Days to Obtain Operating License - Enterprise Survey Indicators

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The average wait, in days, experienced to obtain operating license from the day the establishment applied for it to the day it was granted.
Days to Obtain Operating License - Enterprise Survey Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Syria (2009)169.22
2Uruguay (2006)133.83
3Egypt (2008)90.64
4Brazil (2009)83.45
5Peru (2006)81.12
6Lebanon (2009)81
7Argentina (2006)78.33
8Guatemala (2006)75.35
9Chile (2006)67.65
10Lithuania (2009)65.45
11Benin (2009)64.34
12Russia (2009)57.4
13Togo (2009)56.35
14Slovenia (2009)56.05
15Zambia (2007)48.28
16Mongolia (2009)43.5
17Venezuela (2006)41.61
18Madagascar (2009)41.29
19Panama (2006)41.18
20Mali (2007)40.95
21Niger (2009)39.74
22Cape Verde (2009)39.2
23Belarus (2008)38.15
24Paraguay (2006)37.8
25South Africa (2007)36.21
26Turkey (2008)36.02
27Burkina Faso (2009)35.81
28Hungary (2009)35.59
29El Salvador (2006)35.4
30Mozambique (2007)35.17
31Macedonia (2009)33.82
32Slovakia (2009)32.11
33Thailand (2006)32.06
34Honduras (2006)31.59
35Ukraine (2008)31.01
36Kazakhstan (2009)30.83
37Guinea-Bissau (2006)30.41
38Cameroon (2009)30.01
39Colombia (2006)28.2
40Serbia (2009)28
41Burundi (2006)27.27
42Croatia (2007)26.46
43Bolivia (2006)26.04
44Chad (2009)24.31
45Angola (2006)24.13
46Swaziland (2006)23.96
47Romania (2009)23.71
48Kenya (2007)23.39
49Tajikistan (2008)22.61
50Malaysia (2007)22.38
51Senegal (2007)21.37
52Bosnia and Herzegovina (2009)21.36
53West Bank and Gaza (2006)21.3
54Albania (2007)21.18
55Indonesia (2009)21.1
56Bulgaria (2009)20.78
57Armenia (2009)20.03
58Czech Republic (2009)19.93
59Ecuador (2006)19.88
60Nicaragua (2006)19.67
61Algeria (2007)19.3
62Bhutan (2009)19.27
63Mauritius (2009)19.1
64Kosovo (2009)18.76
65Kyrgyzstan (2009)17.98
66Democratic Republic of the Congo (2006)17.81
67Vanuatu (2009)17.77
68Timor-Leste (2009)16.56
69Pakistan (2007)16.43
70Lesotho (2009)16.37
71Liberia (2009)15.97
72Vietnam (2009)15.94
73Tanzania (2006)15.89
74Azerbaijan (2009)15.78
75Malawi (2009)15.03
76Poland (2009)14.64
77Nepal (2009)14.54
78Ivory Coast (2009)14.51
79Moldova (2009)13.9
80Afghanistan (2008)13.75
81Botswana (2006)13.72
82Laos (2009)13.57
83Montenegro (2009)13.25
84Guinea (2006)13.04
85Sierra Leone (2009)12.55
86Gabon (2009)12.13
87Nigeria (2007)12.12
88Georgia (2008)11.75
89Latvia (2009)11.5
90Ethiopia (2006)11.35
91Mexico (2006)11.21
92Mauritania (2006)10.69
93Philippines (2009)10.64
94Namibia (2006)9.64
95Uganda (2006)9.3
96Uzbekistan (2008)9.06
97Gambia (2006)8.35
98Estonia (2009)8.31
99Micronesia (2009)7.31
100Eritrea (2009)7
101Republic of the Congo (2009)7
102Fiji (2009)6.52
103Rwanda (2006)6.51
104Jordan (2006)6.37
105Ghana (2007)6.36
106Samoa (2009)6.1
107Bangladesh (2007)6.01
108Morocco (2007)3.43
109Tonga (2009)3.27
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