COUNTRY TABLES
✔ Reform making it easier to do business ✘ Reform making it more difficult to do business
WEST BANK AND GAZA
Ease of doing business (rank) Starting a business (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita) Minimum capital (% of income per capita)
131 177 11 49 96.0 218.8
Dealing with construction permits (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita)
129 18 119 1,000.5
Getting electricity (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita)
85 5 63 1,627.8
Middle East & North Africa Lower middle income Registering property (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of property value)
78 7 47 0.8
Getting credit (rank) Strength of legal rights index (0-10) Depth of credit information index (0-6) Public registry coverage (% of adults) Private bureau coverage (% of adults)
166 1 3 5.5 0.0
Protecting investors (rank) Extent of disclosure index (0-10) Extent of director liability index (0-10) Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) Strength of investor protection index (0-10)
46 6 5 7 6.0
Paying taxes (rank) Payments (number per year) Time (hours per year) Total tax rate (% of profit)
YEMEN, REP.
Ease of doing business (rank) Starting a business (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita) Minimum capital (% of income per capita)
99 66 6 12 83.8 0.0
Dealing with construction permits (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita)
35 12 116 61.1
Getting electricity (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita)
52 4 35 4,569.8
ZAMBIA
Ease of doing business (rank) Starting a business (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita) Minimum capital (% of income per capita)
84 69 6 18 27.4 0.0
55 6 19 3.8
Getting credit (rank) Strength of legal rights index (0-10) Depth of credit information index (0-6) Public registry coverage (% of adults) Private bureau coverage (% of adults)
159 3 2 0.7 0.0
Protecting investors (rank) Extent of disclosure index (0-10) Extent of director liability index (0-10) Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) Strength of investor protection index (0-10)
133 6 4 2 4.0
Dealing with construction permits (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita)
148 14 196 2,015.2
Getting electricity (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita)
118 5 117 1,317.9
Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income ✘ Registering property (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of property value)
Enforcing contracts (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of claim) Resolving insolvency (rank) Time (years) Cost (% of estate) Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
1,523 4.2 114 6 23 1,310 6 40 1,295 93 44 540 21.2 183 NO PRACTICE NO PRACTICE
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39 27 154 16.8
Middle East & North Africa Lower middle income Registering property (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of property value)
✔ Paying taxes (rank) Payments (number per year) Time (hours per year) Total tax rate (% of profit)
GNI per capita (US$) Population (m) Trading across borders (rank) Documents to export (number) Time to export (days) Cost to export (US$ per container) Documents to import (number) Time to import (days) Cost to import (US$ per container)
GNI per capita (US$) Population (m) Trading across borders (rank) Documents to export (number) Time to export (days) Cost to export (US$ per container) Documents to import (number) Time to import (days) Cost to import (US$ per container)
1,060 24.3 118 6 27 890 9 25 1,475
Enforcing contracts (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of claim)
38 36 520 16.5
Resolving insolvency (rank) Time (years) Cost (% of estate) Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
114 3.0 8 24.1
GNI per capita (US$) Population (m) Trading across borders (rank) Documents to export (number) Time to export (days) Cost to export (US$ per container) Documents to import (number) Time to import (days) Cost to import (US$ per container)
1,070 12.9 153 6 44 2,678 8 56 3,315
116 44 248 32.9
96 5 40 8.3
Getting credit (rank) Strength of legal rights index (0-10) Depth of credit information index (0-6) Public registry coverage (% of adults) Private bureau coverage (% of adults)
8 9 5 0.0 4.3
Protecting investors (rank) Extent of disclosure index (0-10) Extent of director liability index (0-10) Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) Strength of investor protection index (0-10)
79 3 6 7 5.3
Paying taxes (rank) 47 Payments (number per year) 37 Time (hours per year) 132 Total tax rate (% of profit) 14.5 Note: Most indicator sets refer to a case scenario in the largest business city of each economy. For more details, see the data notes.
Enforcing contracts (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of claim)
85 35 471 38.7
Resolving insolvency (rank) Time (years) Cost (% of estate) Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
96 2.7 9 29.3
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