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COUNTRY TABLES 219 Reform making it easier to do business Change making it more difficult to do business SRI LANKA South Asia GNI per capita (US$) 3,170 Ease of doing business rank (1–189) 99 Overall distance to frontier (DTF) score (0–100) 61.36 Population (m) 20.5 Starting a business (rank) 104 Registering property (rank) 131 Trading across borders (rank) 69 DTF score for starting a business (0–100) 83.01 DTF score for registering property (0–100) 58.45 DTF score for trading across borders (0–100) 76.94 Procedures (number) 9 Procedures (number) 9 Documents to export (number) 7 Time (days) 11 Time (days) 51 Time to export (days) 16 Cost (% of income per capita) 20.7 Cost (% of property value) 5.1 Cost to export (US$ per container) 560 Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 0.0 Documents to import (number) 7 Getting credit (rank) 89 Time to import (days) 13 Dealing with construction permits (rank) 60 DTF score for getting credit (0–100) 45.00 Cost to import (US$ per container) 690 DTF score for dealing with construction permits (0–100) 76.50 Strength of legal rights index (0–12) 3 Procedures (number) 12 Depth of credit information index (0–8) 6 Enforcing contracts (rank) 165 Time (days) 169 Credit bureau coverage (% of adults) 44.5 DTF score for enforcing contracts (0–100) 38.96 Cost (% of warehouse value) 0.3 Credit registry coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Procedures (number) 40 Time (days) 1,318 Getting electricity (rank) 100 Protecting minority investors (rank) 51 Cost (% of claim) 22.8 DTF score for getting electricity (0–100) 72.71 DTF score for protecting minority investors (0–100) 59.17 Procedures (number) 5 Extent of conflict of interest regulation index (0–10) 6.0 Resolving insolvency (rank) 72 Time (days) 104 Extent of shareholder governance index (0–10) 5.8 DTF score for resolving insolvency (0–100) 47.81 Cost (% of income per capita) 901.6 Strength of minority investor protection index (0–10) 5.9 Time (years) 1.7 Cost (% of estate) 10 Paying taxes (rank) 158 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 42.4 DTF score for paying taxes (0–100) 55.00 Strength of insolvency framework index (0–16) 8 Payments (number per year) 47 Time (hours per year) 167 Total tax rate (% of profit) 55.6 ST. KITTS AND NEVIS Latin America & Caribbean GNI per capita (US$) 13,460 Ease of doing business rank (1–189) 121 Overall distance to frontier (DTF) score (0–100) 58.00 Population (m) 0.1 Starting a business (rank) 87 Registering property (rank) 170 Trading across borders (rank) 67 DTF score for starting a business (0–100) 85.56 DTF score for registering property (0–100) 43.74 DTF score for trading across borders (0–100) 77.22 Procedures (number) 7 Procedures (number) 6 Documents to export (number) 4 Time (days) 18.5 Time (days) 82 Time to export (days) 13 Cost (% of income per capita) 8.7 Cost (% of property value) 13.3 Cost to export (US$ per container) 805 Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 0.0 Documents to import (number) 7 Getting credit (rank) 151 Time to import (days) 12 Dealing with construction permits (rank) 16 DTF score for getting credit (0–100) 25.00 Cost to import (US$ per container) 2,615 DTF score for dealing with construction permits (0–100) 85.24 Strength of legal rights index (0–12) 5 Procedures (number) 10 Depth of credit information index (0–8) 0 Enforcing contracts (rank) 116 Time (days) 104 Credit bureau coverage (% of adults) 0.0 DTF score for enforcing contracts (0–100) 53.80 Cost (% of warehouse value) 0.4 Credit registry coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Procedures (number) 46 Time (days) 578 Getting electricity (rank) 10 Protecting minority investors (rank) 87 Cost (% of claim) 20.5 DTF score for getting electricity (0–100) 93.25 DTF score for protecting minority investors (0–100) 53.33 Procedures (number) 4 Extent of conflict of interest regulation index (0–10) 6.7 Resolving insolvency (rank) 189 Time (days) 18 Extent of shareholder governance index (0–10) 4.0 DTF score for resolving insolvency (0–100) 0.00 Cost (% of income per capita) 291.1 Strength of minority investor protection index (0–10) 5.3 Time (years) NO PRACTICE Cost (% of estate) NO PRACTICE Paying taxes (rank) 137 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 0.0 DTF score for paying taxes (0–100) 62.85 Strength of insolvency framework index (0–16) 0 Payments (number per year) 35 Time (hours per year) 203 Total tax rate (% of profit) 49.8 ST. LUCIA Latin America & Caribbean GNI per capita (US$) 7,090 Ease of doing business rank (1–189) 100 Overall distance to frontier (DTF) score (0–100) 61.35 Population (m) 0.2 Starting a business (rank) 72 Registering property (rank) 132 Trading across borders (rank) 122 DTF score for starting a business (0–100) 88.24 DTF score for registering property (0–100) 58.38 DTF score for trading across borders (0–100) 66.44 Procedures (number) 5 Procedures (number) 9 Documents to export (number) 7 Time (days) 15 Time (days) 17 Time to export (days) 14 Cost (% of income per capita) 17.8 Cost (% of property value) 7.6 Cost to export (US$ per container) 935 Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 0.0 Documents to import (number) 11 Getting credit (rank) 151 Time to import (days) 13 Dealing with construction permits (rank) 39 DTF score for getting credit (0–100) 25.00 Cost to import (US$ per container) 2,280 DTF score for dealing with construction permits (0–100) 79.64 Strength of legal rights index (0–12) 5 Procedures (number) 13 Depth of credit information index (0–8) 0 Enforcing contracts (rank) 145 Time (days) 115 Credit bureau coverage (% of adults) 0.0 DTF score for enforcing contracts (0–100) 45.94 Cost (% of warehouse value) 0.7 Credit registry coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Procedures (number) 46 Time (days) 635 Getting electricity (rank) 23 Protecting minority investors (rank) 141 Cost (% of claim) 37.3 DTF score for getting electricity (0–100) 87.95 DTF score for protecting minority investors (0–100) 43.33 Procedures (number) 5 Extent of conflict of interest regulation index (0–10) 6.7 Resolving insolvency (rank) 100 Time (days) 19 Extent of shareholder governance index (0–10) 2.0 DTF score for resolving insolvency (0–100) 41.82 Cost (% of income per capita) 191.8 Strength of minority investor protection index (0–10) 4.3 Time (years) 2.0 Cost (% of estate) 9 Paying taxes (rank) 69 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 42.9 DTF score for paying taxes (0–100) 76.71 Strength of insolvency framework index (0–16) 6 Payments (number per year) 32 Time (hours per year) 110 Total tax rate (% of profit) 34.7 Note: For resolving insolvency, an economy for which “no practice” is recorded for time and cost receives a score of 0 on the strength of insolvency framework index even if its legal framework includes provisions related to insolvency proceedings (liquidation or reorganization). Most indicator sets refer to a case scenario in the largest business city of an economy, except for 11 economies for which the data are a population-weighted average for the 2 largest business cities. See the data notes for more details.
220 DOING BUSINESS 2015 Reform making it easier to do business Change making it more difficult to do business ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES Latin America & Caribbean GNI per capita (US$) 6,580 Ease of doing business rank (1–189) 103 Overall distance to frontier (DTF) score (0–100) 60.66 Population (m) 0.1 Starting a business (rank) 80 Registering property (rank) 155 Trading across borders (rank) 45 DTF score for starting a business (0–100) 86.70 DTF score for registering property (0–100) 51.11 DTF score for trading across borders (0–100) 81.05 Procedures (number) 7 Procedures (number) 7 Documents to export (number) 5 Time (days) 10 Time (days) 38 Time to export (days) 12 Cost (% of income per capita) 16.7 Cost (% of property value) 11.8 Cost to export (US$ per container) 585 Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 0.0 Documents to import (number) 6 Getting credit (rank) 151 Time to import (days) 13 Dealing with construction permits (rank) 35 DTF score for getting credit (0–100) 25.00 Cost to import (US$ per container) 1,425 DTF score for dealing with construction permits (0–100) 81.43 Strength of legal rights index (0–12) 5 Procedures (number) 14 Depth of credit information index (0–8) 0 Enforcing contracts (rank) 101 Time (days) 92 Credit bureau coverage (% of adults) 0.0 DTF score for enforcing contracts (0–100) 57.23 Cost (% of warehouse value) 0.1 Credit registry coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Procedures (number) 44 Time (days) 394 Getting electricity (rank) 8 Protecting minority investors (rank) 71 Cost (% of claim) 30.3 DTF score for getting electricity (0–100) 94.67 DTF score for protecting minority investors (0–100) 56.67 Procedures (number) 3 Extent of conflict of interest regulation index (0–10) 6.7 Resolving insolvency (rank) 189 Time (days) 52 Extent of shareholder governance index (0–10) 4.7 DTF score for resolving insolvency (0–100) 0.00 Cost (% of income per capita) 97.3 Strength of minority investor protection index (0–10) 5.7 Time (years) NO PRACTICE Cost (% of estate) NO PRACTICE Paying taxes (rank) 93 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 0.0 DTF score for paying taxes (0–100) 72.76 Strength of insolvency framework index (0–16) 0 Payments (number per year) 36 Time (hours per year) 108 Total tax rate (% of profit) 38.6 SUDAN Sub-Saharan Africa GNI per capita (US$) 1,130 Ease of doing business rank (1–189) 160 Overall