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Business environment: enterprise surveys Survey year
Regulations and tax
Time dealing with officials
Average number of times % of management meeting with tax officials time
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Benin Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile China Hong Kong SAR, China Colombia Congo, Dem. Rep. Congo, Rep. Costa Rica Côte d’Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt, Arab Rep. El Salvador Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Finland France Gabon Gambia, The Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Haiti
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2008 2007 2007 2010 2010 2009 2009 2007 2008 2009 2010 2009 2010 2009 2009 2009 2006 2007 2009 2009 2010 2003 2010 2010 2009 2010 2009 2007 2009 2005 2010 2008 2010 2009 2009 2006 2009 2006 2008 2005 2007 2005 2010 2006 2006
6.8 18.7 25.1 12.2 20.8 10.3 .. .. 3.0 .. 3.2 13.6 .. 20.7 28.5 11.2 10.2 18.7 10.6 22.2 5.7 5.6 7.0 .. .. 20.8 9.9 18.3 .. 12.9 29.4 6.0 8.4 1.6 10.9 .. .. 10.4 .. 8.8 22.5 8.8 19.7 0.5 5.5 3.8 .. .. 2.8 7.3 2.1 1.2 3.2 1.8 10.2 2.7 2.9 ..
2012 World Development Indicators
1.2 3.9 2.3 2.5 2.7 2.1 .. .. 2.1 .. 1.3 1.1 .. 1.2 1.6 1.0 1.0 1.2 2.2 1.5 1.8 1.0 4.4 .. .. 3.4 2.9 14.4 .. 0.9 8.0 2.7 0.8 3.7 0.7 .. .. 1.5 .. 0.5 0.8 3.4 3.0 0.2 0.4 1.1 .. .. 15.2 2.5 0.6 1.3 4.3 1.7 2.7 2.8 3.4 ..
Permits Corruption and licenses
Crime
Informality
Firms formally registered when operations started
Gender
Finance
Infrastructure Innovation
Trade
Average Intertime to nationally recognized clear direct exports quality Value lost due to electrical certification through customs ownership outages
Workforce
Time required to obtain operating license
Informal payments to public officials
Losses due to theft, robbery, vandalism, and arson
days
% of firms
% of sales
% of firms
% of firms
% of firms
% of sales
% of firms
days
% of firms
13.8 21.2 19.3 34.7 176.1 20.0 .. .. 15.8 .. 6.0 38.2 .. 64.3 37.3 21.4 27.2 83.5 20.8 35.8 27.3 .. 30.0 .. .. 24.3 68.5 11.6 .. 25.6 40.0 .. 35.6 44.1 26.5 .. .. 19.9 .. .. 30.0 42.7 44.4 .. 8.3 11.4 .. .. 12.1 8.4 11.8 .. 6.4 .. 41.1 13.0 30.4 ..
41.5 57.7 66.6 48.9 18.2 16.0 .. .. 52.2 .. 85.1 26.1 .. 54.5 17.6 10.3 7.3 11.9 22.4 8.5 56.5 61.2 51.2 .. .. 41.8 0.7 72.6 .. 2.8 65.7 81.8 3.7 38.5 14.5 .. .. 12.8 .. 26.3 11.8 15.2 12.7 0.0 3.7 12.4 .. .. 41.8 52.4 14.7 .. 38.8 21.6 6.3 84.8 63.1 ..
1.5 0.5 0.9 1.5 0.6 0.6 .. .. 0.3 .. 0.1 0.4 .. 1.9 0.8 0.4 1.5 1.7 0.5 0.3 1.1 0.4 1.6 .. .. 2.5 0.8 0.1 .. 0.3 1.8 3.3 0.4 3.4 0.2 .. .. 0.4 .. 0.7 1.0 3.0 1.6 0.0 0.9 1.4 .. .. 0.4 2.7 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.0 1.3 2.0 1.1 ..
88.0 89.4 98.3 62.7 92.4 96.2 .. .. 85.1 .. .. 98.5 .. 87.9 72.4 98.6 93.9 95.8 98.5 77.7 .. 87.5 82.1 .. .. 77.1 96.1 .. .. 94.3 61.9 84.3 80.8 56.4 98.1 .. .. 98.0 .. .. 85.1 17.9 75.7 100.0 97.4 .. .. .. 63.7 .. 99.6 .. 66.4 .. 90.0 .. .. ..
2.8 10.8 15.0 56.6 38.0 31.8 .. .. 10.8 .. 16.1 52.9 .. 43.9 41.3 32.8 55.3 59.3 33.9 19.2 34.8 .. 15.7 .. .. 40.1 29.6 .. .. 35.3 38.9 31.8 43.5 61.9 33.5 .. .. 25.0 .. .. 24.1 34.0 40.2 4.2 36.3 30.9 .. .. 33.1 21.3 40.8 20.3 44.0 24.4 44.2 25.4 19.9 ..
1.4 12.4 8.9 13.1 30.3 31.9 .. .. 19.0 .. 24.7 35.8 .. 4.2 27.8 59.7 32.8 48.4 34.7 25.6 12.3 11.3 31.4 .. .. 4.2 44.8 28.8 .. 35.0 6.7 7.7 22.2 13.9 60.0 .. .. 33.4 .. 12.5 17.0 5.6 31.7 11.9 41.5 11.0 .. .. 6.3 7.6 38.2 45.0 16.0 25.9 26.6 0.9 0.7 ..
6.5 13.7 4.0 12.6 3.5 1.8 .. .. 1.8 .. 10.6 0.8 .. 7.5 2.5 1.9 3.7 3.0 1.6 5.8 10.7 2.4 4.9 .. .. 3.3 1.3 1.3 .. 1.8 22.7 16.4 1.7 5.0 0.8 .. .. 0.6 .. 15.2 3.9 3.2 7.0 0.2 0.5 0.9 .. .. 1.7 11.8 1.4 .. 5.6 .. 2.8 14.0 5.3 ..
8.5 24.6 5.0 21.7 18.2 26.9 .. .. 18.2 .. 7.8 13.9 .. 7.3 22.4 30.1 21.3 25.7 19.9 14.4 7.1 2.8 20.4 .. .. 43.3 22.1 35.9 .. 20.8 8.5 19.6 13.3 4.3 16.5 .. .. 43.5 .. 9.6 9.7 21.1 14.5 15.1 21.2 4.2 .. .. 18.6 22.2 16.0 .. 6.8 11.7 11.9 5.2 8.4 ..
14.6 1.9 14.1 6.7 7.3 3.3 .. .. 1.9 .. 8.4 2.6 .. 9.6 12.4 1.3 6.2 15.9 4.2 7.4 .. 1.5 15.1 .. .. 11.9 10.8 6.6 .. 8.6 18.0 .. 10.0 16.6 1.3 .. .. 5.7 .. 11.4 18.2 6.2 3.7 9.6 1.8 4.3 .. .. 3.8 5.0 3.8 4.7 7.8 5.5 4.7 4.3 5.6 ..
14.6 19.9a 17.3a 23.5 63.6 30.4 .. .. 10.5 .. 27.2a 44.4 .. 32.4 57.1 66.5 51.9 52.9 30.7 24.8 22.1a 48.4a 25.5 .. .. 43.4 57.5 84.8 .. 65.2 24.1 37.5 54.7 19.1 28.0a .. .. 70.7 .. 53.3 65.9 21.7 61.0 26.1 69.3 38.2a .. .. 30.9 25.6a 14.5 35.4 33.0a 20.0 51.9 21.1a 12.4a ..
Firms with Firms using banks to female finance participation in ownership investment
Firms offering formal training