Angola

Ease of Doing Business in

Angola

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Angola. 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 Sub-Saharan Africa
Income Category Upper middle income
Population 19,618,432
GNI Per Capita (US$) 4,060
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
172 174 down 2

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
45.1 45.1 0.0
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 171 167 up -4
Dealing with Construction Permits 124 111 up -13
Getting Electricity 113 145 up 32
Registering Property 131 132 up 1
Getting Credit 129 127 up -2
Protecting Investors 70 66 up -4
Paying Taxes 154 150 up -4
Trading Across Borders 164 164 No change
Enforcing Contracts 183 183 No change
Resolving Insolvency 162 163 up 1

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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 171 DB 2012 Rank 167 Change in Rank down-4
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 59.9 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 58.3 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up1.6
Indicator Angola Sub-Saharan 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).

View methodology Procedures (number)
8 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.

View methodology Time (days)
68 34 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)
105.4 67.3 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)
24.6 116.0 13.3
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Search for a unique company name and pick up the relevant certificate 1 day KZ 500 + KZ 24,090
2 Deposit the legally required initial capital in a bank and obtain deposit evidence; pay the registration fee 1 day no charge
3 Verify the company documents at the Guichet Unico 1 day the fees are included in the company registration fees
4 Obtain NIF at Guichet Unico 1 day tax fees included in next procedure
5 Notarize company draft documents, register the company and pay registration fees at Guichet Unico 4 days 30,000 Kz Guichet Unico fees+ registration in the conservatoria 100002 Kz+ 12000 Kz statistics institute + 20000 Kz Impresa National ( fixed cost) + 10 Kz social security + 132730 Notary fees + 25595 Kz taxes fee
6 Obtain the Commercial Operations Permit from the Ministry of Commerce 60 days USD 1,000
* 7 Legalize the inventory and diary books with the Tax Office 1 day (simulteneous with previous procedure) USD 3
* 8 Legalize the inventory and diary books with the judge of the provincial court having jurisdiction over the area of the company’s headquarters 1 day (simulteneous with previous procedure) USD 20
* 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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