Bangladesh

Ease of Doing Business in

Bangladesh

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Bangladesh. 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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Economy Summary
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 South Asia
Income Category Low income
Population 150,493,658
GNI Per Capita (US$) 770
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
129 124 down -5

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
55.7 55.7 0.0
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 95 89 up -6
Dealing with Construction Permits 83 83 No change
Getting Electricity 185 185 No change
Registering Property 175 175 No change
Getting Credit 83 80 up -3
Protecting Investors 25 24 up -1
Paying Taxes 97 95 up -2
Trading Across Borders 119 120 up 1
Enforcing Contracts 182 182 No change
Resolving Insolvency 119 116 up -3

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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 95 DB 2012 Rank 89 Change in Rank down-6
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 82.6 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 81.9 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up0.7
YearNew business densityNumber of new limited liability companies
2011 0.109,405
Indicator Bangladesh South Asia 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).

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7 7 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.

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19 19 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)
25.1 21.6 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)
0.0 17.8 13.3
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Verify online the uniqueness of the proposed company name with the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms 1 day BDT 100
2 Pay adhesive stamp fees at a designated bank 1 day BDT 2000
3 File documents with the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms for registration 1 day BDT 2925 registration fees + 1200 registration filing fees
4 Make a company seal 1 day BDT 30-50
5 Register with the tax authority 9 days no charge
* 6 Register for VAT 7 days, simultaneously with procedure 5 no charge
7 Obtain a trade license 6 days BDT 5,000
* 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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