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Closing a business, time (years) by country

Time is recorded in calendar years. Information is collected on the sequence of procedures and on whether any procedures can be carried out simultaneously. Potential delay tactics by the parties, such as the filing of dilatory appeals or requests for extension, are taken into consideration. For more information,...

Countries reporting
46
Highest
8 years
Mauritania
Lowest
1.3 years
Tunisia
Median
3 years
Years covered
10
2003–2012
Data points
502

What the numbers show

Closing a business, time (years) is currently reported for 46 countries. The highest value is 8 years in Mauritania; the lowest is 1.3 years in Tunisia.

The median across all reporting countries is 3 years, and the mean is 3.32 years.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Closing a business, time: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mauritania 8 years 2012 unchanged flat
2 Angola 6.2 years 2012 unchanged flat
2 Sao Tome and Principe 6.2 years 2012 unchanged flat
4 Democratic Republic of Congo 5.2 years 2012 unchanged flat
5 Burundi 5 years 2012 unchanged flat
5 Mozambique 5 years 2012 unchanged flat
5 Gabon 5 years 2012 unchanged flat
5 Djibouti 5 years 2012 unchanged flat
5 Niger 5 years 2012 unchanged flat
10 Central African Republic 4.8 years 2012 unchanged flat
11 Kenya 4.5 years 2012 unchanged flat
12 Egypt 4.2 years 2012 unchanged flat
13 Burkina Faso 4 years 2012 unchanged flat
13 Benin 4 years 2012 unchanged flat
13 Chad 4 years 2012 unchanged flat
16 Guinea 3.8 years 2012 unchanged flat
17 Mali 3.6 years 2012 unchanged flat
18 Zimbabwe 3.3 years 2012 unchanged flat
18 Congo 3.3 years 2012 unchanged flat
20 Cameroon 3.2 years 2012 unchanged flat
21 Liberia 3 years 2012 unchanged flat
21 Togo 3 years 2012 unchanged flat
21 Tanzania 3 years 2012 unchanged flat
21 Ethiopia 3 years 2012 unchanged flat
21 Rwanda 3 years 2012 unchanged flat
21 Senegal 3 years 2012 unchanged flat
27 Zambia 2.7 years 2012 unchanged flat
28 Malawi 2.6 years 2012 unchanged flat
28 Sierra Leone 2.6 years 2012 unchanged flat
28 Lesotho 2.6 years 2012 unchanged flat
31 Algeria 2.5 years 2012 unchanged flat
32 Cote d'Ivoire 2.2 years 2012 unchanged flat
32 Uganda 2.2 years 2012 unchanged flat
34 Nigeria 2 years 2012 unchanged flat
34 South Africa 2 years 2012 unchanged flat
34 Gambia 2 years 2012 unchanged flat
34 Seychelles 2 years 2012 unchanged flat
34 Eswatini 2 years 2012 unchanged flat
34 Madagascar 2 years 2012 unchanged flat
34 Sudan 2 years 2012 unchanged flat
41 Ghana 1.9 years 2012 unchanged flat
42 Morocco 1.8 years 2012 unchanged flat
43 Mauritius 1.7 years 2012 unchanged flat
43 Botswana 1.7 years 2012 down 22.7% falling
45 Namibia 1.5 years 2012 unchanged flat
46 Tunisia 1.3 years 2012 unchanged flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Closing a business, time (years)
Unit
years
Source
World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
52 places, 502 data points, 2003–2012
Last refreshed

Time is recorded in calendar years. Information is collected on the sequence of procedures and on whether any procedures can be carried out simultaneously. Potential delay tactics by the parties, such as the filing of dilatory appeals or requests for extension, are taken into consideration. For more information, visit http://www.doingbusiness.org/MethodologySurveys/.