Starting a business: Time - Men (days) in Qatar
Qatar: Starting a business: Time - Men was 8.5 days in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Time - Men in Qatar, 2007–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in days.
Analysis
Qatar recorded 8.5 days for starting a business: time - men in 2019.
That represents a change of up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - men in Qatar peaked at 10.5 days in 2010 and was at its lowest, 8 days, in 2007.
That places Qatar 124th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Starting a business: Time - Men in Qatar, year by year
| Year | days | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 8 days | — |
| 2008 | 8 days | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 8 days | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 10.5 days | +31.2% |
| 2011 | 9.5 days | -9.5% |
| 2012 | 9.5 days | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 9.5 days | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 9.5 days | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 9.5 days | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 9.5 days | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 9.5 days | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 8.5 days | -10.5% |
| 2019 | 8.5 days | +0.0% |
Qatar compared with similar countries
- Qatar's 8.5 days is above the median for high income countries, which is 8.25 days, 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Qatar's 8.5 days is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 14 days, 61% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8 days | 8 days | 8 days | 3 |
| 2010s | 9.4 days | 8.5 days | 10.5 days | 10 |
Countries ranked near Qatar
More private sector data for Qatar
- Merchandise trade 58.6% (2025)
- Food imports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 74.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 37.54 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 11.6% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 88.77 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 29,867 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4118 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -6.6 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - men in Qatar?
- Starting a business: time - men in Qatar was 8.5 days in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - men recorded in Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 10.5 days in 2010.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - men recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 8 days in 2007.
- How does Qatar rank for starting a business: time - men?
- Qatar ranks 124th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - men rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Qatar 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.