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China vs Qatar: Time required to start a business

China
8.6 days
in 2019
Qatar
8.7 days
in 2019
China rank
123rd
Qatar rank
122nd

Time required to start a business over time

  • China
  • Qatar
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How they compare

Qatar currently reports 8.7 days against 8.6 days in China, a difference of 0.1 days.

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

China ranks 123rd and Qatar ranks 122nd 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.