Kenya vs Uganda: Time required to start a business

Kenya

23 days

in 2019

Uganda

24 days

in 2019

Kenya rank

41st

Uganda rank

40th

Time required to start a business over time

Uganda currently reports 24 days against 23 days in Kenya, a difference of 1 days.

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

Kenya ranks 41st and Uganda ranks 40th 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.