Democratic Republic of Congo vs Sweden: Time required to start a business

Democratic Republic of Congo

7 days

in 2019

Sweden

7.5 days

in 2019

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

140th

Sweden rank

138th

Time required to start a business over time

Sweden currently reports 7.5 days against 7 days in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 0.5 days.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

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

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 140th and Sweden ranks 138th 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.