Time required to obtain an operating license (days) - Business environment - Private Sector & Trade - World 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.
Time required to obtain an operating license (days) - Business environment - Private Sector & Trade - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Uruguay (2006)133.83
2Argentina (2006)115.98
3Egypt (2008)90.64
4Brazil (2009)83.45
5Peru (2006)81.12
6Guatemala (2006)75.35
7Chile (2006)67.65
8Lithuania (2009)65.45
9Benin (2009)64.34
10Russia (2009)57.4
11Togo (2009)56.35
12Slovenia (2009)56.05
13Sri Lanka (2004)49.54
14Zambia (2007)48.28
15Mongolia (2009)43.5
16Venezuela (2006)41.61
17Madagascar (2009)41.29
18Panama (2006)41.18
19Mali (2007)40.95
20Niger (2009)39.74
21Cape Verde (2009)39.2
22Belarus (2008)38.15
23Paraguay (2006)37.8
24South Africa (2007)36.21
25Slovakia (2009)36.18
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
32Thailand (2006)32.06
33Honduras (2006)31.59
34Ukraine (2008)31.01
35Kazakhstan (2009)30.83
36Guinea-Bissau (2006)30.41
37Cameroon (2009)30.01
38Colombia (2006)28.2
39Serbia (2009)28
40Burundi (2006)27.27
41Croatia (2007)26.46
42Bolivia (2006)26.04
43Chad (2009)24.31
44Angola (2006)24.13
45Swaziland (2006)23.96
46Romania (2009)23.71
47Kenya (2007)23.39
48Tajikistan (2008)22.61
49Malaysia (2007)22.38
50Senegal (2007)21.37
51Bosnia and Herzegovina (2009)21.36
52West Bank and Gaza (2006)21.3
53Albania (2007)21.18
54Bulgaria (2009)20.78
55Armenia (2009)20.03
56Czech Republic (2009)19.93
57Ecuador (2006)19.88
58Nicaragua (2006)19.67
59Algeria (2007)19.3
60Bhutan (2009)19.27
61Mauritius (2009)19.1
62Kosovo (2009)18.76
63Philippines (2003)18.76
64Kyrgyzstan (2009)17.98
65Democratic Republic of the Congo (2006)17.81
66Pakistan (2007)16.43
67Lesotho (2009)16.37
68Liberia (2009)15.97
69Tanzania (2006)15.89
70Azerbaijan (2009)15.78
71Guyana (2004)15.52
72Malawi (2009)15.03
73Poland (2009)14.64
74Nepal (2009)14.54
75Ivory Coast (2009)14.51
76Moldova (2009)13.9
77Afghanistan (2008)13.75
78Botswana (2006)13.72
79Laos (2009)13.57
80Montenegro (2009)13.25
81Guinea (2006)13.04
82Sierra Leone (2009)12.55
83Gabon (2009)12.13
84Nigeria (2007)12.12
85Oman (2003)11.76
86Georgia (2008)11.75
87China (2003)11.57
88Latvia (2009)11.5
89Ethiopia (2006)11.35
90Mexico (2006)11.21
91Mauritania (2006)10.69
92Namibia (2006)9.64
93Uganda (2006)9.3
94Uzbekistan (2008)9.06
95Gambia (2006)8.35
96Estonia (2009)8.31
97Rwanda (2006)6.51
98Jordan (2006)6.37
99Ghana (2007)6.36
100Bangladesh (2007)6.01
101Morocco (2007)3.43
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