Time required to start a business in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Time required to start a business was 19.5 days in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
19.5 days
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
51st
of 188 countries
All-time high
21.8 days
in 2013
All-time low
19.5 days
in 2014
Years of data
7
2013–2019

Time required to start a business in Bangladesh, 2013–2019

051015202013201620192013: 21.8 days2014: 19.5 days2015: 19.5 days2016: 19.5 days2017: 19.5 days2018: 19.5 days2019: 19.5 days

Source: Doing Business project, World Bank (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in days.

Analysis

The most recent figure for time required to start a business in Bangladesh is 19.5 days, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.

That represents a change of down 10.6% over ten years.

That places Bangladesh 51st out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Bangladesh

  1. 48 Austria 21 days compare
  2. 50 Romania 20 days compare
  3. 51 Croatia 19.5 days compare
  4. 53 Kuwait 19.4 days compare
  5. 54 Antigua and Barbuda 19 days compare

See the full ranking of 188 places →

More reference data data for Bangladesh

All data for Bangladesh →

Frequently asked questions

What is time required to start a business in Bangladesh?
Time required to start a business in Bangladesh was 19.5 days in 2019, according to Doing Business project, World Bank (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest time required to start a business recorded in Bangladesh?
The highest recorded value was 21.8 days in 2013.
What is the lowest time required to start a business recorded in Bangladesh?
The lowest recorded value was 19.5 days in 2014.
How does Bangladesh rank for time required to start a business?
Bangladesh ranks 51st out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is time required to start a business rising or falling in Bangladesh?
Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
The figures come from Doing Business project, World Bank (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Time required to start a business. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 7 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

About this data

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

Number of calendar days needed to complete the procedures to legally operate a business.