Canada vs Singapore: Time required to start a business

Canada
1.5 days
in 2019
Singapore
1.5 days
in 2019
Canada rank
184th
Singapore rank
184th

Time required to start a business over time

  • Canada
  • Singapore
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How they compare

Canada currently reports 1.5 days against 1.5 days in Singapore, a difference of 0 days.

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

Canada ranks 184th and Singapore ranks 184th of 188 countries.

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About this data

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
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Number of calendar days needed to complete the procedures to legally operate a business.