Government > Start-up procedures to register a business > Number > Per capita: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
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. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Palau | 396.04 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
2 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 165.31 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
3 | Seychelles | 104.95 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
4 | Antigua and Barbuda | 83.72 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
5 | Marshall Islands | 76.47 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
6 | Dominica | 69.07 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
7 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 66.87 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
8 | Federated States of Micronesia | 63.07 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
9 | Sao Tome and Principe | 62.48 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
10 | Kiribati | 59.67 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
11 | Samoa | 48.5 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
12 | Tonga | 39.04 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
13 | Equatorial Guinea | 38.84 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
14 | Vanuatu | 37.15 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
15 | Grenada | 36.99 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
16 | Saint Lucia | 36.14 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 30.52 per 1 million people | 2006 | |||
17 | Belize | 30.28 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
18 | Suriname | 28.79 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
19 | Cape Verde | 23.15 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
Catholic countries average (profile) | 19.74 per 1 million people | 2006 | |||
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 18.38 per 1 million people | 2006 | |||
20 | Comoros | 17.93 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
21 | Iceland | 16.72 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
22 | Bhutan | 15.46 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
23 | Maldives | 14.84 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
24 | Solomon Islands | 14.31 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
25 | Djibouti | 13.65 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 12.39 per 1 million people | 2006 | |||
26 | Swaziland | 11.54 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
27 | Guyana | 10.65 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
28 | Guinea-Bissau | 10.41 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
29 | East Timor | 9.72 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
30 | Fiji | 9.37 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 7.68 per 1 million people | 2006 | |||
31 | Gabon | 7.11 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
32 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.88 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
33 | Botswana | 6.26 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
34 | The Gambia | 5.15 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
35 | Kuwait | 5 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
36 | Namibia | 4.88 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
37 | Mauritius | 4.79 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
38 | Slovenia | 4.5 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
39 | Estonia | 4.47 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
40 | Lesotho | 4.47 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
41 | Albania | 3.51 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
42 | Mauritania | 3.49 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
43 | Oman | 3.43 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 3.2 per 1 million people | 2006 | |||
South Asia average (profile) | 3.14 per 1 million people | 2006 | |||
44 | Mongolia | 3.1 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
45 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.07 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
46 | Uruguay | 3.02 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
47 | Armenia | 2.99 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 2.97 per 1 million people | 2006 | |||
48 | Eritrea | 2.87 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
49 | Paraguay | 2.83 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
50 | Moldova | 2.6 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
51 | United Arab Emirates | 2.59 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
52 | Costa Rica | 2.51 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
53 | Central African Republic | 2.44 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 2.31 per 1 million people | 2006 | |||
54 | Croatia | 2.25 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
55 | Jamaica | 2.25 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
56 | Latvia | 2.19 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
57 | Panama | 2.13 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
58 | Tajikistan | 2.1 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
59 | Togo | 2.06 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
60 | Lithuania | 2.06 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
61 | Jordan | 1.97 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
62 | Congo, Republic of the | 1.95 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
63 | Chad | 1.9 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 1.83 per 1 million people | 2006 | |||
64 | Puerto Rico | 1.78 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
65 | Azerbaijan | 1.77 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
66 | Honduras | 1.77 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
NATO countries average (profile) | 1.76 per 1 million people | 2006 | |||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 1.71 per 1 million people | 2006 | |||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 1.71 per 1 million people | 2006 | |||
67 | Slovakia | 1.67 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
68 | Belarus | 1.65 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
69 | Bolivia | 1.6 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
70 | Sierra Leone | 1.59 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
71 | Georgia | 1.58 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
72 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.54 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
73 | Lebanon | 1.48 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
failed states average (profile) | 1.47 per 1 million people | 2006 | |||
74 | El Salvador | 1.43 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
75 | Guinea | 1.41 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
76 | Burundi | 1.4 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
=77 | Laos | 1.39 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
=77 | Haiti | 1.39 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
79 | Singapore | 1.37 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
80 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1.36 per 1 million people | 2004 | ||
81 | Greece | 1.35 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
