Australia

Ease of Doing Business in

Australia

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Australia. 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 OECD high income
Income Category High income
Population 22,620,600
GNI Per Capita (US$) 65,477
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
10 11 down 1

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
80.7 80.0 down 0.7
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 2 2 No change
Dealing with Construction Permits 11 10 up -1
Getting Electricity 36 37 up 1
Registering Property 37 35 up -2
Getting Credit 4 9 up 5
Protecting Investors 70 66 up -4
Paying Taxes 48 50 up 2
Trading Across Borders 44 43 up -1
Enforcing Contracts 15 17 up 2
Resolving Insolvency 18 17 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 36 DB 2012 Rank 37 Change in Rank up1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 78.6 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 78.6 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Australia OECD high income 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)
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)
75 -- 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)
8.7 -- 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit application for connection with Energy Australia, receive Job Number and estimate and make payment 52 calendar days no charge
2 Hire an Accredited service provider who conducts external connection works 11 calendar days AUD 5,152.9
3 Submit CT Metering form to utility 1 calendar day no charge
4 Request and receive internal wiring inspection from Energy Australia 7 calendar days no charge
5 Nominated retailer installs meter and electricity starts flowing 4 calendar days AUD 363.0

** 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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