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Doing Business 2010
4 Reforms making it easier to do business 8 Reforms making it more difficult to do business
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Ease of doing business (rank) 4 Starting a business (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita) Minimum capital (% of income per capita)
4 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)
33 44 8 15 6.2 0.0 27 17 64 30.7 50 0 20 0 7 84
UNITED KINGDOM Ease of doing business (rank) Starting a business (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita) Minimum capital (% of income per capita)
4 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)
5 16 6 13 0.7 0.0 16 11 95 69.1 35 11 20 0 10 22
UNITED STATES Ease of doing business (rank) Starting a business (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita) Minimum capital (% of income per capita)
4 8 6 6 0.7 0.0
Dealing with construction permits (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita)
25 19 40 12.7
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)
1 0 0 0 0 0
Middle East & North Africa
GNI per capita (US$)
High income Registering property (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of property value)
Population (m) 4 Trading across borders (rank) Documents to export (number) Time to export (days) Cost to export (US$ per container) Documents to import (number) Time to import (days) Cost to import (US$ per container)
4.5 5 4 8 593 5 9 579
Enforcing contracts (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of claim)
134 49 537 26.2
Closing a business (rank) Time (years) Cost (% of estate) Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
143 5.1 30 10.2
7 1 2 2.0
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 7.3 12.6
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)
119 4 7 2 4.3
Paying taxes (rank) Payments (number per year) Time (hours per year) Total tax rate (% of profit)
4 14 12 14.1
OECD high income
GNI per capita (US$)
High income 4 Registering property (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of property value)
Population (m) Trading across borders (rank) Documents to export (number) Time to export (days) Cost to export (US$ 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) Paying taxes (rank) Payments (number per year) Time (hours per year) Total tax rate (% of profit)
23 2 8 4.1 2 9 6 0.0 100.0 10 10 7 7 8.0
Closing a business (rank) Time (years) Cost (% of estate) Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
9 1.0 6 84.2
16 8 110 35.9 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)
Paying taxes (rank) Payments (number per year) Time (hours per year) Total tax rate (% of profit)
61.4 16 4 9 1,030 4 8 1,160 23 30 399 23.4
High income Registering property (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of property value)
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)
45,394
Enforcing contracts (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of claim)
OECD high income
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)
54,607
12 4 12 0.5 4 8 6 0.0 100.0 5 7 9 9 8.3 61 10 187 46.3
47,577 304.1 18 4 6 1,050 5 5 1,315
Enforcing contracts (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of claim)
8 32 300 14.4
Closing a business (rank) Time (years) Cost (% of estate) Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
15 1.5 7 76.7