82 | Papua New Guinea | 1.33 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 1.32 per 1 million people | 2006 | |||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 1.28 per 1 million people | 2006 | |||
Eurozone average (profile) | 1.26 per 1 million people | 2006 | |||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 1.17 per 1 million people | 2006 | |||
83 | Bulgaria | 1.17 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
84 | Nicaragua | 1.14 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
European Union average (profile) | 1.1 per 1 million people | 2006 | |||
85 | Austria | 1.09 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
Religious countries average (profile) | 1.06 per 1 million people | 2006 | |||
86 | Ecuador | 1.04 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
87 | Dominican Republic | 1.04 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
88 | Guatemala | 1.01 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
89 | Tunisia | 0.987 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
90 | Czech Republic | 0.979 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
91 | Rwanda | 0.974 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
92 | Ireland | 0.95 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
93 | Mali | 0.935 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
94 | Norway | 0.861 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
95 | Senegal | 0.838 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
96 | Switzerland | 0.806 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
97 | Benin | 0.805 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
98 | Angola | 0.793 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
99 | Zimbabwe | 0.764 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
100 | Niger | 0.763 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
101 | Malawi | 0.76 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
102 | Portugal | 0.755 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
103 | Cameroon | 0.719 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
104 | Hong Kong | 0.713 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
105 | Israel | 0.71 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
106 | Cambodia | 0.697 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
107 | Mozambique | 0.645 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
108 | Syria | 0.615 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
109 | Hungary | 0.597 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
110 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.596 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
111 | Venezuela | 0.592 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
112 | Burkina Faso | 0.589 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 0.585 per 1 million people | 2006 | |||
113 | Finland | 0.571 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
114 | Uganda | 0.569 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
115 | Yemen | 0.555 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
116 | Denmark | 0.553 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
117 | Saudi Arabia | 0.549 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
118 | Chile | 0.547 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
119 | Ghana | 0.533 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
120 | Madagascar | 0.524 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
121 | Zambia | 0.506 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
122 | New Zealand | 0.485 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
123 | Kazakhstan | 0.457 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 0.449 per 1 million people | 2006 | |||
124 | Algeria | 0.42 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
125 | Iraq | 0.411 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
126 | Sri Lanka | 0.405 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
127 | Argentina | 0.383 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
128 | Belgium | 0.381 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
129 | Kenya | 0.37 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
130 | Netherlands | 0.366 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
131 | Peru | 0.353 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
132 | Malaysia | 0.349 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
133 | Sweden | 0.332 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
134 | Tanzania | 0.329 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
135 | Uzbekistan | 0.301 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
136 | Colombia | 0.285 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
137 | Sudan | 0.27 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
138 | Poland | 0.262 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
139 | Nepal | 0.253 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
140 | South Korea | 0.248 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
141 | Romania | 0.232 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
142 | Spain | 0.23 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
143 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.219 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
144 | Ukraine | 0.215 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
145 | Morocco | 0.197 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
146 | South Africa | 0.19 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
147 | Italy | 0.154 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
148 | Egypt | 0.133 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
149 | Vietnam | 0.131 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
150 | Philippines | 0.13 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
151 | Thailand | 0.124 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
152 | Iran | 0.116 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
153 | France | 0.115 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
154 | Turkey | 0.11 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
155 | Germany | 0.109 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
156 | United Kingdom | 0.099 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
=157 | Afghanistan | 0.097 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
=157 | Australia | 0.097 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
159 | Ethiopia | 0.096 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
160 | Brazil | 0.09 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 0.0883 per 1 million people | 2006 | |||
161 | Mexico | 0.077 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
162 | Pakistan | 0.069 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
163 | Japan | 0.063 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
164 | Nigeria | 0.062 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
165 | Canada | 0.061 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
166 | Bangladesh | 0.055 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
167 | Indonesia | 0.054 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
168 | Russia | 0.049 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
169 | United States | 0.017 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
=170 | India | 0.01 per 1 million people | 2006 | ||
=170 | China | 0.01 per 1 million people | 2006 |