Botswana vs Namibia: Time required to start a business

Botswana

48 days

in 2019

Namibia

54 days

in 2019

Botswana rank

14th

Namibia rank

11th

Time required to start a business over time

Namibia currently reports 54 days against 48 days in Botswana, a difference of 6 days.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 17 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 14th and Namibia ranks 11th 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.