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Time required to start a business (days)

Time required to start a business (days) in India was 17.50 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 6 years was 35.00 in 2014, while its lowest value was 16.50 in 2018.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).

Year	Value
2013	32.70
2014	35.00
2015	30.00
2016	28.50
2017	29.80
2018	16.50
2019	17.50

Time required to start a business, female (days)

The value for Time required to start a business, female (days) in India was 17.47 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 6 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 35.00 in 2014 and a minimum value of 16.47 in 2018.

Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).

Year	Value
2013	32.65
2014	35.00
2015	30.00
2016	28.47
2017	29.77
2018	16.47
2019	17.47

Time required to start a business, male (days)

The value for Time required to start a business, male (days) in India was 17.47 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 6 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 35.00 in 2014 and a minimum value of 16.47 in 2018.

Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).

Year	Value
2013	32.65
2014	35.00
2015	30.00
2016	28.47
2017	29.77
2018	16.47
2019	17.47

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Business environment