Greece vs United States: Time required to start a business

Greece

4 days

in 2019

United States

4.2 days

in 2019

Greece rank

168th

United States rank

167th

Time required to start a business over time

United States currently reports 4.2 days against 4 days in Greece, a difference of 0.2 days.

That makes United States's figure about 1.1 times Greece's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 7 shared years of data; in 2013 it was Greece ahead.

Greece ranks 168th and United States ranks 167th 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.