Latin America and Caribbean Compared by Economy > Time required to start a business > Days
DEFINITION:
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.".
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Suriname | 694 | 2009 | ||
2 | Haiti | 195 | 2009 | ||
3 | Venezuela | 141 | 2009 | ||
4 | Brazil | 120 | 2009 | ||
5 | Uruguay | 65 | 2009 | ||
6 | Ecuador | 64 | 2009 | ||
7 | Costa Rica | 60 | 2009 | ||
8 | Bolivia | 50 | 2009 | ||
9 | Belize | 44 | 2009 | ||
10 | Trinidad and Tobago | 43 | 2009 | ||
11 | Peru | 41 | 2009 | ||
12 | Nicaragua | 39 | 2009 | ||
13 | Guatemala | 37 | 2009 | ||
14 | Paraguay | 35 | 2009 | ||
15 | Guyana | 34 | 2009 | ||
16 | The Bahamas | 31 | 2009 | ||
17 | Chile | 27 | 2009 | ||
18 | Argentina | 26 | 2009 | ||
19 | Antigua and Barbuda | 21 | 2009 | ||
=20 | Colombia | 20 | 2009 | ||
=20 | Grenada | 20 | 2009 | ||
=22 | Dominican Republic | 19 | 2009 | ||
=22 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 19 | 2009 | ||
24 | El Salvador | 17 | 2009 | ||
=25 | Dominica | 14 | 2009 | ||
=25 | Saint Lucia | 14 | 2009 | ||
=25 | Honduras | 14 | 2009 | ||
28 | Mexico | 13 | 2009 | ||
29 | Panama | 12 | 2009 | ||
30 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11 | 2009 | ||
31 | Jamaica | 8 | 2009 |