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DEFINITION:
Start-up procedures to register a business (number). Start-up procedures are those required to start a business, including interactions to obtain necessary permits and licenses and to complete all inscriptions, verifications, and notifications to start operations. Data are for businesses with specific characteristics of ownership, size, and type of production. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palau | 385.47 | 2012 | ||
| 2 | San Marino | 256.02 | 2012 | ||
| 3 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 130.64 | 2012 | ||
| 4 | Seychelles | 113.91 | 2012 | ||
| 5 | Marshall Islands | 95.14 | 2012 | ||
| 6 | Antigua and Barbuda | 89.82 | 2012 | ||
| 7 | Dominica | 69.75 | 2012 | ||
| 8 | Kiribati | 69.45 | 2012 | ||
| 9 | Federated States of Micronesia | 67.7 | 2012 | ||
| 10 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 64 | 2012 | ||
| 11 | Grenada | 56.88 | 2012 | ||
| 12 | Tonga | 38.12 | 2012 | ||
| 13 | Brunei | 36.39 | 2012 | ||
| 14 | Vanuatu | 32.35 | 2012 | ||
| East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 29.05 | 2012 | |||
| 15 | Barbados | 28.25 | 2012 | ||
| 16 | Belize | 27.77 | 2012 | ||
| 17 | Saint Lucia | 27.64 | 2012 | ||
| 18 | Malta | 26.29 | 2012 | ||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 25.16 | 2012 | |||
| 19 | Equatorial Guinea | 24.45 | 2012 | ||
| 20 | Suriname | 24.32 | 2012 | ||
| 21 | Sao Tome and Principe | 21.27 | 2012 | ||
| 22 | Samoa | 21.18 | 2012 | ||
| 23 | The Bahamas | 18.82 | 2012 | ||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 17.93 | 2012 | |||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 16.52 | 2012 | |||
| 24 | Cape Verde | 16.18 | 2012 | ||
| 25 | Iceland | 15.62 | 2012 | ||
| 26 | Maldives | 14.77 | 2012 | ||
| Christian countries average (profile) | 14.03 | 2012 | |||
| 27 | Djibouti | 12.8 | 2012 | ||
| 28 | Solomon Islands | 12.74 | 2012 | ||
| 29 | Fiji | 12.58 | 2012 | ||
| 30 | Comoros | 12.54 | 2012 | ||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 12.05 | 2012 | |||
| 31 | Luxembourg | 11.29 | 2012 | ||
| 32 | Bhutan | 10.78 | 2012 | ||
| 33 | Guyana | 10.06 | 2012 | ||
| Hot countries average (profile) | 9.97 | 2012 | |||
| 34 | Swaziland | 9.75 | 2012 | ||
| 35 | Montenegro | 9.66 | 2012 | ||
| Landlocked countries average (profile) | 8.13 | 2012 | |||
| Europe average (profile) | 7.87 | 2012 | |||
| 36 | East Timor | 6.61 | 2012 | ||
| 37 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.98 | 2012 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 5.49 | 2012 | |||
| 38 | Guinea-Bissau | 5.41 | 2012 | ||
| 39 | Cyprus | 5.31 | 2012 | ||
| 40 | Bahrain | 5.31 | 2012 | ||
| 41 | Kosovo | 4.98 | 2012 | ||
| 42 | Gabon | 4.9 | 2012 | ||
| Potential Future EU Members average (profile) | 4.57 | 2012 | |||
| 43 | Botswana | 4.49 | 2012 | ||
| 44 | The Gambia | 4.47 | 2012 | ||
| 45 | Namibia | 4.43 | 2012 | ||
| 46 | Qatar | 3.9 | 2012 | ||
| 47 | Mauritius | 3.87 | 2012 | ||
| 48 | Estonia | 3.73 | 2012 | ||
| 49 | Kuwait | 3.69 | 2012 | ||
| 50 | Lesotho | 3.41 | 2012 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 3.08 | 2012 | |||
| 51 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.87 | 2012 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 2.63 | 2012 | |||
| 52 | Republic of the Congo | 2.54 | 2012 | ||
| 53 | Mongolia | 2.5 | 2012 | ||
| 54 | Costa Rica | 2.5 | 2012 | ||
| 55 | Mauritania | 2.37 | 2012 | ||
| 56 | Lithuania | 2.34 | 2012 | ||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 2.32 | 2012 | |||
| European Union average (profile) | 2.24 | 2012 | |||
