Start-up procedures to register a business (number) - Country Ranking

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.

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

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Venezuela 20.00 2019
2 Equatorial Guinea 16.00 2019
3 Philippines 13.00 2019
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.00 2019
3 Eritrea 13.00 2019
3 Uganda 13.00 2019
7 Bolivia 12.00 2019
7 Eswatini 12.00 2019
7 Algeria 12.00 2019
7 Argentina 12.00 2019
7 Haiti 12.00 2019
12 Brazil 11.00 2019
12 Ecuador 11.00 2019
12 Ethiopia 11.00 2019
12 Congo 11.00 2019
12 Fiji 11.00 2019
12 Honduras 11.00 2019
12 Indonesia 11.00 2019
19 Iran 10.00 2019
19 Liechtenstein 10.00 2019
19 Central African Republic 10.00 2019
19 Costa Rica 10.00 2019
19 India 10.00 2019
19 Libya 10.00 2019
19 Namibia 10.00 2019
19 Mozambique 10.00 2019
19 Sudan 10.00 2019
19 Tanzania 10.00 2019
29 El Salvador 9.00 2019
29 Germany 9.00 2019
29 Comoros 9.00 2019
29 Guinea-Bissau 9.00 2019
29 Belize 9.00 2019
29 Bangladesh 9.00 2019
29 Cabo Verde 9.00 2019
29 Czech Republic 9.00 2019
29 Botswana 9.00 2019
29 Cambodia 9.00 2019
29 Lao PDR 9.00 2019
29 Seychelles 9.00 2019
29 Somalia 9.00 2019
29 Antigua and Barbuda 9.00 2019
29 Zimbabwe 9.00 2019
44 Angola 8.00 2019
44 Vietnam 8.00 2019
44 Austria 8.00 2019
44 Qatar 8.00 2019
44 Chad 8.00 2019
44 Lebanon 8.00 2019
44 Japan 8.00 2019
44 Bhutan 8.00 2019
44 Mexico 8.00 2019
44 Palau 8.00 2019
44 Mongolia 8.00 2019
44 Nepal 8.00 2019
44 Iraq 8.00 2019
44 Peru 8.00 2019
44 Suriname 8.00 2019
44 Malaysia 8.00 2019
44 Montenegro 8.00 2019
44 Ghana 8.00 2019
62 Nigeria 7.00 2019
62 Turkey 7.00 2019
62 Paraguay 7.00 2019
62 San Marino 7.00 2019
62 Serbia 7.00 2019
62 South Africa 7.00 2019
62 Zambia 7.00 2019
62 Guyana 7.00 2019
62 Kenya 7.00 2019
62 Kiribati 7.00 2019
62 Croatia 7.00 2019
62 Malawi 7.00 2019
62 Sri Lanka 7.00 2019
62 Nicaragua 7.00 2019
62 Bulgaria 7.00 2019
62 Colombia 7.00 2019
62 Gabon 7.00 2019
62 The Bahamas 7.00 2019
62 Dominican Republic 7.00 2019
62 Spain 7.00 2019
62 Italy 7.00 2019
62 Jordan 7.00 2019
62 St. Kitts and Nevis 7.00 2019
62 Trinidad and Tobago 7.00 2019
62 Syrian Arab Republic 7.00 2019
62 Slovak Republic 7.00 2019
62 Solomon Islands 7.00 2019
62 Barbados 7.00 2019
62 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 7.00 2019
62 Vanuatu 7.00 2019
92 Ukraine 6.00 2019
92 Timor-Leste 6.00 2019
92 United States 6.00 2019
92 Bahrain 6.00 2019
92 São Tomé and Principe 6.00 2019
92 Lesotho 6.00 2019
92 Cameroon 6.00 2019
92 Hungary 6.00 2019
92 Chile 6.00 2019
92 Djibouti 6.00 2019
92 Guinea 6.00 2019
92 The Gambia 6.00 2019
92 Switzerland 6.00 2019
92 Benin 6.00 2019
92 Portugal 6.00 2019
92 Grenada 6.00 2019
92 Guatemala 6.00 2019
92 Yemen 6.00 2019
92 Romania 6.00 2019
92 Papua New Guinea 6.00 2019
92 Puerto Rico 6.00 2019
92 North Macedonia 6.00 2019
92 Myanmar 6.00 2019
115 Madagascar 5.00 2019
115 Luxembourg 5.00 2019
115 Panama 5.00 2019
115 Thailand 5.00 2019
115 Poland 5.00 2019
115 Kuwait 5.00 2019
115 Pakistan 5.00 2019
115 Mali 5.00 2019
115 Malta 5.00 2019
115 Belgium 5.00 2019
115 China 5.00 2019
115 Denmark 5.00 2019
115 Cyprus 5.00 2019
115 Egypt 5.00 2019
115 Dominica 5.00 2019
115 France 5.00 2019
115 Liberia 5.00 2019
115 St. Lucia 5.00 2019
115 Iceland 5.00 2019
115 Sierra Leone 5.00 2019
115 Rwanda 5.00 2019
115 Uruguay 5.00 2019
115 Albania 5.00 2019
138 Burundi 4.00 2019
138 Russia 4.00 2019
138 Kazakhstan 4.00 2019
138 Lithuania 4.00 2019
138 Côte d'Ivoire 4.00 2019
138 United Kingdom 4.00 2019
138 Dem. Rep. Congo 4.00 2019
138 Belarus 4.00 2019
138 Afghanistan 4.00 2019
138 Netherlands 4.00 2019
138 Norway 4.00 2019
138 Oman 4.00 2019
138 Mauritius 4.00 2019
138 Kyrgyz Republic 4.00 2019
138 Senegal 4.00 2019
138 Tonga 4.00 2019
138 Sweden 4.00 2019
138 Niger 4.00 2019
138 Mauritania 4.00 2019
138 Latvia 4.00 2019
138 Morocco 4.00 2019
138 Samoa 4.00 2019
160 Moldova 3.00 2019
160 Uzbekistan 3.00 2019
160 Saudi Arabia 3.00 2019
160 Korea 3.00 2019
160 Greece 3.00 2019
160 Armenia 3.00 2019
160 Azerbaijan 3.00 2019
160 Brunei 3.00 2019
160 Finland 3.00 2019
160 Estonia 3.00 2019
160 Israel 3.00 2019
160 Ireland 3.00 2019
160 Slovenia 3.00 2019
160 Tunisia 3.00 2019
160 Togo 3.00 2019
160 Tajikistan 3.00 2019
160 Burkina Faso 3.00 2019
160 Australia 3.00 2019
178 Singapore 2.00 2019
178 Canada 2.00 2019
178 United Arab Emirates 2.00 2019
178 Jamaica 2.00 2019
178 Hong Kong SAR, China 2.00 2019
183 Georgia 1.00 2019
183 New Zealand 1.00 2019

