Bangladesh vs Kuwait: Time required to start a business

Bangladesh

19.5 days

in 2019

Kuwait

19.4 days

in 2019

Bangladesh rank

51st

Kuwait rank

53rd

Time required to start a business over time

Bangladesh currently reports 19.5 days against 19.4 days in Kuwait, a difference of 0.1 days.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 7 shared years of data; in 2013 it was Kuwait ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 51st and Kuwait ranks 53rd 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.