Madagascar vs Mexico: Time required to start a business

Madagascar

8 days

in 2019

Mexico

8.4 days

in 2019

Madagascar rank

131st

Mexico rank

129th

Time required to start a business over time

Mexico currently reports 8.4 days against 8 days in Madagascar, a difference of 0.4 days.

That makes Mexico's figure about 1.1 times Madagascar's.

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

Madagascar ranks 131st and Mexico ranks 129th 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.