Palau vs Tanzania: Time required to start a business

Palau

28 days

in 2019

Tanzania

29.5 days

in 2019

Palau rank

35th

Tanzania rank

34th

Time required to start a business over time

Tanzania currently reports 29.5 days against 28 days in Palau, a difference of 1.5 days.

That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.1 times Palau's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 17 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Tanzania ahead.

Palau ranks 35th and Tanzania ranks 34th 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.