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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. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palau | 1,349.14 | 2012 | ||
| 2 | Suriname | 1,298.31 | 2012 | ||
| 3 | San Marino | 1,280.12 | 2012 | ||
| 4 | Seychelles | 444.27 | 2012 | ||
| 5 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 354.58 | 2012 | ||
| 6 | Marshall Islands | 323.47 | 2012 | ||
| 7 | Kiribati | 307.58 | 2012 | ||
| 8 | Brunei | 245 | 2012 | ||
| 9 | Antigua and Barbuda | 235.77 | 2012 | ||
| 10 | Equatorial Guinea | 183.35 | 2012 | ||
| 11 | Dominica | 167.4 | 2012 | ||
| 12 | Federated States of Micronesia | 154.75 | 2012 | ||
| 13 | Tonga | 152.47 | 2012 | ||
| 14 | Grenada | 142.2 | 2012 | ||
| 15 | Vanuatu | 141.55 | 2012 | ||
| 16 | Belize | 135.78 | 2012 | ||
| East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 108.13 | 2012 | |||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 101.16 | 2012 | |||
| 17 | Malta | 94.41 | 2012 | ||
| 18 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 91.43 | 2012 | ||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 86.14 | 2012 | |||
| 19 | Saint Lucia | 82.93 | 2012 | ||
| 20 | East Timor | 77.67 | 2012 | ||
| 21 | Fiji | 67.45 | 2012 | ||
| 22 | Barbados | 63.55 | 2012 | ||
| 23 | The Bahamas | 63.18 | 2012 | ||
| Christian countries average (profile) | 52.11 | 2012 | |||
| 24 | Bhutan | 48.53 | 2012 | ||
| 25 | Samoa | 47.65 | 2012 | ||
| Hot countries average (profile) | 46 | 2012 | |||
| 26 | Swaziland | 45.49 | 2012 | ||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 44.86 | 2012 | |||
| 27 | Djibouti | 43.04 | 2012 | ||
| Landlocked countries average (profile) | 39.06 | 2012 | |||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 38.21 | 2012 | |||
| 28 | Republic of the Congo | 37.12 | 2012 | ||
| 29 | Gabon | 34.91 | 2012 | ||
| 30 | Luxembourg | 34.81 | 2012 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | 33.63 | 2012 | |||
| 31 | Trinidad and Tobago | 30.66 | 2012 | ||
| 32 | Botswana | 29.94 | 2012 | ||
| 33 | Namibia | 29.21 | 2012 | ||
| 34 | Kosovo | 28.79 | 2012 | ||
| 35 | Comoros | 27.87 | 2012 | ||
| 36 | Maldives | 26.59 | 2012 | ||
| 37 | Sao Tome and Principe | 26.58 | 2012 | ||
| 38 | Guyana | 25.15 | 2012 | ||
| 39 | Cape Verde | 22.25 | 2012 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 21.54 | 2012 | |||
| 40 | Solomon Islands | 16.38 | 2012 | ||
| 41 | Montenegro | 16.1 | 2012 | ||
| 42 | The Gambia | 15.07 | 2012 | ||
| 43 | Lesotho | 14.14 | 2012 | ||
| 44 | Iceland | 14.06 | 2012 | ||
| 45 | Laos | 13.84 | 2012 | ||
| 46 | Eritrea | 13.7 | 2012 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 12.41 | 2012 | |||
| 47 | Costa Rica | 12.38 | 2012 | ||
| 48 | Haiti | 10.32 | 2012 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 10.11 | 2012 | |||
| 49 | Kuwait | 9.84 | 2012 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 9.8 | 2012 | |||
| 50 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.65 | 2012 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 9.17 | 2012 | |||
