Dealing with construction permits, time (days) - Doing business - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators



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Time required to obtain operating license is the average wait to obtain an operating license from the day the establishment applied for it to the day it was granted. Source: World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).
Dealing with construction permits, time (days) - Doing business - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2009)

Rank

Country

Value

1Zimbabwe1,426
2Ivory Coast628
3Lesotho601
4Cameroon426
5Benin410
6Mozambique381
7Nigeria350
8Angola328
9Democratic Republic of the Congo322
10Liberia321
11Tanzania308
12Sierra Leone283
13Togo277
14Sudan271
15Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa268.49
16Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria266.64
17Sub-Saharan Africa266.43
18Niger265
19Africa259.84
20Sao Tome and Principe255
21Guinea255
22Zambia254
23Egypt249
24Algeria240
25Central African Republic239
26Senegal220
27Ghana220
28Mali215
29Burkina Faso214
30Malawi213
31Burundi212
32Rwanda210
33Gabon210
34Mauritania201
35Equatorial Guinea201
36Djibouti195
37North Africa184
38Chad181
39Madagascar178
40South Africa174
41Republic of the Congo169
42Botswana167
43Guinea-Bissau167
44Comoros164
45Morocco163
46Gambia146
47Seychelles144
48Uganda143
49Namibia139
50Ethiopia128
51Kenya125
52Cape Verde120
53Mauritius107
54Swaziland93
55Tunisia84
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