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Doing Business 2010
4 Reforms making it easier to do business 8 Reforms making it more difficult to do business
SOUTH AFRICA Ease of doing business (rank) Starting a business (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita) Minimum capital (% of income per capita)
34 67 6 22 5.9 0.0
Dealing with construction permits (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita)
52 17 174 24.5
Employing workers (rank) Difficulty of hiring index (0-100) Rigidity of hours index (0-100) Difficulty of redundancy index (0-100) Rigidity of employment index (0-100) Redundancy cost (weeks of salary)
102 56 20 30 35 24
SPAIN Ease of doing business (rank) Starting a business (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita) Minimum capital (% of income per capita)
62 146 10 47 15.0 12.8
Dealing with construction permits (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita)
53 11 233 60.9
Employing workers (rank) Difficulty of hiring index (0-100) Rigidity of hours index (0-100) Difficulty of redundancy index (0-100) Rigidity of employment index (0-100) Redundancy cost (weeks of salary)
157 78 40 30 49 56
SRI LANKA Ease of doing business (rank) Starting a business (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita) Minimum capital (% of income per capita)
8 Dealing with construction permits (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita) Employing workers (rank) Difficulty of hiring index (0-100) Rigidity of hours index (0-100) Difficulty of redundancy index (0-100) Rigidity of employment index (0-100) Redundancy cost (weeks of salary)
105 41 4 38 5.9 0.0 168 22 214 1,458.8 96 0 0 60 20 217
Sub-Saharan Africa
GNI per capita (US$)
5,819
Upper middle income Registering property (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of property value)
Population (m) Trading across borders (rank) Documents to export (number) Time to export (days) Cost to export (US$ per container) Documents to import (number) Time to import (days) Cost to import (US$ per container)
48.7 148 8 30 1,531 9 35 1,807
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) 4 Paying taxes (rank) Payments (number per year) Time (hours per year) Total tax rate (% of profit)
90 6 24 8.7 2 9 6 0.0 54.7 10 8 8 8 8.0
Enforcing contracts (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of claim)
85 30 600 33.2
Closing a business (rank) Time (years) Cost (% of estate) Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
76 2.0 18 32.2
23 9 200 30.2
OECD high income
GNI per capita (US$)
High income Registering property (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of property value)
Population (m) Trading across borders (rank) Documents to export (number) Time to export (days) Cost to export (US$ per container) Documents to import (number) Time to import (days) Cost to import (US$ per container)
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) 4 Paying taxes (rank) Payments (number per year) Time (hours per year) Total tax rate (% of profit)
48 4 18 7.2 43 6 5 45.3 7.6 93 5 6 4 5.0
52 39 515 17.2
Closing a business (rank) Time (years) Cost (% of estate) Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
19 1.0 15 73.2
78 8 213 56.9 GNI per capita (US$)
Lower middle income Registering property (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of property value)
148 8 83 5.1
4 Getting credit (rank) Strength of legal rights index (0-10) Depth of credit information index (0-6) Public registry coverage (% of adults) Private bureau coverage (% of adults)
71 4 5 0.0 14.3
Population (m) Trading across borders (rank) Documents to export (number) Time to export (days) Cost to export (US$ per container) Documents to import (number) Time to import (days) Cost to import (US$ per container)
Paying taxes (rank) Payments (number per year) Time (hours per year) Total tax rate (% of profit)
45.6 59 6 9 1,221 8 10 1,221
Enforcing contracts (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of claim)
South Asia
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)
31,963
73 4 5 7 5.3 166 62 256 63.7
Enforcing contracts (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of claim) Closing a business (rank) Time (years) Cost (% of estate) Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
1,788 20.0 65 8 21 715 6 20 745 137 40 1,318 22.8 45 1.7 5 43.4