Italy vs Japan: Time required to start a business

Italy

11 days

in 2019

Japan

11.2 days

in 2019

Italy rank

103rd

Japan rank

102nd

Time required to start a business over time

Japan currently reports 11.2 days against 11 days in Italy, a difference of 0.2 days.

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

Italy ranks 103rd and Japan ranks 102nd 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.