Time required to start a business in Haiti

Haiti: Time required to start a business was 97 days in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
97 days
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
4th
of 188 countries
All-time high
260 days
in 2003
All-time low
97 days
in 2013
Years of data
17
2003–2019

Time required to start a business in Haiti, 2003–2019

01002003002003201120192003: 260 days2004: 202 days2005: 202 days2006: 202 days2007: 202 days2008: 224 days2009: 224 days2010: 134 days2011: 134 days2012: 134 days2013: 97 days2014: 97 days2015: 97 days2016: 97 days2017: 97 days2018: 97 days2019: 97 days

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

Analysis

Haiti recorded 97 days for time required to start a business in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.

That represents a change of down 56.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, time required to start a business in Haiti peaked at 260 days in 2003 and was at its lowest, 97 days, in 2013.

Haiti ranks 4th of 188 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 216.57 days 202 days 260 days 7
2010s 108.1 days 97 days 134 days 10

Countries ranked near Haiti

  1. 1 Venezuela 230 days compare
  2. 2 Laos 173 days compare
  3. 3 Cambodia 99 days compare
  4. 5 Eritrea 84 days compare
  5. 6 Bosnia and Herzegovina 80 days compare
  6. 7 Iran 72.5 days compare

See the full ranking of 188 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is time required to start a business in Haiti?
Time required to start a business in Haiti was 97 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 Haiti?
The highest recorded value was 260 days in 2003.
What is the lowest time required to start a business recorded in Haiti?
The lowest recorded value was 97 days in 2013.
How does Haiti rank for time required to start a business?
Haiti ranks 4th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is time required to start a business rising or falling in Haiti?
Over the last ten years it is down 56.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Haiti 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.