Time required to start business in Haiti

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

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

Time required to start business in Haiti, 2003–2019

01002003002003201120192003: 2602004: 2022005: 2022006: 2022007: 2022008: 2242009: 2242010: 1342011: 1342012: 1342013: 972014: 972015: 972016: 972017: 972018: 972019: 97

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Haiti recorded 97 for time required to start 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 business in Haiti peaked at 260 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 97, 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.

Time required to start business in Haiti, year by year

Annual values for Time required to start business in Haiti, 2003 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2003 260 —
2004 202 -22.3%
2005 202 +0.0%
2006 202 +0.0%
2007 202 +0.0%
2008 224 +10.9%
2009 224 +0.0%
2010 134 -40.2%
2011 134 +0.0%
2012 134 +0.0%
2013 97 -27.6%
2014 97 +0.0%
2015 97 +0.0%
2016 97 +0.0%
2017 97 +0.0%
2018 97 +0.0%
2019 97 +0.0%

Haiti compared with similar countries

  • Haiti's 97 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15, 6.5× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Haiti's 97 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 16, 6.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

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

Countries ranked near Haiti

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

See the full ranking of 188 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is time required to start business in Haiti?
Time required to start business in Haiti was 97 in 2019, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest time required to start business recorded in Haiti?
The highest recorded value was 260 in 2003.
What is the lowest time required to start business recorded in Haiti?
The lowest recorded value was 97 in 2013.
How does Haiti rank for time required to start business?
Haiti ranks 4th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is time required to start 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 Our World in Data, published as part of Time required to start business. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Time required to start business
Source
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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