Chile vs Norway: Time required to start a business

Chile

4 days

in 2019

Norway

4 days

in 2019

Chile rank

168th

Norway rank

168th

Time required to start a business over time

Chile currently reports 4 days against 4 days in Norway, a difference of 0 days.

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

Chile ranks 168th and Norway ranks 168th 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.