Eritrea vs Laos: Time required to start a business

Eritrea

84 days

in 2019

Laos

173 days

in 2019

Eritrea rank

5th

Laos rank

2nd

Time required to start a business over time

Laos currently reports 173 days against 84 days in Eritrea, a difference of 89 days.

That makes Laos's figure about 2.1 times Eritrea's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 16 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Laos ahead.

Eritrea ranks 5th and Laos ranks 2nd 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.