Time spent dealing with the requirements of government regulations

Average percentage of senior management’s time that is spent in a typical week dealing with requirements imposed by government regulations (eg. Taxes, customs, labor regulations, licensing and registration), including dealings with officials, completing forms, et cetera.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
180
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.

  1. Produced by

    World Bank

    Enterprise Surveys, World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.enterprisesurveys.org/en/data

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Afghanistan20259.70percent
Albania20252.67percent
Antigua and Barbuda202514.26percent
Australia20258.09percent
Austria20258.10percent
Belgium202510.41percent
Belize202514.65percent
Bolivia, Plurinational State of202514.55percent
Brazil202513.96percent
Brunei Darussalam20251.79percent

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