Austria vs Croatia: Time required to start a business

Austria

21 days

in 2019

Croatia

19.5 days

in 2019

Austria rank

48th

Croatia rank

51st

Time required to start a business over time

Austria currently reports 21 days against 19.5 days in Croatia, a difference of 1.5 days.

That makes Austria's figure about 1.1 times Croatia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 17 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Croatia ahead.

Austria ranks 48th and Croatia ranks 51st of 188 countries.

Indicator: Time required to start a business
Unit: days
Source: Doing Business project, World Bank (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 188 places, 2,945 data points, 2003–2019
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Number of calendar days needed to complete the procedures to legally operate a business.