Time required to start a business in Honduras

Honduras: Time required to start a business was 42 days in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
42 days
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
17th
of 188 countries
All-time high
69 days
in 2005
All-time low
14 days
in 2009
Years of data
17
2003–2019

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

2040602003201120192003: 61 days2004: 61 days2005: 69 days2006: 57 days2007: 20 days2008: 20 days2009: 14 days2010: 43 days2011: 43 days2012: 43 days2013: 43 days2014: 43 days2015: 41 days2016: 42 days2017: 42 days2018: 42 days2019: 42 days

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

Analysis

Honduras recorded 42 days for time required to start a business in 2019.

That represents a change of up 200.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, time required to start a business in Honduras peaked at 69 days in 2005 and was at its lowest, 14 days, in 2009.

Honduras ranks 17th 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 43.14 days 14 days 69 days 7
2010s 42.4 days 41 days 43 days 10

Countries ranked near Honduras

  1. 14 Belize 48 days compare
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  3. 16 Palestine 43.5 days compare
  4. 18 Papua New Guinea 41 days compare
  5. 19 Yemen 40.5 days compare
  6. 20 Fiji 40 days compare
  7. 20 South Africa 40 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 Honduras?
Time required to start a business in Honduras was 42 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 Honduras?
The highest recorded value was 69 days in 2005.
What is the lowest time required to start a business recorded in Honduras?
The lowest recorded value was 14 days in 2009.
How does Honduras rank for time required to start a business?
Honduras ranks 17th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is time required to start a business rising or falling in Honduras?
Over the last ten years it is up 200.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Honduras 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.