Equatorial Guinea vs Libya: Time required to start a business
Equatorial Guinea
33 days
in 2019
Libya
35 days
in 2019
Equatorial Guinea rank
29th
Libya rank
26th
Time required to start a business over time
- Equatorial Guinea
- Libya
How they compare
Libya currently reports 35 days against 33 days in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 2 days.
That makes Libya's figure about 1.1 times Equatorial Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 8 shared years of data; in 2012 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 29th and Libya ranks 26th of 188 countries.
Equatorial Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher time required to start a business, Equatorial Guinea or Libya?
- Libya, at 35 days against 33 days in Equatorial Guinea as of 2019.
- What is the difference in time required to start a business between Equatorial Guinea and Libya?
- 2 days, with Libya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Libya?
- 8 years are reported by both, from 2012 to 2019.
- How do Equatorial Guinea and Libya rank globally for time required to start a business?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 29th and Libya ranks 26th of 188 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Doing Business project, World Bank (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Time required to start a business. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of calendar days needed to complete the procedures to legally operate a business.