Government > Start-up procedures to register a business > Number: 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.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Equatorial Guinea | 20 | 2006 | ||
2 | Chad | 19 | 2006 | ||
=3 | Guinea-Bissau | 17 | 2006 | ||
=3 | Brazil | 17 | 2006 | ||
=3 | Uganda | 17 | 2006 | ||
=3 | Paraguay | 17 | 2006 | ||
=7 | Belarus | 16 | 2006 | ||
=7 | Venezuela | 16 | 2006 | ||
=9 | Azerbaijan | 15 | 2006 | ||
=9 | Bolivia | 15 | 2006 | ||
=9 | Argentina | 15 | 2006 | ||
=9 | Greece | 15 | 2006 | ||
=13 | Algeria | 14 | 2006 | ||
=13 | Ecuador | 14 | 2006 | ||
=13 | Tajikistan | 14 | 2006 | ||
=16 | Honduras | 13 | 2006 | ||
=16 | Kuwait | 13 | 2006 | ||
=16 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 13 | 2006 | ||
=16 | Mozambique | 13 | 2006 | ||
=16 | Angola | 13 | 2006 | ||
=16 | Mali | 13 | 2006 | ||
=16 | China | 13 | 2006 | ||
=16 | Togo | 13 | 2006 | ||
=16 | Eritrea | 13 | 2006 | ||
=16 | Kenya | 13 | 2006 | ||
=16 | Guatemala | 13 | 2006 | ||
=16 | Saudi Arabia | 13 | 2006 | ||
=16 | Suriname | 13 | 2006 | ||
=16 | Colombia | 13 | 2006 | ||
=16 | Guinea | 13 | 2006 | ||
=16 | Tanzania | 13 | 2006 | ||
=16 | Swaziland | 13 | 2006 | ||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 12.11 | 2006 | |||
=33 | United Arab Emirates | 12 | 2006 | ||
=33 | Haiti | 12 | 2006 | ||
=33 | Cameroon | 12 | 2006 | ||
=33 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12 | 2006 | ||
=33 | South Korea | 12 | 2006 | ||
=33 | Indonesia | 12 | 2006 | ||
=33 | Syria | 12 | 2006 | ||
=33 | Ghana | 12 | 2006 | ||
=33 | Cape Verde | 12 | 2006 | ||
=33 | Yemen | 12 | 2006 | ||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 12 | 2006 | |||
failed states average (profile) | 11.5 | 2006 | |||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 11.13 | 2006 | |||
=43 | Costa Rica | 11 | 2006 | ||
=43 | Philippines | 11 | 2006 | ||
=43 | Jordan | 11 | 2006 | ||
=43 | Mauritania | 11 | 2006 | ||
=43 | Botswana | 11 | 2006 | ||
=43 | Pakistan | 11 | 2006 | ||
=43 | Albania | 11 | 2006 | ||
=43 | India | 11 | 2006 | ||
=43 | Cote d'Ivoire | 11 | 2006 | ||
=43 | Vietnam | 11 | 2006 | ||
=43 | Niger | 11 | 2006 | ||
=43 | Iraq | 11 | 2006 | ||
=43 | Djibouti | 11 | 2006 | ||
=43 | Burundi | 11 | 2006 | ||
=43 | Comoros | 11 | 2006 | ||
=43 | Serbia and Montenegro | 11 | 2004 | ||
Catholic countries average (profile) | 10.88 | 2006 | |||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 10.84 | 2006 | |||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 10.22 | 2006 | |||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 10.13 | 2006 | |||
Religious countries average (profile) | 10.05 | 2006 | |||
=59 | East Timor | 10 | 2006 | ||
=59 | Madagascar | 10 | 2006 | ||
=59 | Malawi | 10 | 2006 | ||
=59 | Dominican Republic | 10 | 2006 | ||
=59 | Central African Republic | 10 | 2006 | ||
=59 | El Salvador | 10 | 2006 | ||
=59 | Moldova | 10 | 2006 | ||
=59 | Sudan | 10 | 2006 | ||
=59 | Senegal | 10 | 2006 | ||
=59 | Zimbabwe | 10 | 2006 | ||
=59 | Sao Tome and Principe | 10 | 2006 | ||
=59 | Cambodia | 10 | 2006 | ||
=59 | Spain | 10 | 2006 | ||
=59 | Gabon | 10 | 2006 | ||
=59 | Czech Republic | 10 | 2006 | ||
=59 | Peru | 10 | 2006 | ||
=59 | Ukraine | 10 | 2006 | ||
=59 | Croatia | 10 | 2006 | ||
=59 | Uruguay | 10 | 2006 | ||
=59 | Egypt | 10 | 2006 | ||
=59 | Bhutan | 10 | 2006 | ||
=59 | Poland | 10 | 2006 | ||
=59 | Tunisia | 10 | 2006 | ||
=59 | Namibia | 10 | 2006 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 9.8 | 2006 | |||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 9.71 | 2006 | |||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 9.21 | 2006 | |||
