Sub-Saharan Africa 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 | Equatorial Guinea | 135 | 2013 | ||
| 2 | Republic of the Congo | 101 | 2013 | ||
| 3 | Zimbabwe | 90 | 2013 | ||
| 4 | Eritrea | 84 | 2013 | ||
| =5 | Angola | 66 | 2013 | ||
| =5 | Namibia | 66 | 2013 | ||
| 7 | Chad | 62 | 2013 | ||
| 8 | Botswana | 60 | 2013 | ||
| 9 | Gabon | 50 | 2013 | ||
| 10 | Malawi | 40 | 2013 | ||
| 11 | Seychelles | 39 | 2013 | ||
| 12 | Swaziland | 38 | 2013 | ||
| 13 | Sudan | 36 | 2013 | ||
| =14 | Uganda | 32 | 2013 | ||
| =14 | Kenya | 32 | 2013 | ||
| 16 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 31 | 2013 | ||
| 17 | Lesotho | 29 | 2013 | ||
| 18 | Nigeria | 28 | 2013 | ||
| 19 | The Gambia | 27 | 2013 | ||
| 20 | Tanzania | 26 | 2013 | ||
| 21 | Central African Republic | 22 | 2013 | ||
| =22 | South Africa | 19 | 2013 | ||
| =22 | Togo | 19 | 2013 | ||
| =22 | Mauritania | 19 | 2013 | ||
| =25 | South Sudan | 17 | 2013 | ||
| =25 | Djibouti | 17 | 2013 | ||
| =25 | Niger | 17 | 2013 | ||
| 28 | Guinea | 16 | 2013 | ||
| =29 | Comoros | 15 | 2013 | ||
| =29 | Benin | 15 | 2013 | ||
| =29 | Cameroon | 15 | 2013 | ||
| =29 | Ethiopia | 15 | 2013 | ||
| 33 | Ghana | 14 | 2013 | ||
| =34 | Mozambique | 13 | 2013 | ||
| =34 | Burkina Faso | 13 | 2013 | ||
| 36 | Sierra Leone | 12 | 2013 | ||
| 37 | Mali | 11 | 2013 | ||
| 38 | Cape Verde | 10 | 2013 | ||
| 39 | Guinea-Bissau | 9 | 2013 | ||
| =40 | Cote d'Ivoire | 8 | 2013 | ||
| =40 | Madagascar | 8 | 2013 | ||
| 42 | Zambia | 6.5 | 2013 | ||
| =43 | Mauritius | 6 | 2013 | ||
| =43 | Senegal | 6 | 2013 | ||
| =45 | Burundi | 5 | 2013 | ||
| =45 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5 | 2013 | ||
| 47 | Liberia | 4.5 | 2013 | ||
| 48 | Rwanda | 2 | 2013 |
