All🏭 Time required to obtain an operating license
The average wait, in days, to obtain an operating license, from the day of the application to the day it was granted.
1
🇧🇪Belgium
134.2 days
2
🇳🇱Netherlands
114.7 days
3
🇸🇷Suriname
98.9 days
4
🇨🇱Chile
84.7 days
5
🇬🇹Guatemala
73.9 days
6
🇳🇪Niger
70.0 days
7
🇨🇿Czechia
68.7 days
8
🇳🇴Norway
61.5 days
9
🇫🇷France
58.4 days
10
🇩🇴Dominican Republic
56.1 days
11
🇩🇰Denmark
54.6 days
12
🇲🇳Mongolia
52.0 days
13
🇬🇦Gabon
49.8 days
14
🇨🇭Switzerland
46.7 days
15
🇦🇹Austria
39.7 days
16
🇧🇳Brunei
38.2 days
17
🇫🇮Finland
32.1 days
18
🇧🇷Brazil
30.9 days
19
🇫🇯Fiji
30.7 days
20
🇱🇨Saint Lucia
30.2 days
21
🇵🇦Panama
28.3 days
22
🇯🇵Japan
26.5 days
23
🇲🇻Maldives
24.7 days
24
🇩🇪Germany
24.0 days
25
🇱🇰Sri Lanka
23.0 days
26
🇦🇺Australia
22.6 days
27
🇱🇷Liberia
22.1 days
28
🇶🇦Qatar
21.1 days
29
🇲🇿Mozambique
20.6 days
30
🇳🇬Nigeria
18.3 days
31
🇸🇹São Tomé and Príncipe
18.3 days
32
🇧🇮Burundi
18.1 days
33
🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago
18.1 days
34
🇧🇿Belize
16.9 days
35
🇹🇭Thailand
16.7 days
36
🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda
16.4 days
37
🇲🇼Malawi
16.1 days
38
🇿🇲Zambia
14.6 days
39
🇧🇴Bolivia
13.5 days
40
🇪🇬Egypt
13.3 days
41
🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau
13.2 days
42
🇰🇲Comoros
11.9 days
43
🇮🇳India
11.4 days
44
🇸🇧Solomon Islands
9.9 days
45
🇦🇫Afghanistan
9.4 days
46
🇱🇹Lithuania
8.3 days
47
🇰🇼Kuwait
8.0 days
48
🇬🇳Guinea
7.1 days
49
🇺🇬Uganda
7.1 days
50
🇪🇹Ethiopia
6.9 days
Highlights
As of 2025, Belgium ranks first with 134.2 days, followed by Netherlands (114.7 days) and Suriname (98.9 days).
Across 61 countries and territories, values run from 134.2 days (Belgium) to 2.7 days (Kiribati), with a median of 18.3 days.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from Europe, 4 from the Americas and 1 from Africa.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Time required to obtain an operating license (days), 2025. Unit: days.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Time required to obtain an operating license (days) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026