Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Economy > Time required to start a business > Days
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.".
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guinea-Bissau | 216 | 2009 | ||
| 2 | Sao Tome and Principe | 144 | 2009 | ||
| 3 | Equatorial Guinea | 136 | 2009 | ||
| 4 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 127 | 2009 | ||
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 97 | 2009 | ||
| 6 | Eritrea | 84 | 2009 | ||
| =7 | Chad | 75 | 2009 | ||
| =7 | Togo | 75 | 2009 | ||
| 9 | Namibia | 66 | 2009 | ||
| 10 | Botswana | 61 | 2009 | ||
| 11 | Swaziland | 60 | 2009 | ||
| 12 | Gabon | 58 | 2009 | ||
| 13 | Guinea | 41 | 2009 | ||
| =14 | Cote d'Ivoire | 40 | 2009 | ||
| =14 | Lesotho | 40 | 2009 | ||
| =16 | Seychelles | 39 | 2009 | ||
| =16 | Malawi | 39 | 2009 | ||
| 18 | Djibouti | 37 | 2009 | ||
| 19 | Sudan | 36 | 2009 | ||
| 20 | Cameroon | 35 | 2009 | ||
| 21 | Kenya | 34 | 2009 | ||
| 22 | Burundi | 32 | 2009 | ||
| =23 | Benin | 31 | 2009 | ||
| =23 | Nigeria | 31 | 2009 | ||
| 25 | Tanzania | 29 | 2009 | ||
| 26 | The Gambia | 27 | 2009 | ||
| 27 | Mozambique | 26 | 2009 | ||
| 28 | Uganda | 25 | 2009 | ||
| =29 | Comoros | 24 | 2009 | ||
| =29 | Cape Verde | 24 | 2009 | ||
| =31 | South Africa | 22 | 2009 | ||
| =31 | Central African Republic | 22 | 2009 | ||
| 33 | Liberia | 20 | 2009 | ||
| 34 | Mauritania | 19 | 2009 | ||
| 35 | Zambia | 18 | 2009 | ||
| 36 | Niger | 17 | 2009 | ||
| 37 | Burkina Faso | 14 | 2009 | ||
| =38 | Ghana | 12 | 2009 | ||
| =38 | Sierra Leone | 12 | 2009 | ||
| 40 | Ethiopia | 9 | 2009 | ||
| =41 | Mali | 8 | 2009 | ||
| =41 | Senegal | 8 | 2009 | ||
| 43 | Madagascar | 7 | 2009 | ||
| 44 | Mauritius | 6 | 2009 | ||
| 45 | Rwanda | 3 | 2009 |
