Algeria

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Algeria

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Algeria. 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.

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Starting a Business
Dealing with Construction Permits
Getting Electricity
Registering Property
Getting Credit
Protecting Investors
Paying Taxes
Trading Across Borders
Enforcing Contracts
Resolving Insolvency
Region Middle East & North Africa
Income Category Upper middle income
Population 35,980,193
GNI Per Capita (US$) 4,470
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
152 150 down -2

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
52.1 51.4 down 0.7
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 156 155 up -1
Dealing with Construction Permits 138 137 up -1
Getting Electricity 165 161 up -4
Registering Property 172 172 No change
Getting Credit 129 152 up 23
Protecting Investors 82 79 up -3
Paying Taxes 170 165 up -5
Trading Across Borders 129 128 up -1
Enforcing Contracts 126 125 up -1
Resolving Insolvency 62 60 up -2

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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 156 DB 2012 Rank 155 Change in Rank down-1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 69.0 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 68.8 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up0.2
YearNew business densityNumber of new limited liability companies
2011 0.194,711
Indicator Algeria Middle East & North Africa 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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14 8 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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25 23 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.

View methodology Cost (% of income per capita)
12.1 29.8 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.

View methodology Paid-in Min. Capital (% of income per capita)
27.2 72.3 13.3
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Obtain an attestation on the uniqueness of selected company name from the Centre National du Registre du Commerce (CNRC); pick up registration forms 1 day DA 490
2 Deposit the start-up capital with the notary public 1 day no charge
3 Draw up and notarize the company constitution documents, submit specimen of managers’ signatures, and prepare and submit the lease for the registered office of the company 7 days see comment
4 Obtain the criminal record and birth certificate of manager 2 days DA 30
5 Publish the company constitution on the legal journal (B.O.A.L.) and a nationally circulated newspaper 3 days DA 1960
6 File for company registration with the commercial registry within two months of the formation of the company 2 days DA 9760
* 7 Pay for the stamp duty and obtain a receipt 1 day simultaneously with previous procedure DA 4000
8 Register for income tax (Impôt sur le revenu global des personnes physiques, IRG), corporate tax (Impôt sur les bénéfices des personnes morales ou des sociétés, IBS), and VAT with the local tax inspectorate 2 days no charge
9 Register for the Caisse Nationale des Assurances Sociales des Travailleurs Salariés (CNAS) 1 day no charge
10 Open the company’s bank account with a commercial bank 1 day no charge
11 Register for the Caisse Nationale de Sécurité Sociale des Non Salariés (CASNOS) 1 day no charge
12 Register with the Unemployment Insurance Fund (CNAC) 1 day no charge
13 Make a company seal 2 days DA 1800
14 Have company’s accounting books stamped at the court 1 day DA 8000
* 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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