Eswatini vs Malta: Time required to start a business

Eswatini

21.5 days

in 2019

Malta

20.5 days

in 2019

Eswatini rank

46th

Malta rank

49th

Time required to start a business over time

Eswatini currently reports 21.5 days against 20.5 days in Malta, a difference of 1 days.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 9 shared years of data; in 2011 it was Eswatini ahead.

Eswatini ranks 46th and Malta ranks 49th 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.