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DEFINITION:
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.
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| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suriname | 208 | 2013 | ||
| 2 | Venezuela | 144 | 2013 | ||
| 3 | Equatorial Guinea | 135 | 2013 | ||
| 4 | Brazil | 107.5 | 2013 | ||
| 5 | Cambodia | 104 | 2013 | ||
| 6 | Brunei | 101 | 2013 | ||
| 7 | Haiti | 97 | 2013 | ||
| 8 | Laos | 92 | 2013 | ||
| 9 | Zimbabwe | 90 | 2013 | ||
| 10 | Eritrea | 84 | 2013 | ||
| 11 | Burma | 72 | 2013 | ||
| 12 | Angola | 66 | 2013 | ||
| 13 | Chad | 62 | 2013 | ||
| 14 | Botswana | 60 | 2013 | ||
| 15 | Fiji | 59 | 2013 | ||
| 16 | Ecuador | 55.5 | 2013 | ||
| 17 | Papua New Guinea | 53 | 2013 | ||
| 18 | Gabon | 50 | 2013 | ||
| 19 | Bolivia | 49 | 2013 | ||
| 20 | Indonesia | 48 | 2013 | ||
| 21 | Belize | 44 | 2013 | ||
| =22 | Yemen | 40 | 2013 | ||
| =22 | Malawi | 40 | 2013 | ||
| 24 | Seychelles | 39 | 2013 | ||
| 25 | Swaziland | 38 | 2013 | ||
| 26 | Trinidad and Tobago | 37.5 | 2013 | ||
| =27 | Nicaragua | 36 | 2013 | ||
| =27 | Sudan | 36 | 2013 | ||
| =29 | Paraguay | 35 | 2013 | ||
| =29 | Philippines | 35 | 2013 | ||
| =29 | Libya | 35 | 2013 | ||
| 32 | Vietnam | 34 | 2013 | ||
| =33 | Kuwait | 32 | 2013 | ||
| =33 | Uganda | 32 | 2013 | ||
| =33 | Kenya | 32 | 2013 | ||
| =36 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 31 | 2013 | ||
| =36 | Kiribati | 31 | 2013 | ||
| 38 | Iraq | 29 | 2013 | ||
| 39 | Nigeria | 28 | 2013 | ||
| 40 | Thailand | 27.5 | 2013 | ||
| 41 | India | 27 | 2013 | ||
| 42 | Tanzania | 26 | 2013 | ||
| 43 | Algeria | 25 | 2013 | ||
| 44 | Costa Rica | 24 | 2013 | ||
| 45 | The Bahamas | 23.5 | 2013 | ||
| =46 | Antigua and Barbuda | 21 | 2013 | ||
| =46 | Pakistan | 21 | 2013 | ||
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 20.5 | 2013 | ||
| 49 | Guyana | 20 | 2013 | ||
| 50 | Guatemala | 19.5 | 2013 | ||
| =51 | Togo | 19 | 2013 | ||
| =51 | Mauritania | 19 | 2013 | ||
| 53 | Dominican Republic | 18.5 | 2013 | ||
| 54 | Barbados | 18 | 2013 | ||
| =55 | Djibouti | 17 | 2013 | ||
| =55 | Marshall Islands | 17 | 2013 | ||
| =55 | Niger | 17 | 2013 | ||
| 58 | El Salvador | 16.5 | 2013 | ||
| =59 | Tonga | 16 | 2013 | ||
| =59 | Guinea | 16 | 2013 | ||
| =61 | Comoros | 15 | 2013 | ||
| =61 | Grenada | 15 | 2013 | ||
| =61 | Benin | 15 | 2013 | ||
| =61 | Saint Lucia | 15 | 2013 | ||
| =61 | Colombia | 15 | 2013 | ||
| =61 | Cameroon | 15 | 2013 | ||
| =61 | Ethiopia | 15 | 2013 | ||
| =68 | Honduras | 14 | 2013 | ||
| =68 | Ghana | 14 | 2013 | ||
| =70 | Mozambique | 13 | 2013 | ||
| =70 | Burkina Faso | 13 | 2013 | ||
| =72 | Sierra Leone | 12 | 2013 | ||
| =72 | Dominica | 12 | 2013 | ||
| 74 | Mali | 11 | 2013 | ||
| 75 | Bangladesh | 10.5 | 2013 | ||
| =76 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 10 | 2013 | ||
| =76 | Cape Verde | 10 | 2013 | ||
| =78 | Guinea-Bissau | 9 | 2013 | ||
| =78 | Solomon Islands | 9 | 2013 | ||
| =78 | Samoa | 9 | 2013 | ||
| =78 | Maldives | 9 | 2013 | ||
| =78 | Bahrain | 9 | 2013 | ||
| 83 | Qatar | 8.5 | 2013 | ||
| =84 | Sri Lanka | 8 | 2013 | ||
| =84 | Egypt | 8 | 2013 | ||
| =84 | Cote d'Ivoire | 8 | 2013 | ||
| =84 | Oman | 8 | 2013 | ||
| =84 | Madagascar | 8 | 2013 | ||
| 89 | Zambia | 6.5 | 2013 | ||
| =90 | Malaysia | 6 | 2013 | ||
| =90 | Panama | 6 | 2013 | ||
| =90 | Senegal | 6 | 2013 | ||
| =90 | Mexico | 6 | 2013 | ||
| =90 | Jamaica | 6 | 2013 | ||
| =90 | Mauritius | 6 | 2013 | ||
| 96 | Liberia | 4.5 | 2013 | ||
| =97 | Australia | 2.5 | 2013 | ||
| =97 | Hong Kong | 2.5 | 2013 | ||
| =97 | Singapore | 2.5 | 2013 |
