COUNTRY TABLES
✔ Reform making it easier to do business ✘ Reform making it more difficult to do business
BAHRAIN
Ease of doing business (rank) Starting a business (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita) Minimum capital (% of income per capita)
38 82 7 9 0.7 259.8
Dealing with construction permits (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita)
7 12 43 10.7
Getting electricity (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita)
49 5 90 63.6
Middle East & North Africa High income Registering property (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of property value) 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) 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) Paying taxes (rank) Payments (number per year) Time (hours per year) Total tax rate (% of profit)
BANGLADESH
Ease of doing business (rank) Starting a business (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita) Minimum capital (% of income per capita) Dealing with construction permits (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita)
✘ Getting electricity (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita)
122 86 7 19 30.6 0.0 82 11 201 154.5 182 7 372 3,526.1
Ease of doing business (rank) Starting a business (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita) Minimum capital (% of income per capita)
Dealing with construction permits (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita) Getting electricity (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita)
69 9 5 5 1.3 0.0 44 13 140 41.0 175 7 254 1,383.8
126 4 3 0.0 40.0 79 8 4 4 5.3
173 8 245 6.6
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)
78 7 2 0.6 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)
24 6 7 7 6.7
Eastern Europe & Central Asia Upper middle income ✔ Registering property (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of property value) 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) ✔ 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)
20,475 0.8 49 6 11 955 7 15 995
Enforcing contracts (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of claim)
114 48 635 14.7
Resolving insolvency (rank) Time (years) Cost (% of estate) Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
25 2.5 10 66.0
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)
640 164.4 115 6 25 965 8 31 1,370
Enforcing contracts (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of claim)
180 41 1,442 63.3
18 25 36 15.0
South Asia Low 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)
BELARUS
30 2 31 2.7
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)
Resolving insolvency (rank) Time (years) Cost (% of estate) Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
107 4.0 8 25.8
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)
6,030 9.6 152 9 15 2,210 10 30 2,615
100 21 302 35.0
4 2 10 0.0 98 3 5 49.5 0.0 79 7 1 8 5.3
156 ✔ Paying taxes (rank) Payments (number per year) 18 Time (hours per year) 654 Total tax rate (% of profit) 62.8 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)
14 29 275 23.4
Resolving insolvency (rank) Time (years) Cost (% of estate) Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
82 5.8 22 33.5
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