Estonia vs Netherlands: Time required to start a business

Estonia
3.5 days
in 2019
Netherlands
3.5 days
in 2019
Estonia rank
176th
Netherlands rank
176th

Time required to start a business over time

  • Estonia
  • Netherlands
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How they compare

Estonia currently reports 3.5 days against 3.5 days in Netherlands, a difference of 0 days.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 17 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Estonia ahead.

Estonia ranks 176th and Netherlands ranks 176th 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.