Austria vs Romania: Time required to start a business

Austria

21 days

in 2019

Romania

20 days

in 2019

Austria rank

48th

Romania rank

50th

Time required to start a business over time

Austria currently reports 21 days against 20 days in Romania, a difference of 1 days.

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

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

Austria ranks 48th and Romania ranks 50th 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.