Afghanistan

Ease of Doing Business in

Afghanistan

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Afghanistan. The first table lists the overall "Ease of Doing Business" rank (out of 185 economies) and the rankings by each topic. It also lists the economy's distance to frontier (DTF)** measure. The rest of the tables summarize the key indicators for each topic and benchmark against regional and high-income economy (OECD) averages.

Economy Overview

Region South Asia
Income Category Low income
Population 35,320,445
GNI Per Capita (US$) 585
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
168 167 down -1

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
37.9 37.9 0.0
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 28 29 up 1
Dealing with Construction Permits 164 163 up -1
Getting Electricity 110 107 up -3
Registering Property 174 174 No change
Getting Credit 154 152 up -2
Protecting Investors 185 185 No change
Paying Taxes 94 92 up -2
Trading Across Borders 178 180 up 2
Enforcing Contracts 164 163 up -1
Resolving Insolvency 115 114 up -1

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Starting a Business

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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.

DB 2013 Rank 28 DB 2012 Rank 29 Change in Rank up1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 90.8 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 90.4 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up0.4
YearNew business densityNumber of new limited liability companies
2011 0.122,241
Indicator Afghanistan South Asia OECD

The total number of procedures required to register a firm. A procedure is defined as any interaction of the company founders with external parties (for example, government agencies, lawyers, auditors or notaries).

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Procedures (number)
4 7 5

The total number of days required to register a firm. The measure captures the median duration that incorporation lawyers indicate is necessary to complete a procedure with minimum follow-up with government agencies and no extra payments.

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Time (days)
7 19 12

Cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. It includes all official fees and fees for legal or professional services if such services are required by law.

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Cost (% of income per capita)
22.5 21.6 4.5

The amount that the entrepreneur needs to deposit in a bank or with a notary before registration and up to 3 months following incorporation and is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita.

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Paid-in Min. Capital (% of income per capita)
0.0 17.8 13.3
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Register the company and obtain Tax Identification Number (TIN) 1 day included in procedure 2
2 Pay registration and publication fees 1 day AFN 500 (registration) + AFN 1,000 (publication)
3 Obtain the license from AISA 5 days USD 100
* 4 Receive inspection (AISA) 1 day (simultaneous with previous procedure) no charge
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.

** The distance to frontier (DTF) measure shows the distance of each economy to the "frontier," which represents the highest performance observed on each of the indicators across all economies included in Doing Business since each indicator was included in Doing Business. An economy’s distance to frontier is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the lowest performance and 100 the frontier. Read more...

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