Kuwait vs Vanuatu: Time required to start a business

Kuwait

19.4 days

in 2019

Vanuatu

18 days

in 2019

Kuwait rank

53rd

Vanuatu rank

56th

Time required to start a business over time

Kuwait currently reports 19.4 days against 18 days in Vanuatu, a difference of 1.4 days.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.1 times Vanuatu's.

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

Kuwait ranks 53rd and Vanuatu ranks 56th 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.