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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This data 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.

DB 2013 Rank 170 DB 2012 Rank 165 Change in Rank down-5
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 38.6 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 38.6 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Algeria Middle East & North Africa OECD

The total number of tax payments per year. The indicator reflects the total number of taxes and contributions paid, the method of payment, the frequency of payment and the number of agencies involved for a standardized case during the second year of operation.

View methodology Payments (number per year)
29 19 12

The time it takes to prepare, file and pay (or withhold) the corporate income tax, the value added tax and social security contributions (in hours per year).

View methodology Time (hours per year)
451 184 176

The amount of taxes on profits paid by the business as a percentage of commercial profits.

View methodology Profit tax (%)
6.6 11.9 15.2

The amount of taxes and mandatory contributions on labor paid by the business as a percentage of commercial profits.

View methodology Labor tax and contributions (%)
29.7 16.5 23.8

The amount of taxes and mandatory contributions paid by the business as a percentage of commercial profit that are not already included in the categories of profit or labor taxes.

View methodology Other taxes (%)
35.7 3.9 3.7

The total tax rate measures the amount of taxes and mandatory contributions payable by the business in the second year of operation, expressed as a share of commercial profits.

View methodology Total tax rate (% profit)
72.0 32.3 42.7
Tax or mandatory contribution Payments (number) Notes on Payments Time (hours) Statutory tax rate Tax base Total tax rate (% profit) Notes on TTR
Tax on professional activity 0 paid jointly 2% turnover 35.4
Social security contributions 12 110 26% gross salaries 28.8
Corporate income tax 0 paid jointly 152 19% taxable profit 6.6
Apprenticeship tax 0 paid jointly 1% net salaries 1
Tax on interest 0 withheld 10% interest income 0.3 included in other taxes
Tax on built land 1 3% rental value of land 0.2
Drainage tax 0 paid jointly DZD 10,000 fixed fee 0.1
Stamp duty 0 paid jointly DZD 40 to DZD 60 number of pages in document 0 small amount
Dwelling tax 1 DZD 1,200 fixed fee 0
Fuel tax 1 DZD 1/liter value of fuel 0
Vehicle tax 1 DZD 1,000 fixed fee 0
Value added tax (VAT) 12 189 17% value added 0 not included
Tax on unbuilt land 1 7% rental value of land 0
Totals: 29 451 72.0

** 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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