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Time required to start a business (days)

Time required to start a business (days) in Japan was 11.10 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 6 years was 11.60 in 2013, while its lowest value was 11.10 in 2014.

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	11.60
2014	11.10
2015	11.20
2016	11.10
2017	11.10
2018	11.10
2019	11.10

Time required to start a business, female (days)

The value for Time required to start a business, female (days) in Japan was 11.15 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 6 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11.65 in 2013 and a minimum value of 11.15 in 2014.

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

Year	Value
2013	11.65
2014	11.15
2015	11.15
2016	11.15
2017	11.15
2018	11.15
2019	11.15

Time required to start a business, male (days)

The value for Time required to start a business, male (days) in Japan was 11.15 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 6 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11.65 in 2013 and a minimum value of 11.15 in 2014.

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

Year	Value
2013	11.65
2014	11.15
2015	11.15
2016	11.15
2017	11.15
2018	11.15
2019	11.15

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Business environment