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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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Zambia

Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Income category:
Low income
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Population:
12,620,219
GNI per capita (US$):
949.71
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Ease of... Doing Business 2010 rank Doing Business 2009 rank Change in rank
Doing Business90 99 +9
Starting a Business 94 72 -22
Dealing with Construction Permits 151 146 -5
Employing Workers 116 129 +13
Registering Property 94 94 0
Getting Credit 30 68 +38
Protecting Investors 73 70 -3
Paying Taxes 36 39 +3
Trading Across Borders 157 157 0
Enforcing Contracts 87 88 +1
Closing a Business 83 83 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:
94
DB09 rank:
72
Change in rank:
-22
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 Zambia Sub-Saharan Africa OECD Average
Procedures (number) 6 9.4 5.7
Time (days) 18 45.6 13.0
Cost (% of income per capita) 28.4 99.7 4.7
Min. capital (% of income per capita) 1.3 144.7 15.5

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Dealing with Construction Permits

DB10 rank:
151
DB09 rank:
146
Mudança na
classificação:
-5
Este tópico elabora os procedimentos, tempo e custos para a construção de depositós e armazens. Incluimos também as instruções necessárias para a obtenção de licenças, certificados e como solicitar conexão aos serviços da rede pública neste país.
Indicator Zambia Sub-Saharan Africa OECD Average
Procedures (number) 17 17.3 15.1
Time (days) 254 260.5 157.0
Cost (% of income per capita) 912.7 1,955.6 56.1

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Employing Workers

DB10 rank:
116
DB09 rank:
129
Mudança na
classificação:
+13
As dificuldades que os empregadores enfrentam para contratar e demitir trabalhadores são mostradas abaixo. Cada índice atribui valores entre 0 e 100, sendo que os valores mais altos representam regulamentos mais rígidos.
Indicator Zambia Sub-Saharan Africa OCDE Média
Difficulty of hiring index (0-100) 11 37.3 26.5
Rigidity of hours index (0-100) 33 29.3 30.1
Difficulty of redundancy index (0-100) 20 39.8 22.6
Rigidity of employment index (0-100) 21 35.5 26.4
Redundancy costs (weeks of salary) 178 67.6 26.6

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Registering Property

DB10 rank:
94
DB09 rank:
94
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 Zambia Sub-Saharan Africa OECD Average
Procedures (number) 6 6.7 4.7
Time (days) 39 80.7 25.0
Cost (% of property value) 6.6 9.9 4.6

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Getting Credit

DB10 rank:
30
DB09 rank:
68
Change in rank:
+38
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 Zambia Sub-Saharan Africa OECD Average
Strength of legal rights index (0-10) 9 4.6 6.8
Depth of credit information index (0-6) 3 1.5 4.9
Public registry coverage (% of adults) 0.0 2.4 8.8
Private bureau coverage (% of adults) 0.4 4.5 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 Zambia Sub-Saharan Africa OECD Average
Extent of disclosure index (0-10) 3 4.8 5.9
Extent of director liability index (0-10) 6 3.3 5.0
Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) 7 5.1 6.6
Strength of investor protection index (0-10) 5.3 4.4 5.8

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Paying Taxes

DB10 rank:
36
DB09 rank:
39
Mudança na
classificação:
+3
Este tópico detalha os encargos tributários que uma empresa de porte medio normalmente paga ou recolhe durante o ano fiscal. Indicamos também as exigências administrativos para o pagamento desses encargos.
Indicator Zambia Sub-Saharan Africa OECD Average
Payments (number per year) 37 37.7 12.8
Time (hours per year) 132 306.0 194.1
Profit tax (%) 1.7 23.9 16.8
Labor tax and contributions (%) 10.4 13.1 24.4
Other taxes (%) 4.0 30.5 3.3
Total tax rate (% profit) 16.1 67.5 44.5

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Trading Across Borders

DB10 rank:
157
DB09 rank:
157
Mudança na
classificação:
-
Os custos e procedimentos envolvidos na importação e exportação de um embarque patrocinado de mercadorias estão detalhados neste tópico. Cada procedimento oficial envolvido é registrado – a partir do acordo contratual final entre ambas as partes até a entrega da mercadoria.
Indicator Zambia Sub-Saharan Africa OCDE Média
Documents to export (number) 6 7.8 4.3
Time to export (days) 53 33.6 10.5
Cost to export (US$ per container) 2,664 1,941.8 1,089.7
Documents to import (number) 9 8.8 4.9
Time to import (days) 64 39.4 11.0
Cost to import (US$ per container) 3,335 2,365.4 1,145.9

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Enforcing Contracts

DB10 rank:
87
DB09 rank:
88
Change in rank:
+1
The ease or difficulty of enforcing commercial contracts is measured below. This is determined by following the evolution of a payment dispute and tracking the time, cost, and number of procedures involved from the moment a plaintiff files the lawsuit until actual payment.
Indicator Zambia Sub-Saharan Africa OECD Average
Procedures (number) 35 39.2 30.6
Time (days) 471 643.9 462.4
Cost (% of claim) 38.7 49.3 19.2

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Closing a Business

DB10 rank:
83
DB09 rank:
83
Change in rank:
-
The time and cost required to resolve bankruptcies is shown below. The data identifies weaknesses in existing bankruptcy law and the main procedural and administrative bottlenecks in the bankruptcy process. The recovery rate, expressed in terms of how many cents on the dollar claimants recover from the insolvent firm, is also shown.
Indicator Zambia Sub-Saharan Africa OECD Average
Time (years) 2.7 3.4 1.7
Cost (% of estate) 9 20.1 8.4
Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) 30.2 17.0 68.6

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