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DOING BUSINESS 2014
SWITZERLAND Ease of doing business (rank) Starting a business (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita) Minimum capital (% of income per capita)
29 104 6 18 2.0 25.6
Dealing with construction permits (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita)
58 13 154 38.1
Getting electricity (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita)
8 3 39 59.5
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 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)
165 135 7 13 12.5 221.6 189 NO PRACTICE NO PRACTICE NO PRACTICE
82 5 71 652.8
TAIWAN, CHINA Ease of doing business (rank) Starting a business (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita) Minimum capital (% of income per capita)
16 17 3 10 2.3 0.0
Dealing with construction permits (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita)
7 10 94 15.9
Getting electricity (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita)
7 4 24 49.4
Reform making it easier to do business Reform making it more difficult to do business GNI per capita (US$) 82,730 Population (m) 8.0 16 35 Trading across borders (rank) 4 Documents to export (number) 3 16 Time to export (days) 8 0.3 Cost to export (US$ per container) 1,635 Documents to import (number) 4 28 Time to import (days) 8 Getting credit (rank) Strength of legal rights index (0–10) 8 Cost to import (US$ per container) 1,440 Depth of credit information index (0–6) 5 Public registry coverage (% of adults) 0.0 20 Enforcing contracts (rank) Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 26.5 Procedures (number) 32 Time (days) 390 170 Cost (% of claim) 24.0 Protecting investors (rank) Extent of disclosure index (0–10) 0 Extent of director liability index (0–10) 5 47 Resolving insolvency (rank) Ease of shareholder suits index (0–10) 4 Time (years) 3.0 Strength of investor protection index (0–10) 3.0 Cost (% of estate) 4 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 47.6 16 Paying taxes (rank) Payments (number per year) 19 Time (hours per year) 63 Total tax rate (% of profit) 29.1 OECD high income High income Registering property (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of property value)
Middle East & North Africa Lower middle income Registering property (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of property value)
82 4 19 27.8
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)
180 1 2 7.0 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)
115 7 5 2 4.7
Paying taxes (rank) Payments (number per year) Time (hours per year) Total tax rate (% of profit)
120 19 336 39.7
East Asia & Pacific 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)
Note: Most indicator sets refer to a case scenario in an economy’s largest business city. For more details, see the data notes.
31 3 4 6.2 73 5 5 0.0 94.1 34 9 5 5 6.3 58 12 221 35.0
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)
2,803 22.4 147 8 20 1,740 9 26 2,075
Enforcing contracts (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of claim)
179 55 872 29.3
Resolving insolvency (rank) Time (years) Cost (% of estate) Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
120 4.1 9 25.7
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)
20,910 23.3 18 5 10 655 6 10 720
Enforcing contracts (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of claim)
84 45 510 17.7
Resolving insolvency (rank) Time (years) Cost (% of estate) Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
16 1.9 4 81.8