Malawi vs Paraguay: Time required to start a business

Malawi

37 days

in 2019

Paraguay

35 days

in 2019

Malawi rank

23rd

Paraguay rank

26th

Time required to start a business over time

Malawi currently reports 37 days against 35 days in Paraguay, a difference of 2 days.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Paraguay's.

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

Malawi ranks 23rd and Paraguay ranks 26th 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.