Fiji vs Malawi: Time required to start a business

Fiji

40 days

in 2019

Malawi

37 days

in 2019

Fiji rank

20th

Malawi rank

23rd

Time required to start a business over time

Fiji currently reports 40 days against 37 days in Malawi, a difference of 3 days.

That makes Fiji's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.

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

Fiji ranks 20th and Malawi ranks 23rd 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.