Cameroon vs Finland: Time required to start a business

Cameroon

13.5 days

in 2019

Finland

13 days

in 2019

Cameroon rank

82nd

Finland rank

83rd

Time required to start a business over time

Cameroon currently reports 13.5 days against 13 days in Finland, a difference of 0.5 days.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 17 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 82nd and Finland ranks 83rd 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.