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Hot countries Compared by Government > Red tape > Time required to start a business > Days per million

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. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Suriname 1,298.31 2012
2 Seychelles 444.27 2012
3 Marshall Islands 323.47 2012
4 Kiribati 307.58 2012
5 Brunei 245 2012
6 Antigua and Barbuda 235.77 2012
7 Equatorial Guinea 183.35 2012
8 Dominica 167.4 2012
9 Tonga 152.47 2012
10 Grenada 142.2 2012
11 Belize 135.78 2012
12 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 91.43 2012
13 Saint Lucia 82.93 2012
14 Fiji 67.45 2012
15 Barbados 63.55 2012
16 The Bahamas 63.18 2012
17 Samoa 47.65 2012
18 Swaziland 45.49 2012
19 Djibouti 43.04 2012
20 Gabon 34.91 2012
21 Trinidad and Tobago 30.66 2012
22 Botswana 29.94 2012
23 Comoros 27.87 2012
24 Maldives 26.59 2012
25 Guyana 25.15 2012
26 Cape Verde 22.25 2012
27 Solomon Islands 16.38 2012
28 Laos 13.84 2012
29 Eritrea 13.7 2012
30 Costa Rica 12.38 2012
31 Haiti 10.32 2012
32 Kuwait 9.84 2012
33 Papua New Guinea 7.39 2012
34 Cambodia 6.86 2012
35 Bahrain 6.83 2012
36 Zimbabwe 6.56 2012
37 Nicaragua 6.51 2012
38 Togo 5.72 2012
39 Libya 5.69 2012
40 Guinea-Bissau 5.41 2012
41 Paraguay 5.23 2012
42 Mauritania 5.01 2012
43 Chad 4.98 2012
44 Venezuela 4.81 2012
45 Bolivia 4.67 2012
46 Mauritius 4.65 2012
47 Qatar 4.15 2012
48 Ecuador 3.58 2012
49 Angola 3.17 2012
50 Guinea 3.06 2012
51 Guatemala 2.65 2012
52 El Salvador 2.62 2012
53 Benin 2.59 2012
54 Jamaica 2.58 2012
55 Malawi 2.51 2012
56 Oman 2.41 2012
57 Sierra Leone 2.01 2012
58 Panama 1.84 2012
59 Dominican Republic 1.8 2012
60 Honduras 1.76 2012
61 Yemen 1.68 2012
62 Cote d'Ivoire 1.61 2012
63 Burma 1.36 2012
64 Liberia 1.31 2012
65 Zambia 1.17 2012
66 Niger 0.991 2012
67 Sudan 0.968 2012
68 Uganda 0.908 2012
69 Iraq 0.89 2012
70 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.883 2012
71 Burkina Faso 0.79 2012
72 Saudi Arabia 0.742 2012
73 Kenya 0.741 2012
74 Cameroon 0.691 2012
75 Algeria 0.65 2012
76 Brazil 0.599 2012
77 Tanzania 0.544 2012
78 Mali 0.539 2012
79 Mozambique 0.516 2012
80 Ghana 0.473 2012
81 Singapore 0.471 2012
82 Senegal 0.437 2012
83 Thailand 0.434 2012
84 Sri Lanka 0.394 2012
85 Vietnam 0.383 2012
86 Philippines 0.372 2012
87 Madagascar 0.359 2012
88 Hong Kong 0.349 2012
89 Colombia 0.314 2012
90 Malaysia 0.205 2012
91 Indonesia 0.194 2012
92 Nigeria 0.166 2012
93 Ethiopia 0.164 2012
94 Bangladesh 0.12 2012
95 Pakistan 0.117 2012
96 Australia 0.11 2012
97 Egypt 0.0991 2012
98 Mexico 0.0496 2012
99 India 0.0218 2012

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Interesting observations about Government > Red tape > Time required to start a business > Days per million

  • Palau ranked first for red tape > time required to start a business > days per million amongst Christian countries in 2012.
  • Suriname ranked first for red tape > time required to start a business > days per million amongst Hot countries in 2012.
  • United States has ranked last for red tape > time required to start a business > days per million since 2003.
  • Brunei ranked first for red tape > time required to start a business > days per million amongst Muslim countries in 2012.
  • San Marino ranked first for red tape > time required to start a business > days per million amongst Europe in 2012.
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis ranked first for red tape > time required to start a business > days per million amongst Former British colonies in 2012.
  • Seychelles ranked first for red tape > time required to start a business > days per million amongst Heavily indebted countries in 2012.
  • Malta ranked first for red tape > time required to start a business > days per million amongst European Union in 2012.
  • Luxembourg ranked first for red tape > time required to start a business > days per million amongst High income OECD countries in 2012.
  • Latvia ranked first for red tape > time required to start a business > days per million amongst Emerging markets in 2012.
  • Bhutan ranked first for red tape > time required to start a business > days per million amongst Cold countries in 2012.
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