| 57 | Jamaica | 2.21 | 2012 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 2.21 | 2012 | |||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 2.15 | 2012 | |||
| 58 | Eritrea | 2.12 | 2012 | ||
| 59 | Latvia | 1.97 | 2012 | ||
| 60 | Moldova | 1.97 | 2012 | ||
| 61 | Central African Republic | 1.77 | 2012 | ||
| Cold countries average (profile) | 1.73 | 2012 | |||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 1.73 | 2012 | |||
| 62 | Honduras | 1.64 | 2012 | ||
| 63 | Puerto Rico | 1.64 | 2012 | ||
| 64 | Libya | 1.62 | 2012 | ||
| 65 | Albania | 1.58 | 2012 | ||
| 66 | Panama | 1.58 | 2012 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 1.53 | 2012 | |||
| 67 | Oman | 1.51 | 2012 | ||
| 68 | Uruguay | 1.47 | 2012 | ||
| 69 | Bolivia | 1.43 | 2012 | ||
| 70 | Croatia | 1.41 | 2012 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 1.39 | 2012 | |||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 1.36 | 2012 | |||
| 71 | Nicaragua | 1.34 | 2012 | ||
| 72 | El Salvador | 1.27 | 2012 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 1.25 | 2012 | |||
| 73 | South Sudan | 1.2 | 2012 | ||
| 74 | Haiti | 1.18 | 2012 | ||
| 75 | Lebanon | 1.13 | 2012 | ||
| 76 | Slovakia | 1.11 | 2012 | ||
| 77 | Jordan | 1.11 | 2012 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 1.09 | 2012 | |||
| 78 | Paraguay | 1.05 | 2012 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 1.04 | 2012 | |||
| 79 | Armenia | 1.01 | 2012 | ||
| 80 | Sierra Leone | 1 | 2012 | ||
| 81 | Norway | 0.996 | 2012 | ||
| 82 | Greece | 0.975 | 2012 | ||
| 83 | Slovenia | 0.972 | 2012 | ||
| 84 | Liberia | 0.955 | 2012 | ||
| 85 | Republic of Macedonia | 0.95 | 2012 | ||
| 86 | Austria | 0.945 | 2012 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 0.945 | 2012 | |||
| 87 | Tunisia | 0.928 | 2012 | ||
| 88 | Togo | 0.903 | 2012 | ||
| 89 | Laos | 0.903 | 2012 | ||
| failed states average (profile) | 0.879 | 2012 | |||
| 90 | Ireland | 0.872 | 2012 | ||
| 91 | Czech Republic | 0.856 | 2012 | ||
| 92 | Ecuador | 0.839 | 2012 | ||
| 93 | Papua New Guinea | 0.837 | 2012 | ||
| 94 | Serbia | 0.831 | 2012 | ||
| 95 | Guatemala | 0.796 | 2012 | ||
| 96 | Switzerland | 0.75 | 2012 | ||
| 97 | Chad | 0.723 | 2012 | ||
| 98 | Denmark | 0.716 | 2012 | ||
| 99 | Dominican Republic | 0.681 | 2012 | ||
| 100 | Cambodia | 0.673 | 2012 | ||
| 101 | Zimbabwe | 0.656 | 2012 | ||
| 102 | United Arab Emirates | 0.652 | 2012 | ||
| 103 | Azerbaijan | 0.645 | 2012 | ||
| 104 | Belarus | 0.634 | 2012 | ||
| 105 | Israel | 0.632 | 2012 | ||
| 106 | Malawi | 0.629 | 2012 | ||
| 107 | Tajikistan | 0.624 | 2012 | ||
| 108 | Venezuela | 0.568 | 2012 | ||
| 109 | Singapore | 0.565 | 2012 | ||
| 110 | Finland | 0.554 | 2012 | ||
| 111 | Bulgaria | 0.548 | 2012 | ||
| 112 | Niger | 0.525 | 2012 | ||
| 113 | Guinea | 0.524 | 2012 | ||
| 114 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.504 | 2012 | ||
| 115 | Benin | 0.497 | 2012 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 0.482 | 2012 | |||
| 116 | Georgia | 0.443 | 2012 | ||
| 117 | Zambia | 0.426 | 2012 | ||
| 118 | Hong Kong | 0.419 | 2012 | ||
| 119 | Uganda | 0.413 | 2012 | ||
| 120 | Burundi | 0.406 | 2012 | ||
| 121 | Hungary | 0.402 | 2012 | ||
| 122 | Chile | 0.401 | 2012 | ||
| 123 | Angola | 0.384 | 2012 | ||
| 124 | Portugal | 0.38 | 2012 | ||
| 125 | Algeria | 0.364 | 2012 | ||
| 126 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.358 | 2012 | ||
| 127 | Kazakhstan | 0.357 | 2012 | ||
| 128 | Mozambique | 0.357 | 2012 | ||
| 129 | Argentina | 0.341 | 2012 | ||
| 130 | Saudi Arabia | 0.318 | 2012 | ||
| 131 | Sweden | 0.315 | 2012 | ||
| 132 | Syria | 0.313 | 2012 | ||
| 133 | Iraq | 0.307 | 2012 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 0.306 | 2012 | |||
