Creating

98 DOING BUSINESS IN 2006
Hiring and Firing Workers
JANUARY 2005
Registering Property
JANUARY 2005
Difficulty Rigidity Difficulty Rigidity of Hiring Firing Cost
of hiring of hours of firing employment cost Cost (% of
index index index index (% of (weeks of Procedures Time property
Economy (0–100) (0–100) (0–100) (0–100) salary) salary) (number) (days) value)
Afghanistan 67 20 30 39 0 4 11 252 9.5
Albania 44 80 20 48 31 64 7 47 3.6
Algeria 44 60 50 51 27 17 16 52 9.0
Angola 33 80 80 64 8 62 7 334 11.1
Argentina 44 60 40 48 30 94 5 44 8.3
Armenia 17 60 70 49 19 17 4 6 0.5
Australia 0 40 10 17 21 4 5 5 7.1
Austria 11 80 40 44 31 55 3 32 4.5
Azerbaijan 33 40 40 38 27 42 7 61 0.4
Bangladesh 11 40 20 24 0 47 11 363 11.0
Belarus 0 40 40 27 39 21 7 231 0.1
Belgium 11 40 10 20 55 16 7 132 12.8
Benin 39 80 40 53 27 35 3 50 15.1
Bhutan 78 60 0 46 0 94 5 72 1.0
Bolivia 61 60 0 40 14 98 7 92 5.0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 56 40 30 42 42 33 7 331 6.0
Botswana 11 40 40 30 0 19 6 69 5.1
Brazil 67 80 20 56 27 165 15 47 4.0
Bulgaria 61 60 10 44 32 30 9 19 2.3
Burkina Faso 83 100 70 84 23 57 8 107 16.2
Burundi 67 80 60 69 7 25 5 94 18.9
Cambodia 67 80 30 59 0 39 7 56 4.7
Cameroon 28 60 80 56 15 40 5 93 19.0
Canada 11 0 30 14 12 28 6 10 1.7
Central African Republic 89 80 60 76 18 37 3 69 17.3
Chad 67 80 70 72 21 21 6 44 21.3
Chile 33 20 20 24 3 51 6 31 1.3
China 11 40 40 30 30 90 3 32 3.1
Colombia 72 60 40 57 28 44 7 23 3.5
Congo, Dem. Rep. 100 100 70 90 9 31 8 106 10.2
Congo, Rep. 89 80 70 80 16 42 6 103 22.1
Costa Rica 56 60 0 39 24 34 6 21 3.6
Côte d’Ivoire 44 80 10 45 15 68 7 369 14.3
Croatia 61 60 50 57 17 38 5 956 5.0
Czech Republic 33 20 20 24 37 22 4 123 3.0
Denmark 11 40 10 20 1 39 6 42 0.6
Dominican Republic 22 80 30 44 14 77 7 107 5.1
Ecuador 44 60 70 58 13 131 10 21 6.7
Egypt 0 80 80 53 26 162 7 193 6.1
El Salvador 44 60 20 41 15 86 5 52 3.6
Eritrea 0 60 20 27 2 69 6 91 9.1
Estonia 33 80 40 51 33 33 4 65 0.5
Ethiopia 33 60 30 41 0 40 15 56 10.4
Fiji 22 40 0 21 8 28 3 48 12.0
Finland 44 60 40 48 22 24 3 14 4.0
France 78 80 40 66 47 32 9 183 6.5
Georgia 0 60 70 43 31 4 6 9 0.6
Germany 44 80 40 55 21 67 4 41 4.1
Ghana 11 40 50 34 13 25 7 382 3.7
Greece 78 80 40 66 30 69 12 23 13.7
Guatemala 61 40 20 40 13 101 5 69 4.7
Guinea 33 80 30 48 27 26 6 104 15.6