Starting a business: Time - Men (days) in Fiji
Fiji: Starting a business: Time - Men was 40 days in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Time - Men in Fiji, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: time - men in Fiji stood at 40 days.
That represents a change of down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - men in Fiji peaked at 58 days in 2012 and was at its lowest, 31 days, in 2003.
Fiji ranks 19th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Time - Men in Fiji, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 31 days | — |
| 2004 | 31 days | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 44 days | +41.9% |
| 2006 | 44 days | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 44 days | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 44 days | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 44 days | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 44 days | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 44 days | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 58 days | +31.8% |
| 2013 | 58 days | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 58 days | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 58 days | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 40 days | -31.0% |
| 2017 | 40 days | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 40 days | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 40 days | +0.0% |
Fiji compared with similar countries
- Fiji's 40 days is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12 days, 3.3× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Fiji's 40 days is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 12.82 days, 3.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 40.29 days | 31 days | 44 days | 7 |
| 2010s | 48 days | 40 days | 58 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Fiji
More private sector data for Fiji
- Merchandise trade 70.6% (2025)
- Food imports 19.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 56.5% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 3.25 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 64.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 15.5% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 1.13 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,207 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1817 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -0.6178 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - men in Fiji?
- Starting a business: time - men in Fiji was 40 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - men recorded in Fiji?
- The highest recorded value was 58 days in 2012.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - men recorded in Fiji?
- The lowest recorded value was 31 days in 2003.
- How does Fiji rank for starting a business: time - men?
- Fiji ranks 19th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - men rising or falling in Fiji?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Fiji data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Time - Men (days). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The time for men captures the median duration that business incorporation experts indicate is necessary for five male married entrepreneurs to complete all procedures required to start and operate a business with minimum follow-up and no extra payments. It is calulared in calendar days. The time estimates of all procedures are added to calculate the total time required to start and operate a business, taking into account simultaneity of processes. It is assumed that the minimum time required for each procedure is one day, except for procedures that can be fully completed online, for which the time required is recorded as half a day.