| 134 | Netherlands | 0.298 | 2012 | ||
| 135 | Sri Lanka | 0.295 | 2012 | ||
| 136 | Senegal | 0.291 | 2012 | ||
| 137 | Romania | 0.281 | 2012 | ||
| 138 | Ghana | 0.276 | 2012 | ||
| 139 | Mali | 0.269 | 2012 | ||
| 140 | Belgium | 0.269 | 2012 | ||
| 141 | Sudan | 0.269 | 2012 | ||
| 142 | Nepal | 0.255 | 2012 | ||
| 143 | Yemen | 0.252 | 2012 | ||
| 144 | Kenya | 0.232 | 2012 | ||
| 145 | Cameroon | 0.23 | 2012 | ||
| 146 | New Zealand | 0.226 | 2012 | ||
| 147 | Spain | 0.216 | 2012 | ||
| 148 | Burma | 0.208 | 2012 | ||
| 149 | Uzbekistan | 0.201 | 2012 | ||
| 150 | Colombia | 0.189 | 2012 | ||
| 151 | Tanzania | 0.188 | 2012 | ||
| 152 | Morocco | 0.184 | 2012 | ||
| 153 | Burkina Faso | 0.182 | 2012 | ||
| 154 | Rwanda | 0.175 | 2012 | ||
| 155 | Peru | 0.167 | 2012 | ||
| 156 | Philippines | 0.165 | 2012 | ||
| 157 | Poland | 0.156 | 2012 | ||
| 158 | Ukraine | 0.154 | 2012 | ||
| 159 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.152 | 2012 | ||
| 160 | Afghanistan | 0.134 | 2012 | ||
| 161 | Australia | 0.132 | 2012 | ||
| 162 | Vietnam | 0.113 | 2012 | ||
| 163 | Germany | 0.11 | 2012 | ||
| 164 | Iran | 0.105 | 2012 | ||
| 165 | Malaysia | 0.103 | 2012 | ||
| 166 | South Korea | 0.1 | 2012 | ||
| 167 | Italy | 0.0985 | 2012 | ||
| 168 | Ethiopia | 0.0981 | 2012 | ||
| 169 | South Africa | 0.0977 | 2012 | ||
| 170 | United Kingdom | 0.0949 | 2012 | ||
| 171 | Madagascar | 0.0897 | 2012 | ||
| 172 | Egypt | 0.0867 | 2012 | ||
| 173 | Turkey | 0.0811 | 2012 | ||
| 174 | France | 0.0761 | 2012 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 0.07 | 2012 | |||
| 175 | Brazil | 0.0654 | 2012 | ||
| 176 | Japan | 0.0627 | 2012 | ||
| 177 | Thailand | 0.0599 | 2012 | ||
| 178 | Pakistan | 0.0558 | 2012 | ||
| 179 | Russia | 0.0557 | 2012 | ||
| 180 | Mexico | 0.0496 | 2012 | ||
| 181 | Nigeria | 0.0474 | 2012 | ||
| 182 | Bangladesh | 0.0453 | 2012 | ||
| 183 | Indonesia | 0.0405 | 2012 | ||
| 184 | Canada | 0.0287 | 2012 | ||
| 185 | United States | 0.0191 | 2012 | ||
| 186 | European Union | 0.0114 | 2012 | ||
| 187 | India | 0.0097 | 2012 | ||
| 188 | China | 0.00962 | 2012 |
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Interesting observations about Government > Red tape > Start-up procedures to register a business > Number per million
- Palau ranked first for red tape > start-up procedures to register a business > number per million amongst Christian countries in 2012.
- Seychelles ranked first for red tape > start-up procedures to register a business > number per million amongst Hot countries in 2012.
- Brunei ranked first for red tape > start-up procedures to register a business > number per million amongst Muslim countries in 2012.
- Iceland ranked first for red tape > start-up procedures to register a business > number per million amongst High income OECD countries in 2012.
- San Marino ranked first for red tape > start-up procedures to register a business > number per million amongst Europe in 2012.
- Saint Kitts and Nevis ranked first for red tape > start-up procedures to register a business > number per million amongst Former British colonies in 2012.
- Malta ranked first for red tape > start-up procedures to register a business > number per million amongst European Union in 2012.
- Estonia ranked first for red tape > start-up procedures to register a business > number per million amongst Emerging markets in 2012.
- United States ranked last for red tape > start-up procedures to register a business > number per million amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2012.
- Fiji ranked first for red tape > start-up procedures to register a business > number per million amongst Religious countries in 2012.