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Development Relevance: The economic health of a country is measured not only in macroeconomic terms but also by other factors that shape daily economic activity such as laws, regulations, and institutional arrangements. The data measure business regulation, gauge regulatory outcomes, and measure the extent of legal protection of property, the flexibility of employment regulation, and the tax burden on businesses. The fundamental premise of this data is that economic activity requires good rules and regulations that are efficient, accessible to all who need to use them, and simple to implement. Thus sometimes there is more emphasis on more regulation, such as stricter disclosure requirements in related-party transactions, and other times emphasis is on for simplified regulations, such as a one-stop shop for completing business startup formalities. Entrepreneurs may not be aware of all required procedures or may avoid legally required procedures altogether. But where regulation is particularly onerous, levels of informality are higher, which comes at a cost: firms in the informal sector usually grow more slowly, have less access to credit, and employ fewer workers - and those workers remain outside the protections of labor law. The indicator can help policymakers understand the business environment in a country and - along with information from other sources such as the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys - provide insights into potential areas of reform.

Limitations and Exceptions: The Doing Business methodology has limitations that should be considered when interpreting the data. First, the data collected refer to businesses in the economy's largest city and may not represent regulations in other locations of the economy. To address this limitation, subnational indicators are being collected for selected economies. These subnational studies point to significant differences in the speed of reform and the ease of doing business across cities in the same economy. Second, the data often focus on a specific business form - generally a limited liability company of a specified size - and may not represent regulation for other types of businesses such as sole proprietorships. Third, transactions described in a standardized business case refer to a specific set of issues and may not represent the full set of issues a business encounters. Fourth, the time measures involve an element of judgment by the expert respondents. When sources indicate different estimates, the Doing Business time indicators represent the median values of several responses given under the assumptions of the standardized case. Fifth, the methodology assumes that a business has full information on what is required and does not waste time when completing procedures.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Data are collected by the World Bank with a standardized survey that uses a simple business case to ensure comparability across economies and over time - with assumptions about the legal form of the business, its size, its location, and nature of its operation. Surveys are administered through more than 9,000 local experts, including lawyers, business consultants, accountants, freight forwarders, government officials, and other professionals who routinely administer or advise on legal and regulatory requirements. Entrepreneurs around the world face a range of challenges. One of them is inefficient regulation. The indicator measures the procedures, time, cost and paid-in minimum capital required for a small or medium-size limited liability company to start up and formally operate. The Doing Business project of the World Bank encompasses two types of data: data from readings of laws and regulations and data on time and motion indicators that measure efficiency in achieving a regulatory goal. Within the time and motion indicators cost estimates are recorded from official fee schedules where applicable. The data from surveys are subjected to numerous tests for robustness, which lead to revision or expansion of the information collected.

Aggregation method: Unweighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.