=83 | Slovakia | 9 | 2006 | ||
=83 | Malaysia | 9 | 2006 | ||
=83 | Nigeria | 9 | 2006 | ||
=83 | Rwanda | 9 | 2006 | ||
=83 | Belize | 9 | 2006 | ||
=83 | Sierra Leone | 9 | 2006 | ||
=83 | Italy | 9 | 2006 | ||
=83 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9 | 2006 | ||
=83 | Slovenia | 9 | 2006 | ||
=83 | Oman | 9 | 2006 | ||
=83 | Samoa | 9 | 2006 | ||
=83 | Armenia | 9 | 2006 | ||
=83 | Bulgaria | 9 | 2006 | ||
=83 | South Africa | 9 | 2006 | ||
=83 | Austria | 9 | 2006 | ||
=83 | Chile | 9 | 2006 | ||
=83 | Seychelles | 9 | 2006 | ||
=83 | Germany | 9 | 2006 | ||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 8.63 | 2006 | |||
South Asia average (profile) | 8.6 | 2006 | |||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 8.33 | 2006 | |||
=101 | Burkina Faso | 8 | 2006 | ||
=101 | Congo, Republic of the | 8 | 2006 | ||
=101 | Turkey | 8 | 2006 | ||
=101 | Vanuatu | 8 | 2006 | ||
=101 | Bangladesh | 8 | 2006 | ||
=101 | Portugal | 8 | 2006 | ||
=101 | Palau | 8 | 2006 | ||
=101 | Thailand | 8 | 2006 | ||
=101 | Uzbekistan | 8 | 2006 | ||
=101 | Fiji | 8 | 2006 | ||
=101 | Papua New Guinea | 8 | 2006 | ||
=101 | Mexico | 8 | 2006 | ||
=101 | The Gambia | 8 | 2006 | ||
=101 | Lesotho | 8 | 2006 | ||
=101 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8 | 2006 | ||
=101 | Mongolia | 8 | 2006 | ||
=101 | Laos | 8 | 2006 | ||
=101 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8 | 2006 | ||
=101 | Japan | 8 | 2006 | ||
=101 | Iran | 8 | 2006 | ||
=101 | Kyrgyzstan | 8 | 2006 | ||
=101 | Guyana | 8 | 2006 | ||
=101 | Sri Lanka | 8 | 2006 | ||
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 8 | 2006 | |||
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 7.67 | 2006 | |||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 7.62 | 2006 | |||
Eurozone average (profile) | 7.53 | 2006 | |||
NATO countries average (profile) | 7.42 | 2006 | |||
European Union average (profile) | 7.28 | 2006 | |||
=124 | Ethiopia | 7 | 2006 | ||
=124 | France | 7 | 2006 | ||
=124 | Panama | 7 | 2006 | ||
=124 | Georgia | 7 | 2006 | ||
=124 | Nepal | 7 | 2006 | ||
=124 | Lithuania | 7 | 2006 | ||
=124 | Solomon Islands | 7 | 2006 | ||
=124 | Benin | 7 | 2006 | ||
=124 | Federated States of Micronesia | 7 | 2006 | ||
=124 | Russia | 7 | 2006 | ||
=124 | Puerto Rico | 7 | 2006 | ||
=124 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7 | 2006 | ||
=124 | Kazakhstan | 7 | 2006 | ||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 6.67 | 2006 | |||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 6.57 | 2006 | |||
=137 | Singapore | 6 | 2006 | ||
=137 | Zambia | 6 | 2006 | ||
=137 | Nicaragua | 6 | 2006 | ||
=137 | Switzerland | 6 | 2006 | ||
=137 | Kiribati | 6 | 2006 | ||
=137 | Saint Lucia | 6 | 2006 | ||
=137 | Jamaica | 6 | 2006 | ||
=137 | United Kingdom | 6 | 2006 | ||
=137 | Hungary | 6 | 2006 | ||
=137 | Lebanon | 6 | 2006 | ||
=137 | Estonia | 6 | 2006 | ||
=137 | Morocco | 6 | 2006 | ||
=137 | Mauritius | 6 | 2006 | ||
=137 | Netherlands | 6 | 2006 | ||
=151 | Iceland | 5 | 2006 | ||
=151 | Marshall Islands | 5 | 2006 | ||
=151 | Latvia | 5 | 2006 | ||
=151 | Romania | 5 | 2006 | ||
=151 | United States | 5 | 2006 | ||
=151 | Israel | 5 | 2006 | ||
=151 | Maldives | 5 | 2006 | ||
=151 | Hong Kong | 5 | 2006 | ||
=151 | Dominica | 5 | 2006 | ||
=160 | Grenada | 4 | 2006 | ||
=160 | Belgium | 4 | 2006 | ||
=160 | Tonga | 4 | 2006 | ||
=160 | Ireland | 4 | 2006 | ||
=160 | Norway | 4 | 2006 | ||
=165 | Sweden | 3 | 2006 | ||
=165 | Denmark | 3 | 2006 | ||
=165 | Finland | 3 | 2006 | ||
=165 | Afghanistan | 3 | 2006 | ||
=169 | New Zealand | 2 | 2006 | ||
=169 | Australia | 2 | 2006 | ||
=169 | Canada | 2 | 2006 |