Time to start new business reached 34.5 days in 2018 in Sudan, according to the National Statistical Office. This is 5.48 % less than in the previous year.
Historically, time to start new business in Sudan reached an all time high of 38.5 days in 2004 and an all time low of 34.5 days in 2018. When compared to Sudan's main peers, time to start new business in Chad amounted to 58.0 days, 11.5 days in Egypt, 32.0 days in Ethiopia and 13.0 days in South Sudan in 2018.
Sudan has been ranked 29th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of time to start new business, 23 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
The time required to start a business is the number of calendar days needed to complete the procedures to legally operate a business.
| Time to Start New Business | Unit | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Cameroon | days | 16.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | ||||
| Central African Republic | days | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | ||||
| Chad | days | 60.0 | 60.0 | 60.0 | 60.0 | 60.0 | ||||
| Egypt | days | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | ||||
| Eritrea | days | 84.0 | 84.0 | 84.0 | 84.0 | 84.0 | ||||
| Ethiopia | days | 40.0 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | ||||
| Israel | days | 20.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 12.0 | ||||
| Kenya | days | 34.0 | 34.0 | 32.0 | 28.0 | 22.0 | ||||
| Libya | days | ... | ... | 35.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | ||
| Niger | days | 17.0 | 17.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 10.0 | ||||
| Nigeria | days | 28.0 | 30.3 | 30.3 | 30.3 | 24.9 | ||||
| Saudi Arabia | days | 24.3 | 24.8 | 24.8 | 23.3 | 19.3 | ||||
| Somalia | days | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 70.0 | 70.0 | ||
| South Sudan | days | ... | ... | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | ||
| Sudan | days | 36.5 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 36.5 | ||||
| Uganda | days | 29.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 27.0 | 26.0 |
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