Bahrain vs South Korea: Time required to start a business

Bahrain

8.3 days

in 2019

South Korea

8 days

in 2019

Bahrain rank

130th

South Korea rank

131st

Time required to start a business over time

Bahrain currently reports 8.3 days against 8 days in South Korea, a difference of 0.3 days.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 13 shared years of data; in 2007 it was South Korea ahead.

Bahrain ranks 130th and South Korea ranks 131st 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.