Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score by country
The score for the time for men benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.
Countries reporting
190
Highest
100
New Zealand
Lowest
0
Venezuela, RB
Median
88.44
Years covered
17
2003–2019
Data points
3,083
What the numbers show
Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 100 in New Zealand; the lowest is 0 in Venezuela, RB.
The median across all reporting countries is 88.44, and the mean is 82.07.
Over the past decade 146 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Bosnia and Herzegovina (up 1,900.0%), and the largest decrease in Lao PDR (down 100.0%).
Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Kosovo | 95.98 | 2019 | up 99.0% | rising |
| 1 | Djibouti | 86.43 | 2019 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 2 | Georgia | 99.5 | 2019 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 3 | Canada | 99 | 2019 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 99 | 2019 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 3 | Singapore | 99 | 2019 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 6 | Australia | 98.49 | 2019 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 7 | Togo | 97.99 | 2019 | up 509.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Jamaica | 97.49 | 2019 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 8 | Uzbekistan | 97.49 | 2019 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates | 96.98 | 2019 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 10 | Azerbaijan | 96.98 | 2019 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 10 | Denmark | 96.98 | 2019 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 10 | Estonia | 96.98 | 2019 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 10 | Netherlands | 96.98 | 2019 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 15 | Armenia | 96.48 | 2019 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 15 | Chile | 96.48 | 2019 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 15 | France | 96.48 | 2019 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 15 | Greece | 96.48 | 2019 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 15 | Moldova | 96.48 | 2019 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 15 | Norway | 96.48 | 2019 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 15 | Oman | 96.48 | 2019 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 15 | Rwanda | 96.48 | 2019 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 23 | United States | 96.28 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 24 | Albania | 95.98 | 2019 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 24 | United Kingdom | 95.98 | 2019 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 24 | Mauritius | 95.98 | 2019 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 27 | Burundi | 95.48 | 2019 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 27 | Belgium | 95.48 | 2019 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 27 | Brunei Darussalam | 95.48 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Kazakhstan | 95.48 | 2019 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 31 | Lithuania | 94.97 | 2019 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 31 | Latvia | 94.97 | 2019 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 31 | Puerto Rico (US) | 94.97 | 2019 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 34 | Cote d'Ivoire | 94.47 | 2019 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 34 | Cyprus | 94.47 | 2019 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 34 | Mauritania | 94.47 | 2019 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 34 | Panama | 94.47 | 2019 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 34 | Senegal | 94.47 | 2019 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 34 | Thailand | 94.47 | 2019 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 40 | Portugal | 93.97 | 2019 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 40 | Ukraine | 93.97 | 2019 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 40 | Uruguay | 93.97 | 2019 | up 159.7% | rising |
| 43 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 93.47 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 43 | Hungary | 93.47 | 2019 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 43 | Myanmar | 93.47 | 2019 | up 304.3% | rising |
| 43 | Serbia | 93.47 | 2019 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 43 | Sao Tome and Principe | 93.47 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 43 | Tajikistan | 93.47 | 2019 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 43 | Turkiye | 93.47 | 2019 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 50 | Nigeria | 93.24 | 2019 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 51 | Sweden | 92.96 | 2019 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 52 | Afghanistan | 92.46 | 2019 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 52 | Benin | 92.46 | 2019 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 52 | Bahrain | 92.46 | 2019 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 52 | Germany | 92.46 | 2019 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 52 | Gambia, The | 92.46 | 2019 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 52 | Guinea-Bissau | 92.46 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 52 | Korea, Rep. | 92.46 | 2019 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 52 | Sri Lanka | 92.46 | 2019 | up 64.3% | rising |
| 52 | Madagascar | 92.46 | 2019 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 52 | Sierra Leone | 92.46 | 2019 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 52 | Slovenia | 92.46 | 2019 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 63 | Mexico | 92.05 | 2019 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 64 | Belarus | 91.96 | 2019 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 64 | Qatar | 91.96 | 2019 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 64 | Zambia | 91.96 | 2019 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 67 | China | 91.91 | 2019 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 68 | Cabo Verde | 91.46 | 2019 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 68 | Morocco | 91.46 | 2019 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 68 | Solomon Islands | 91.46 | 2019 | up 102.2% | rising |
| 68 | Tunisia | 91.46 | 2019 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 68 | Samoa | 91.46 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 73 | Switzerland | 90.45 | 2019 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 73 | Colombia | 90.45 | 2019 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 73 | Gabon | 90.45 | 2019 | up 95.7% | rising |
| 73 | Kyrgyz Republic | 90.45 | 2019 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 73 | Niger | 90.45 | 2019 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 73 | Saudi Arabia | 90.45 | 2019 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 73 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 90.45 | 2019 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 73 | Taiwan | 90.45 | 2019 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 81 | Russian Federation | 90.35 | 2019 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 82 | Trinidad and Tobago | 89.95 | 2019 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 83 | Ireland | 89.45 | 2019 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 83 | Israel | 89.45 | 2019 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 83 | Italy | 89.45 | 2019 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 83 | St. Lucia | 89.45 | 2019 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 83 | Mali | 89.45 | 2019 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 88 | Japan | 89.3 | 2019 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 89 | Argentina | 88.94 | 2019 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 89 | Bahamas, The | 88.94 | 2019 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 89 | Iceland | 88.94 | 2019 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 89 | San Marino | 88.94 | 2019 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 93 | Bhutan | 88.44 | 2019 | up 63.0% | rising |
