Iraq vs Palau: Time required to start a business

Iraq

26.5 days

in 2019

Palau

28 days

in 2019

Iraq rank

37th

Palau rank

35th

Time required to start a business over time

Palau currently reports 28 days against 26.5 days in Iraq, a difference of 1.5 days.

That makes Palau's figure about 1.1 times Iraq's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 16 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Iraq ahead.

Iraq ranks 37th and Palau ranks 35th 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.