| Potential Future EU Members average (profile) | 9.09 | 2012 | |||
| 51 | Latvia | 7.65 | 2012 | ||
| 52 | Papua New Guinea | 7.39 | 2012 | ||
| 53 | Cyprus | 7.09 | 2012 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 7.05 | 2012 | |||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 6.95 | 2012 | |||
| 54 | Cambodia | 6.86 | 2012 | ||
| 55 | Bahrain | 6.83 | 2012 | ||
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 6.56 | 2012 | ||
| 57 | Lithuania | 6.53 | 2012 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | 6.51 | 2012 | |||
| 58 | Nicaragua | 6.51 | 2012 | ||
| 59 | Togo | 5.72 | 2012 | ||
| 60 | Libya | 5.69 | 2012 | ||
| 61 | Guinea-Bissau | 5.41 | 2012 | ||
| 62 | Paraguay | 5.23 | 2012 | ||
| 63 | Mauritania | 5.01 | 2012 | ||
| 64 | Chad | 4.98 | 2012 | ||
| 65 | Central African Republic | 4.86 | 2012 | ||
| 66 | Estonia | 4.85 | 2012 | ||
| 67 | Venezuela | 4.81 | 2012 | ||
| 68 | Bolivia | 4.67 | 2012 | ||
| 69 | Mauritius | 4.65 | 2012 | ||
| Cold countries average (profile) | 4.41 | 2012 | |||
| 70 | Mongolia | 4.29 | 2012 | ||
| 71 | Qatar | 4.15 | 2012 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 3.96 | 2012 | |||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 3.58 | 2012 | |||
| 72 | Ecuador | 3.58 | 2012 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 3.28 | 2012 | |||
| 73 | Angola | 3.17 | 2012 | ||
| 74 | Guinea | 3.06 | 2012 | ||
| 75 | Tajikistan | 3 | 2012 | ||
| 76 | Austria | 2.95 | 2012 | ||
| 77 | Slovenia | 2.92 | 2012 | ||
| failed states average (profile) | 2.89 | 2012 | |||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 2.83 | 2012 | |||
| 78 | Armenia | 2.69 | 2012 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 2.67 | 2012 | |||
| 79 | Israel | 2.66 | 2012 | ||
| 80 | Guatemala | 2.65 | 2012 | ||
| 81 | El Salvador | 2.62 | 2012 | ||
| 82 | Benin | 2.59 | 2012 | ||
| 83 | Finland | 2.59 | 2012 | ||
| 84 | Jamaica | 2.58 | 2012 | ||
| 85 | Moldova | 2.53 | 2012 | ||
| 86 | Malawi | 2.51 | 2012 | ||
| 87 | Slovakia | 2.5 | 2012 | ||
| 88 | Bulgaria | 2.46 | 2012 | ||
| 89 | Oman | 2.41 | 2012 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 2.4 | 2012 | |||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 2.37 | 2012 | |||
| 90 | Switzerland | 2.25 | 2012 | ||
| 91 | Ireland | 2.18 | 2012 | ||
| 92 | Lebanon | 2.03 | 2012 | ||
| 93 | Sierra Leone | 2.01 | 2012 | ||
| 94 | Uruguay | 1.91 | 2012 | ||
| 95 | Jordan | 1.9 | 2012 | ||
| 96 | Croatia | 1.87 | 2012 | ||
| 97 | Czech Republic | 1.85 | 2012 | ||
| 98 | Panama | 1.84 | 2012 | ||
| 99 | Dominican Republic | 1.8 | 2012 | ||
| 100 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.79 | 2012 | ||
| 101 | Honduras | 1.76 | 2012 | ||
| 102 | Sweden | 1.68 | 2012 | ||
| 103 | Yemen | 1.68 | 2012 | ||
| 104 | Serbia | 1.66 | 2012 | ||
| 105 | Puerto Rico | 1.64 | 2012 | ||
| 106 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.61 | 2012 | ||
| 107 | South Sudan | 1.57 | 2012 | ||
| 108 | Albania | 1.42 | 2012 | ||
| 109 | Norway | 1.39 | 2012 | ||
