Time required to start a business in Brazil

Brazil: Time required to start a business was 16.6 days in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
16.6 days
Change on year
down 17.4%
World rank
64th
of 188 countries
All-time high
86.6 days
in 2013
All-time low
16.6 days
in 2019
Years of data
7
2013–2019

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

204060802013201620192013: 86.6 days2014: 83.6 days2015: 86 days2016: 82.5 days2017: 82.5 days2018: 20.1 days2019: 16.6 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 Brazil is 16.6 days, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 17.4% on the previous year and down 80.8% over ten years.

That places Brazil 64th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 62 Marshall Islands 17 days compare
  2. 62 Mozambique 17 days compare
  3. 65 Dominican Republic 16.5 days compare
  4. 65 El Salvador 16.5 days compare
  5. 65 Pakistan 16.5 days compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is time required to start a business in Brazil?
Time required to start a business in Brazil was 16.6 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 Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 86.6 days in 2013.
What is the lowest time required to start a business recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 16.6 days in 2019.
How does Brazil rank for time required to start a business?
Brazil ranks 64th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is time required to start a business rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is down 80.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Brazil 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.

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