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Time required to obtain an operating license days

Time required to obtain operating license is the average wait to obtain an operating license from the day the establishment applied for it to the day it was granted.Source:
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Country
Time required to obtain an operating license (days)Time required to obtain an operating license (days)Year
1
Uruguay
176.0
2017
2
Syria
169.2
2009
3
Suriname
125.2
2018
4
Venezuela
117.2
2010
5
Peru
91.9
2017
6
Argentina
88.2
2017
7
Brazil
79.7
2009
8
Togo
78.4
2016
9
Chile
68.5
2010
10
Panama
66.3
2010
11
Mauritania
64.6
2014
12
Russia
56.3
2012
13
Croatia
55.5
2013
14
Mexico
54.0
2010
15
Lebanon
50.0
2013
16
Barbados
49.3
2010
17
Honduras
48.9
2016
18
Mongolia
46.8
2013
19
Colombia
45.1
2017
20
Mali
44.2
2016
21
Ivory Coast
43.9
2016
22
Kazakhstan
42.9
2013
23
Lithuania
42.7
2013
24
Dominican Republic
41.3
2016
25
Bosnia and Herzegovina
40.8
2013
26
Bulgaria
40.6
2013
27
Niger
39.7
2009
28
Turkey
39.7
2013
29
Tunisia
39.2
2013
30
Myanmar
39.2
2016
31
Cape Verde
39.2
2009
32
Guatemala
37.5
2017
33
South Africa
36.2
2007
34
Burkina Faso
35.8
2009
35
Serbia
35.6
2013
36
Costa Rica
35.6
2010
37
Greece
35.5
2018
38
Cameroon
35.4
2016
39
Slovakia
35.0
2013
40
Angola
34.7
2010
41
Chad
34.1
2018
42
Bangladesh
33.5
2013
43
Cambodia
33.0
2016
44
Paraguay
32.4
2017
45
Egypt
31.9
2016
46
El Salvador
30.9
2016
47
Kyrgyzstan
30.8
2013
48
Benin
30.7
2009
49
Guinea-Bissau
30.4
2006
50
Armenia
29.9
2013
51
Slovenia
29.3
2013
52
Ecuador
29.2
2017
53
Trinidad and Tobago
28.7
2010
54
Senegal
27.8
2014
55
China
27.5
2012
56
Nicaragua
27.3
2016
57
Botswana
27.2
2010
58
Laos
27.0
2018
59
Bolivia
26.6
2017
60
Sweden
26.2
2014
61
Hungary
25.9
2013
62
Mozambique
24.9
2018
63
Ghana
24.5
2013
64
Namibia
24.4
2014
65
Morocco
24.1
2013
66
Democratic Republic Of Congo
24.1
2013
67
Romania
23.2
2013
68
Guyana
22.4
2010
69
Uzbekistan
22.2
2013
70
Grenada
22.2
2010
71
Zambia
22.0
2013
72
Papua New Guinea
20.9
2015
73
Czech Republic
20.8
2013
74
Belarus
20.7
2013
75
Iraq
19.4
2011
76
Algeria
19.3
2007
77
Mauritius
19.1
2009
78
Malawi
19.0
2014
79
Kosovo
18.9
2013
80
Tanzania
18.8
2013
81
Philippines
17.8
2015
82
India
17.8
2014
83
Vanuatu
17.8
2009
84
The Bahamas
17.4
2010
85
East Timor
17.1
2015
86
Sri Lanka
16.7
2011
87
Ukraine
16.5
2013
88
Tajikistan
16.3
2013
89
Estonia
16.1
2013
90
Sierra Leone
15.3
2017
91
Poland
14.6
2009
92
Central African Republic
14.5
2011
93
Republic of Macedonia
14.4
2013
94
Nigeria
14.4
2014
95
Madagascar
14.3
2013
96
Afghanistan
13.7
2014
97
Guinea
13.0
2006
98
Moldova
12.7
2013
99
Gabon
12.1
2009
100
Montenegro
11.8
2013
101
Solomon Islands
11.7
2015
102
Vietnam
11.4
2015
103
Kenya
11.4
2018
104
Rwanda
11.1
2011
105
Liberia
10.4
2017
106
Pakistan
10.4
2013
107
Uganda
10.4
2013
108
Albania
10.1
2013
109
Burundi
10.1
2014
110
Latvia
10.0
2013
111
Nepal
9.8
2013
112
Jamaica
9.3
2010
113
South Sudan
9.2
2014
114
Djibouti
8.8
2013
115
Zimbabwe
8.1
2016
116
Federated States of Micronesia
7.3
2009
117
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
7.3
2010
118
Yemen
7.0
2013
119
Fiji
6.5
2009
120
Indonesia
6.0
2015
121
Ethiopia
5.4
2015
122
Gambia
5.4
2018
123
Azerbaijan
5.3
2013
124
Swaziland
5.3
2016
125
Georgia
4.9
2013
126
Samoa
4.8
2009
127
Sudan
4.7
2014
128
Malaysia
3.8
2015
129
Tonga
3.2
2009
130
Antigua and Barbuda
2.9
2010
131
Dominica
2.6
2010
132
Thailand
2.5
2016
133
Saint Lucia
1.9
2010
134
Belize
1.9
2010
135
Lesotho
1.9
2016
136
Saint Kitts And Nevis
1.9
2010
137
Jordan
1.4
2013
138
Bhutan
1.2
2015
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