| 93 | Dominica | 88.44 | 2019 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 93 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 88.44 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 93 | Grenada | 88.44 | 2019 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 93 | Jordan | 88.44 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 93 | Maldives | 88.44 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 93 | Montenegro | 88.44 | 2019 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 93 | Mongolia | 88.44 | 2019 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 101 | Spain | 87.94 | 2019 | up 124.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Indonesia | 87.8 | 2019 | up 136.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Burkina Faso | 87.44 | 2019 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 103 | Cameroon | 87.44 | 2019 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 103 | Finland | 87.44 | 2019 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 103 | Ghana | 87.44 | 2019 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 103 | South Sudan | 87.44 | 2019 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 103 | Timor-Leste | 87.44 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 86.43 | 2019 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 110 | Guinea | 85.43 | 2019 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 110 | Guatemala | 85.43 | 2019 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 110 | Lebanon | 85.43 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 110 | Lesotho | 85.43 | 2019 | up 39.3% | volatile |
| 110 | North Macedonia | 85.43 | 2019 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 110 | Syrian Arab Republic | 85.43 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 116 | Barbados | 84.42 | 2019 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 116 | Comoros | 84.42 | 2019 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 116 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 84.42 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 116 | Tonga | 84.42 | 2019 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 116 | Viet Nam | 84.42 | 2019 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 121 | Dominican Republic | 83.92 | 2019 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 121 | Luxembourg | 83.92 | 2019 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 121 | Pakistan | 83.92 | 2019 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 121 | El Salvador | 83.92 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 125 | Brazil | 83.8 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Marshall Islands | 83.42 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Mozambique | 83.42 | 2019 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Malaysia | 83.42 | 2019 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 129 | India | 82.94 | 2019 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 130 | Algeria | 82.41 | 2019 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 130 | Guyana | 82.41 | 2019 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 130 | Liberia | 82.41 | 2019 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 130 | Vanuatu | 82.41 | 2019 | up 54.7% | rising |
| 134 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 81.91 | 2019 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 135 | Antigua and Barbuda | 81.41 | 2019 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 135 | Kuwait | 81.41 | 2019 | up 24.6% | flat |
| 137 | Bangladesh | 80.9 | 2019 | up 62.6% | rising |
| 137 | Croatia | 80.9 | 2019 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 139 | Romania | 80.4 | 2019 | down 13.0% | flat |
| 140 | Malta | 79.9 | 2019 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 141 | Austria | 79.4 | 2019 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 142 | Slovak Republic | 78.89 | 2019 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 142 | Eswatini | 78.89 | 2019 | up 96.2% | rising |
| 144 | Central African Republic | 78.39 | 2019 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 145 | Nepal | 77.89 | 2019 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 146 | Bulgaria | 77.39 | 2019 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 146 | Costa Rica | 77.39 | 2019 | up 190.6% | volatile |
| 146 | Kenya | 77.39 | 2019 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 149 | Uganda | 76.38 | 2019 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 150 | Czechia | 75.88 | 2019 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 151 | Iraq | 74.37 | 2019 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 151 | Peru | 74.37 | 2019 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Zimbabwe | 73.37 | 2019 | up 1,116.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Palau | 72.36 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 155 | Tanzania | 70.85 | 2019 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 156 | Kiribati | 69.35 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 157 | Ethiopia | 68.34 | 2019 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 157 | Seychelles | 68.34 | 2019 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 159 | Equatorial Guinea | 67.34 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Philippines | 67.34 | 2019 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 161 | Sudan | 66.33 | 2019 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 162 | Libya | 65.33 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Paraguay | 65.33 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 164 | Angola | 64.32 | 2019 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 165 | Malawi | 63.32 | 2019 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 165 | Poland | 63.32 | 2019 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 167 | Bolivia | 60.8 | 2019 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 168 | Fiji | 60.3 | 2019 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 168 | Yemen, Rep. | 60.3 | 2019 | down 31.8% | rising |
| 168 | South Africa | 60.3 | 2019 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 171 | Papua New Guinea | 59.3 | 2019 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 172 | Honduras | 58.29 | 2019 | down 32.6% | rising |
| 173 | West Bank and Gaza | 57.29 | 2019 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 174 | Belize | 52.26 | 2019 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 174 | Botswana | 52.26 | 2019 | up 26.8% | volatile |
| 176 | Ecuador | 51.76 | 2019 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 177 | Congo, Rep. | 51.26 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 178 | Namibia | 46.23 | 2019 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 179 | Chad | 42.21 | 2019 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 180 | Suriname | 34.17 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 30.15 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 182 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 28.14 | 2019 | down 26.3% | rising |
| 183 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20.1 | 2019 | up 1,900.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Eritrea | 16.08 | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 185 | Haiti | 3.02 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 186 | Cambodia | 1.01 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 187 | Lao PDR | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Venezuela, RB | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
About this data
The score for the time for men benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.