Latin America and Caribbean Compared by Government > Red tape > Time required to start a business > Days
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.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suriname | 208 | 2013 | ||
| 2 | Venezuela | 144 | 2013 | ||
| 3 | Brazil | 107.5 | 2013 | ||
| 4 | Haiti | 97 | 2013 | ||
| 5 | Ecuador | 55.5 | 2013 | ||
| 6 | Bolivia | 49 | 2013 | ||
| 7 | Belize | 44 | 2013 | ||
| 8 | Trinidad and Tobago | 37.5 | 2013 | ||
| 9 | Nicaragua | 36 | 2013 | ||
| 10 | Paraguay | 35 | 2013 | ||
| =11 | Peru | 25 | 2013 | ||
| =11 | Argentina | 25 | 2013 | ||
| 13 | Costa Rica | 24 | 2013 | ||
| 14 | The Bahamas | 23.5 | 2013 | ||
| 15 | Antigua and Barbuda | 21 | 2013 | ||
| 16 | Guyana | 20 | 2013 | ||
| 17 | Guatemala | 19.5 | 2013 | ||
| =18 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 18.5 | 2013 | ||
| =18 | Dominican Republic | 18.5 | 2013 | ||
| 20 | Barbados | 18 | 2013 | ||
| 21 | El Salvador | 16.5 | 2013 | ||
| =22 | Saint Lucia | 15 | 2013 | ||
| =22 | Grenada | 15 | 2013 | ||
| =22 | Colombia | 15 | 2013 | ||
| 25 | Honduras | 14 | 2013 | ||
| 26 | Dominica | 12 | 2013 | ||
| 27 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 10 | 2013 | ||
| 28 | Uruguay | 6.5 | 2013 | ||
| =29 | Jamaica | 6 | 2013 | ||
| =29 | Mexico | 6 | 2013 | ||
| =29 | Panama | 6 | 2013 | ||
| 32 | Chile | 5.5 | 2013 |
