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.

Economy Overview

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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Getting Electricity

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The challenges required for a business to obtain a permanent electricity connection for a newly constructed warehouse are shown below. Included are the number of steps, time, and cost.

DB 2013 Rank 113 DB 2012 Rank 145 Change in Rank up32
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 65.2 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 56.1 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up9.1
Indicator Angola Sub-Saharan Africa OECD

The number of procedures to obtain a permanent electricity connection. A procedure is defined as any interaction of the company employees or the company’s main electrician with external parties.

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Procedures (number)
7 5 5

The number of days to obtain a permanent electricity connection. The measure captures the median duration that the electricity utility and experts indicate is necessary in practice, rather than required by law, to complete a procedure.

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Time (days)
55 133 98

The cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. Costs are recorded exclusive of value added tax.

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Cost (% of income per capita)
754.9 4,736.9 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Hire an electrical contractor to obtain permits with Department of Supervision and Licensing 14 calendar days AOA 19,610.0
* 2 External and internal inspection by a specialised Department of the Ministry of Energy 1 calendar day no charge
3 Submit application to EDEL (Empresa de Electricidade de Luanda), the electricity distribution company, and await response from utility 21 calendar days AOA 21,624.4
* 4 EDEL inspects external site of the warehouse 1 calendar day no charge
5 The electrical contractor carries out the external connection works according to the design of EDEL 10 calendar days AOA 3,196,535.7
6 EDEL inspects the internal wiring of the warehouse 7 calendar days no charge
7 Notify utility when works are done, and await EDEL to provide the meter and final connection 3 calendar days AOA 7,500.0
* 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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