| 110 | Burma | 1.36 | 2012 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 1.33 | 2012 | |||
| 111 | Liberia | 1.31 | 2012 | ||
| 112 | Zambia | 1.17 | 2012 | ||
| 113 | Kazakhstan | 1.13 | 2012 | ||
| 114 | Greece | 1.06 | 2012 | ||
| 115 | Belarus | 1.06 | 2012 | ||
| 116 | Nepal | 1.06 | 2012 | ||
| 117 | Tunisia | 1.02 | 2012 | ||
| 118 | Niger | 0.991 | 2012 | ||
| 119 | Denmark | 0.984 | 2012 | ||
| 120 | Sudan | 0.968 | 2012 | ||
| 121 | Republic of Macedonia | 0.95 | 2012 | ||
| 122 | Uganda | 0.908 | 2012 | ||
| 123 | Iraq | 0.89 | 2012 | ||
| 124 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.883 | 2012 | ||
| 125 | United Arab Emirates | 0.869 | 2012 | ||
| 126 | Azerbaijan | 0.86 | 2012 | ||
| 127 | Peru | 0.834 | 2012 | ||
| 128 | Poland | 0.83 | 2012 | ||
| 129 | Burundi | 0.812 | 2012 | ||
| 130 | Burkina Faso | 0.79 | 2012 | ||
| 131 | Saudi Arabia | 0.742 | 2012 | ||
| 132 | Kenya | 0.741 | 2012 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 0.693 | 2012 | |||
| 133 | Cameroon | 0.691 | 2012 | ||
| 134 | Algeria | 0.65 | 2012 | ||
| 135 | Argentina | 0.608 | 2012 | ||
| 136 | Spain | 0.606 | 2012 | ||
| 137 | Brazil | 0.599 | 2012 | ||
| 138 | Syria | 0.58 | 2012 | ||
| 139 | Tanzania | 0.544 | 2012 | ||
| 140 | Mali | 0.539 | 2012 | ||
| 141 | Mozambique | 0.516 | 2012 | ||
| 142 | Hungary | 0.503 | 2012 | ||
| 143 | Ukraine | 0.483 | 2012 | ||
| 144 | Ghana | 0.473 | 2012 | ||
| 145 | Singapore | 0.471 | 2012 | ||
| 146 | Romania | 0.445 | 2012 | ||
| 147 | Georgia | 0.443 | 2012 | ||
| 148 | Senegal | 0.437 | 2012 | ||
| 149 | Thailand | 0.434 | 2012 | ||
| 150 | Chile | 0.429 | 2012 | ||
| 151 | Uzbekistan | 0.403 | 2012 | ||
| 152 | Sri Lanka | 0.394 | 2012 | ||
| 153 | Vietnam | 0.383 | 2012 | ||
| 154 | Philippines | 0.372 | 2012 | ||
| 155 | South Africa | 0.371 | 2012 | ||
| 156 | Morocco | 0.369 | 2012 | ||
| 157 | Belgium | 0.359 | 2012 | ||
| 158 | Madagascar | 0.359 | 2012 | ||
| 159 | Hong Kong | 0.349 | 2012 | ||
| 160 | Portugal | 0.332 | 2012 | ||
| 161 | Colombia | 0.314 | 2012 | ||
| 162 | Netherlands | 0.298 | 2012 | ||
| 163 | Rwanda | 0.262 | 2012 | ||
| 164 | Afghanistan | 0.235 | 2012 | ||
| 165 | Iran | 0.209 | 2012 | ||
| 166 | Malaysia | 0.205 | 2012 | ||
| 167 | Indonesia | 0.194 | 2012 | ||
| 168 | United Kingdom | 0.19 | 2012 | ||
| 169 | Germany | 0.177 | 2012 | ||
| 170 | Japan | 0.172 | 2012 | ||
| 171 | Nigeria | 0.166 | 2012 | ||
| 172 | Ethiopia | 0.164 | 2012 | ||
| 173 | Canada | 0.143 | 2012 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 0.128 | 2012 | |||
| 174 | Russia | 0.125 | 2012 | ||
| 175 | Bangladesh | 0.12 | 2012 | ||
| 176 | Pakistan | 0.117 | 2012 | ||
| 177 | New Zealand | 0.113 | 2012 | ||
| 178 | Australia | 0.11 | 2012 | ||
| 179 | South Korea | 0.11 | 2012 | ||
| 180 | Egypt | 0.0991 | 2012 | ||
| 181 | France | 0.0989 | 2012 | ||
| 182 | Italy | 0.0985 | 2012 | ||
| 183 | Turkey | 0.0811 | 2012 | ||
| 184 | Mexico | 0.0496 | 2012 | ||
| 185 | European Union | 0.0267 | 2012 | ||
| 186 | China | 0.0244 | 2012 | ||
| 187 | India | 0.0218 | 2012 | ||
| 188 | United States | 0.0159 | 2012 |
