Austria vs Malta: Time required to start a business

Austria

21 days

in 2019

Malta

20.5 days

in 2019

Austria rank

48th

Malta rank

49th

Time required to start a business over time

Austria currently reports 21 days against 20.5 days in Malta, a difference of 0.5 days.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 9 shared years of data; in 2011 it was Malta ahead.

Austria ranks 48th and Malta ranks 49th 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.