Azerbaijan

Ease of Doing Business in

Azerbaijan

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Azerbaijan. 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 Eastern Europe & Central Asia
Income Category Upper middle income
Population 9,168,000
GNI Per Capita (US$) 5,290
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
67 66 down -1

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
62.8 62.7 down 0.1
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 18 17 up -1
Dealing with Construction Permits 177 176 up -1
Getting Electricity 175 175 No change
Registering Property 9 6 up -3
Getting Credit 53 52 up -1
Protecting Investors 25 24 up -1
Paying Taxes 76 79 up 3
Trading Across Borders 169 169 No change
Enforcing Contracts 25 24 up -1
Resolving Insolvency 95 99 up 4

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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 175 DB 2012 Rank 175 Change in Rank 0
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 33.3 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 33.0 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up0.3
Indicator Azerbaijan Eastern Europe & Central Asia 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)
9 7 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)
241 153 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)
591.2 627.8 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit an application for an electricity connection to Baku Electric Shabaka and await issuance of technical conditions 30 calendar days AZN 9,800.0
* 2 Baku Electric Shabaka inspects the site for preparation of technical conditions 1 calendar day no charge
3 Await completion of the external connection project design by a private electrical design company 27 calendar days AZN 900.0
4 Submit the project design to Bakielektrikshebeke and await approval of the design 10 calendar days no charge
5 Obtain an excavation permit at the Ministry of Transport 13 calendar days no charge
6 Baku Electric Shabaka or private electrical contractor complete the external connection works 150 calendar days AZN 18,007.2
7 Ministry of Emergency Situations inspects the external connection works 2 calendar days no charge
8 Energy Inspectorate inspects the external connection works and internal wiring and issues an operation permit (разрешение на эксплуатацию) 2 calendar days no charge
9 Conclude a supply contract with Baku Electric Shabaka and await final connection 7 calendar days no charge
* 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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