Brazil vs Mozambique: Time required to start a business

Brazil

16.6 days

in 2019

Mozambique

17 days

in 2019

Brazil rank

64th

Mozambique rank

62nd

Time required to start a business over time

Mozambique currently reports 17 days against 16.6 days in Brazil, a difference of 0.4 days.

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

Brazil ranks 64th and Mozambique ranks 62nd 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.