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Time required to start a business days

Time required to start a business is the number of calendar days needed to complete the procedures to legally operate a business. If a procedure can be speeded up at additional cost, the fastest procedure, independent of cost, is chosen.Source:
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Time required to start a business (days)Time required to start a business (days)Year
1
Venezuela
230.0
2018
2
Laos
174.0
2018
3
Cambodia
99.0
2018
4
Haiti
97.0
2018
5
Eritrea
84.0
2018
6
Bosnia and Herzegovina
81.0
2018
7
Iran
72.5
2018
8
Somalia
70.0
2018
9
Suriname
66.5
2018
10
Namibia
66.0
2018
11
Chad
58.0
2018
12
Republic of the Congo
49.5
2018
13
Ecuador
48.5
2018
14
Botswana
48.0
2018
15
Bolivia
43.5
2018
16
Belize
43.0
2018
17
Papua New Guinea
41.0
2018
18
Yemen
40.5
2018
19
Fiji
40.0
2018
20
South Africa
40.0
2018
21
Malawi
37.0
2018
22
Poland
37.0
2018
23
Angola
36.0
2018
24
Kuwait
35.4
2018
25
Paraguay
35.0
2018
26
Libya
35.0
2018
27
Romania
35.0
2018
28
Sudan
34.5
2018
29
Equatorial Guinea
33.0
2018
30
Zimbabwe
32.0
2018
31
Ethiopia
32.0
2018
32
Seychelles
32.0
2018
33
Gabon
31.0
2018
34
Philippines
31.0
2018
35
Kiribati
31.0
2018
36
Swaziland
30.0
2018
37
Lesotho
29.0
2018
38
Palau
28.0
2018
39
Tanzania
27.5
2018
40
Slovakia
26.5
2018
41
Iraq
26.5
2018
42
Gambia
25.0
2018
43
Czech Republic
24.5
2018
44
Peru
24.5
2018
45
Uganda
24.0
2018
46
Costa Rica
23.0
2018
47
Bulgaria
23.0
2018
48
Kenya
23.0
2018
49
Croatia
22.5
2018
50
Antigua and Barbuda
22.0
2018
51
Central African Republic
22.0
2018
52
The Bahamas
21.5
2018
53
Austria
21.0
2018
54
Brazil
20.5
2018
55
Indonesia
19.6
2018
56
Bangladesh
19.5
2018
57
Saint Kitts And Nevis
18.5
2018
58
Cape Verde
18.0
2018
59
Liberia
18.0
2018
60
Vanuatu
18.0
2018
61
Guyana
18.0
2018
62
Saudi Arabia
17.8
2018
63
Algeria
17.5
2018
64
Vietnam
17.0
2018
65
Finland
17.0
2018
66
Mozambique
17.0
2018
67
Marshall Islands
17.0
2018
68
Pakistan
16.5
2018
69
Dominican Republic
16.5
2018
70
El Salvador
16.5
2018
71
Nepal
16.5
2018
72
India
16.5
2018
73
Luxembourg
16.5
2018
74
Tonga
16.0
2018
75
Federated States of Micronesia
16.0
2018
76
Comoros
16.0
2018
77
Malta
16.0
2018
78
Syria
15.5
2018
79
Guatemala
15.0
2018
80
Lebanon
15.0
2018
81
Guinea
15.0
2018
82
Grenada
15.0
2018
83
Barbados
15.0
2018
84
Nicaragua
14.0
2018
85
Ghana
14.0
2018
86
Myanmar
14.0
2018
87
Republic of Macedonia
14.0
2018
88
Malaysia
13.5
2018
89
Cameroon
13.5
2018
90
East Timor
13.0
2018
91
Burkina Faso
13.0
2018
92
Djibouti
13.0
2018
93
South Sudan
13.0
2018
94
Honduras
13.0
2018
95
Spain
12.5
2018
96
San Marino
12.5
2018
97
Jordan
12.5
2018
98
Greece
12.5
2018
99
Bhutan
12.0
2018
100
Dominica
12.0
2018
101
Israel
12.0
2018
102
Montenegro
12.0
2018
103
Maldives
12.0
2018
104
Egypt
11.5
2018
105
Iceland
11.5
2018
106
Japan
11.2
2018
107
Colombia
11.0
2018
108
Mali
11.0
2018
109
Argentina
11.0
2018
110
Mongolia
11.0
2018
111
Saint Lucia
11.0
2018
112
Tajikistan
11.0
2018
113
Nigeria
10.9
2018
114
Trinidad and Tobago
10.5
2018
115
Russia
10.1
2018
116
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
10.0
2018
117
Kyrgyzstan
10.0
2018
118
Switzerland
10.0
2018
119
Morocco
9.0
2018
120
Solomon Islands
9.0
2018
121
Sri Lanka
9.0
2018
122
Belarus
9.0
2018
123
Samoa
9.0
2018
124
China
8.6
2018
125
Benin
8.5
2018
126
Zambia
8.5
2018
127
Guinea-Bissau
8.5
2018
128
Afghanistan
8.5
2018
129
Mexico
8.4
2018
130
Bahrain
8.3
2018
131
Slovenia
8.0
2018
132
Tunisia
8.0
2018
133
Germany
8.0
2018
134
Sierra Leone
8.0
2018
135
Madagascar
8.0
2018
136
Qatar
7.7
2018
137
São Tomé and Príncipe
7.0
2018
138
Sweden
7.0
2018
139
Niger
7.0
2018
140
Turkey
7.0
2018
141
Hungary
7.0
2018
142
Democratic Republic Of Congo
7.0
2018
143
Portugal
6.5
2018
144
Ukraine
6.5
2018
145
Uruguay
6.5
2018
146
Oman
6.3
2018
147
Chile
6.0
2018
148
Mauritania
6.0
2018
149
Italy
6.0
2018
150
Panama
6.0
2018
151
Cyprus
6.0
2018
152
Senegal
6.0
2018
153
Ivory Coast
6.0
2018
154
United States
5.6
2018
155
Togo
5.5
2018
156
Kosovo
5.5
2018
157
Lithuania
5.5
2018
158
Serbia
5.5
2018
159
Puerto Rico
5.5
2018
160
Brunei
5.5
2018
161
Latvia
5.5
2018
162
Republic of Ireland
5.0
2018
163
Albania
5.0
2018
164
Kazakhstan
5.0
2018
165
Mauritius
5.0
2018
166
Thailand
4.5
2018
167
United Kingdom
4.5
2018
168
Rwanda
4.0
2018
169
Norway
4.0
2018
170
Burundi
4.0
2018
171
Uzbekistan
4.0
2018
172
Belgium
4.0
2018
173
South Korea
4.0
2018
174
Moldova
4.0
2018
175
United Arab Emirates
3.7
2018
176
Armenia
3.5
2018
177
France
3.5
2018
178
Estonia
3.5
2018
179
Azerbaijan
3.5
2018
180
Netherlands
3.5
2018
181
Denmark
3.5
2018
182
Jamaica
3.0
2018
183
Australia
2.5
2018
184
Georgia
2.0
2018
185
Hong Kong
1.5
2018
186
Singapore
1.5
2018
187
Canada
1.5
2018
188
New Zealand
0.5
2018
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