Malta vs Romania: Time required to start a business

Malta

20.5 days

in 2019

Romania

20 days

in 2019

Malta rank

49th

Romania rank

50th

Time required to start a business over time

Malta currently reports 20.5 days against 20 days in Romania, a difference of 0.5 days.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 9 shared years of data; in 2011 it was Malta ahead.

Malta ranks 49th and Romania ranks 50th of 188 regions.

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.