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Time required to start a business (days)

Time required to start a business (days) in Malta was 20.50 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 8 years was 38.50 in 2013, while its lowest value was 16.00 in 2017.

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
2011	38.50
2012	38.50
2013	38.50
2014	33.50
2015	28.00
2016	26.00
2017	16.00
2018	16.00
2019	20.50

Time required to start a business, female (days)

The value for Time required to start a business, female (days) in Malta was 20.50 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 8 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 38.50 in 2013 and a minimum value of 16.00 in 2017.

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

Year	Value
2011	38.50
2012	38.50
2013	38.50
2014	33.50
2015	28.00
2016	26.00
2017	16.00
2018	16.00
2019	20.50

Time required to start a business, male (days)

The value for Time required to start a business, male (days) in Malta was 20.50 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 8 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 38.50 in 2013 and a minimum value of 16.00 in 2017.

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

Year	Value
2011	38.50
2012	38.50
2013	38.50
2014	33.50
2015	28.00
2016	26.00
2017	16.00
2018	16.00
2019	20.50

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Business environment