Belgium vs Mauritius: Time required to start a business

Belgium

5 days

in 2019

Mauritius

4.5 days

in 2019

Belgium rank

160th

Mauritius rank

163rd

Time required to start a business over time

Belgium currently reports 5 days against 4.5 days in Mauritius, a difference of 0.5 days.

That makes Belgium's figure about 1.1 times Mauritius's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 16 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Mauritius ahead.

Belgium ranks 160th and Mauritius ranks 163rd 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.