distance to frontier (DTF) score (0–100) 49.55 Population (m) 38.0 Starting a business (rank) 139 Registering property (rank) 46 Trading across borders (rank) 162 DTF score for starting a business (0–100) 74.71 DTF score for registering property (0–100) 78.72 DTF score for trading across borders (0–100) 46.98 Procedures (number) 10 Procedures (number) 6 Documents to export (number) 7 Time (days) 36 Time (days) 9 Time to export (days) 32 Cost (% of income per capita) 25.1 Cost (% of property value) 2.8 Cost to export (US$ per container) 2,630 Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 0.0 Documents to import (number) 7 Getting credit (rank) 165 Time to import (days) 46 Dealing with construction permits (rank) 160 DTF score for getting credit (0–100) 15.00 Cost to import (US$ per container) 3,400 DTF score for dealing with construction permits (0–100) 55.81 Strength of legal rights index (0–12) 3 Procedures (number) 15 Depth of credit information index (0–8) 0 Enforcing contracts (rank) 163 Time (days) 270 Credit bureau coverage (% of adults) 1.3 DTF score for enforcing contracts (0–100) 40.43 Cost (% of warehouse value) 4.5 Credit registry coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Procedures (number) 53 Time (days) 810 Getting electricity (rank) 136 Protecting minority investors (rank) 174 Cost (% of claim) 19.8 DTF score for getting electricity (0–100) 63.30 DTF score for protecting minority investors (0–100) 31.67 Procedures (number) 5 Extent of conflict of interest regulation index (0–10) 3.7 Resolving insolvency (rank) 156 Time (days) 70 Extent of shareholder governance index (0–10) 2.7 DTF score for resolving insolvency (0–100) 26.54 Cost (% of income per capita) 4,386.3 Strength of minority investor protection index (0–10) 3.2 Time (years) 2.0 Cost (% of estate) 20 Paying taxes (rank) 139 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 31.9 DTF score for paying taxes (0–100) 62.34 Strength of insolvency framework index (0–16) 3 Payments (number per year) 42 Time (hours per year) 180 Total tax rate (% of profit) 45.4 SURINAME Latin America & Caribbean GNI per capita (US$) 9,260 Ease of doing business rank (1–189) 162 Overall distance to frontier (DTF) score (0–100) 49.29 Population (m) 0.5 Starting a business (rank) 181 Registering property (rank) 178 Trading across borders (rank) 106 DTF score for starting a business (0–100) 48.05 DTF score for registering property (0–100) 38.92 DTF score for trading across borders (0–100) 69.42 Procedures (number) 13 Procedures (number) 6 Documents to export (number) 8 Time (days) 84 Time (days) 106 Time to export (days) 22 Cost (% of income per capita) 106.4 Cost (% of property value) 13.7 Cost to export (US$ per container) 1,050 Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 0.3 Documents to import (number) 6 Getting credit (rank) 171 Time to import (days) 19 Dealing with construction permits (rank) 79 DTF score for getting credit (0–100) 10.00 Cost to import (US$ per container) 1,190 DTF score for dealing with construction permits (0–100) 74.13 Strength of legal rights index (0–12) 2 Procedures (number) 10 Depth of credit information index (0–8) 0 Enforcing contracts (rank) 184 Time (days) 223 Credit bureau coverage (% of adults) 0.0 DTF score for enforcing contracts (0–100) 28.84 Cost (% of warehouse value) 0.2 Credit registry coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Procedures (number) 44 Time (days) 1,715 Getting electricity (rank) 69 Protecting minority investors (rank) 171 Cost (% of claim) 37.1 DTF score for getting electricity (0–100) 78.68 DTF score for protecting minority investors (0–100) 34.17 Procedures (number) 4 Extent of conflict of interest regulation index (0–10) 2.3 Resolving insolvency (rank) 130 Time (days) 113 Extent of shareholder governance index (0–10) 4.5 DTF score for resolving insolvency (0–100) 34.27 Cost (% of income per capita) 486.1 Strength of minority investor protection index (0–10) 3.4 Time (years) 5.0 Cost (% of estate) 30 Paying taxes (rank) 71 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 8.5 DTF score for paying taxes (0–100) 76.45 Strength of insolvency framework index (0–16) 9.5 Payments (number per year) 30 Time (hours per year) 199 Total tax rate (% of profit) 27.9 Note: For resolving insolvency, an economy for which “no practice” is recorded for time and cost receives a score of 0 on the strength of insolvency framework index even if its legal framework includes provisions related to insolvency proceedings (liquidation or reorganization). Most indicator sets refer to a case scenario in the largest business city of an economy, except for 11 economies for which the data are a population-weighted average for the 2 largest business cities. See the data notes for more details.
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