malaysia 17.5
Maldives 12.0
Mali 11.0
Malta 20.5
Marshall Islands 17.0
Mauritania 6.0
Mauritius 4.5
Mexico 8.4
Micronesia (Federated States of) 16.0
Moldova 4.0
Mongolia 12.0
Montenegro 12.0
Morocco 9.0
Mozambique 17.0
Myanmar (Burma) 7.0
Namibia 54.0
Nepal 22.5
Netherlands 3.5
New Zealand 0.5
Nicaragua 14.0
Niger 10.0
Nigeria 7.2
North Macedonia 15.0
Norway 4.0
Oman 4.3
Pakistan 16.5
Palau 28.0
Palestinian Territories 43.5
Panama 6.0
Papua New Guinea 41.0
Paraguay 35.0
Peru 26.0
Philippines 33.0
Poland 37.0
Portugal 6.5
Puerto Rico 5.5
Qatar 8.7
Romania 20.0
Russia 10.1
Rwanda 4.0
Samoa 9.0
San Marino 11.5
Saudi Arabia 10.4
Senegal 6.0
Serbia 7.0
Seychelles 32.0
Sierra Leone 8.0
Singapore 1.5
Slovakia 21.5
Slovenia 8.0
Solomon Islands 9.0
Somalia 70.0
South Africa 40.0
South Korea 8.0
South Sudan 13.0
Spain 12.5
Sri Lanka 8.0
St. Kitts & Nevis 18.5
St. Lucia 11.0
St. Vincent & Grenadines 10.0
Sudan 34.5
Suriname 66.0
Sweden 7.5
Switzerland 10.0
Syria 15.5
São Tomé & Príncipe 7.0
Tajikistan 7.0
Tanzania 29.5
Thailand 6.0
Timor-Leste 13.0
Togo 2.5
Tonga 16.0
Trinidad & Tobago 10.5
Tunisia 9.0
Uganda 24.0
Ukraine 6.5
United Arab Emirates 3.8
United Kingdom 4.5
United States 4.2
Uruguay 6.5
Uzbekistan 3.0
Vanuatu 18.0
Venezuela 230
Vietnam 16.0
Yemen 40.5
Zambia 8.5
Zimbabwe 27.0