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This page shows summary Doing Business 2010 data for the selected economy. The first table lists the overall "Ease of Doing Business" rank (out of 183 economies) and the rankings by each topic. The rest of the tables summarize the key indicators for each topic and benchmark against regional and high-income economy (OECD) averages.

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Sri Lanka

Region:
South Asia
Income category:
Lower middle income
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Population:
20,047,263
GNI per capita (US$):
1,788.48
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Ease of... Doing Business 2010 rank Doing Business 2009 rank Change in rank
Doing Business105 97 -8
Starting a Business 41 33 -8
Dealing with Construction Permits 168 161 -7
Employing Workers 96 96 0
Registering Property 148 148 0
Getting Credit 71 68 -3
Protecting Investors 73 70 -3
Paying Taxes 166 166 0
Trading Across Borders 65 62 -3
Enforcing Contracts 137 137 0
Closing a Business 45 45 0
Note: Doing Business 2009 rankings have been recalculated to reflect changes to the methodology and the addition of two new countries.

Starting a Business

DB10 rank:
41
DB09 rank:
33
Change in rank:
-8
The challenges of launching a business are shown below. Included are: the number of steps entrepreneurs can expect to go through to launch, the time it takes on average, and the cost and minimum capital required as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) per capita.
Indicator Sri Lanka South Asia OECD Average
Procedures (number) 4 7.3 5.7
Time (days) 38 28.1 13.0
Cost (% of income per capita) 5.9 27.0 4.7
Min. capital (% of income per capita) 0.0 26.9 15.5

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Dealing with Construction Permits

DB10 rank:
168
DB09 rank:
161
Change in rank:
-7
Shown below are the procedures, time, and costs to build a warehouse, including obtaining necessary licenses and permits, completing required notifications and inspections, and obtaining utility connections.
Indicator Sri Lanka South Asia OECD Average
Procedures (number) 22 18.4 15.1
Time (days) 214 241.0 157.0
Cost (% of income per capita) 1,458.8 2,310.6 56.1

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Employing Workers

DB10 rank:
96
DB09 rank:
96
Change in rank:
-
The difficulties that employers face in hiring and firing workers are shown below. Each index assigns values between 0 and 100, with higher values representing more rigid regulations. The Rigidity of Employment Index is an average of the three indices.
Indicator Sri Lanka South Asia OECD Average
Difficulty of hiring index (0-100) 0 27.8 26.5
Rigidity of hours index (0-100) 0 10.0 30.1
Difficulty of redundancy index (0-100) 60 41.3 22.6
Rigidity of employment index (0-100) 20 26.3 26.4
Redundancy costs (weeks of salary) 217 75.8 26.6

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Registering Property

DB10 rank:
148
DB09 rank:
148
Change in rank:
-
The ease with which businesses can secure rights to property is shown below. Included are the number of steps, time, and cost involved in registering property.
Indicator Sri Lanka South Asia OECD Average
Procedures (number) 8 6.3 4.7
Time (days) 83 105.9 25.0
Cost (% of property value) 5.1 5.6 4.6

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Getting Credit

DB10 rank:
71
DB09 rank:
68
Change in rank:
-3
Measures on credit information sharing and the legal rights of borrowers and lenders are shown below. The Legal Rights Index ranges from 0-10, with higher scores indicating that those laws are better designed to expand access to credit. The Credit Information Index measures the scope, access and quality of credit information available through public registries or private bureaus. It ranges from 0-6, with higher values indicating that more credit information is available from a public registry or private bureau.
Indicator Sri Lanka South Asia OECD Average
Strength of legal rights index (0-10) 4 5.3 6.8
Depth of credit information index (0-6) 5 2.1 4.9
Public registry coverage (% of adults) 0.0 0.8 8.8
Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 14.3 3.3 59.6

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Protecting Investors

DB10 rank:
73
DB09 rank:
70
Change in rank:
-3
The indicators below describe three dimensions of investor protection: transparency of transactions (Extent of Disclosure Index), liability for self-dealing (Extent of Director Liability Index), shareholders’ ability to sue officers and directors for misconduct (Ease of Shareholder Suits Index) and Strength of Investor Protection Index. The indexes vary between 0 and 10, with higher values indicating greater disclosure, greater liability of directors, greater powers of shareholders to challenge the transaction, and better investor protection.
Indicator Sri Lanka South Asia OECD Average
Extent of disclosure index (0-10) 4 4.3 5.9
Extent of director liability index (0-10) 5 4.3 5.0
Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) 7 6.4 6.6
Strength of investor protection index (0-10) 5.3 5.0 5.8

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Paying Taxes

DB10 rank:
166
DB09 rank:
166
Change in rank:
-
The data below shows the tax that a medium-size company must pay or withhold in a given year, as well as measures of the administrative burden in paying taxes. These measures include the number of payments an entrepreneur must make; the number of hours spent preparing, filing, and paying; and the percentage of their profits they must pay in taxes.
Indicator Sri Lanka South Asia OECD Average
Payments (number per year) 62 31.3 12.8
Time (hours per year) 256 284.5 194.1
Profit tax (%) 26.5 17.9 16.8
Labor tax and contributions (%) 16.9 7.8 24.4
Other taxes (%) 20.3 14.2 3.3
Total tax rate (% profit) 63.7 40.0 44.5

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Trading Across Borders

DB10 rank:
65
DB09 rank:
62
التغيير في ترتيب:
-3
إن تفاصيل التكاليف والإجراءات اللازمة في استيراد وتصدير شحنة بضائع قياسية في مبينة في إطار هذا الموضوع. يأ خذ بعين الاعتبار هذا المؤشر كافة الإجراءات الرسمية- بدءاً من الاتفاق التعاقدي النهائي بين الطرفين، وانتهاءً بتسليم البضائع.
Indicator Sri Lanka South Asia OECD المتوسط
Documents to export (number) 8 8.5 4.3
Time to export (days) 21 32.4 10.5
Cost to export (US$ per container) 715 1,364.1 1,089.7
Documents to import (number) 6 9.0 4.9
Time to import (days) 20 32.2 11.0
Cost to import (US$ per container) 745 1,509.1 1,145.9

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Enforcing Contracts

DB10 rank:
137
DB09 rank:
137
التغيير في ترتيب:
-
يدرس هذا الموضوع سهولة أو صعوبة تنفيذ العقود التجارية في .
Indicator Sri Lanka South Asia OECD Average
Procedures (number) 40 43.5 30.6
Time (days) 1,318 1,052.9 462.4
Cost (% of claim) 22.8 27.2 19.2

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Closing a Business

DB10 rank:
45
DB09 rank:
45
Change in rank:
-
يدرس هذا الموضوع الوقت والتكلفة اللازمين لتسوية حالات الإفلاس في . ويقيس ومعدل الاسترداد، الذي يتم التعبير عنه من حيث عدد السنتات على الدولار الذي يسترده المطالبون من الشركة المفلسة.
Indicator Sri Lanka South Asia OECD Average
Time (years) 1.7 4.5 1.7
Cost (% of estate) 5 6.5 8.4
Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 43.4 20.4 68.6

الموارد:

مقارنة بين البلدان
المنهجية