Chile vs Oman: Time required to start a business

Chile

4 days

in 2019

Oman

4.3 days

in 2019

Chile rank

168th

Oman rank

166th

Time required to start a business over time

Oman currently reports 4.3 days against 4 days in Chile, a difference of 0.3 days.

That makes Oman's figure about 1.1 times Chile's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 17 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Chile ahead.

Chile ranks 168th and Oman ranks 166th 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.