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.

Economy Overview

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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Enforcing Contracts

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The ease or difficulty of enforcing commercial contracts is measured below. This is determined by following the evolution of a payment dispute and tracking the time, cost, and number of procedures involved from the moment a plaintiff files the lawsuit until actual payment.

DB 2013 Rank 182 DB 2012 Rank 182 Change in Rank 0
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 19.3 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 19.3 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Bangladesh South Asia OECD

The time to resolve a dispute, counted from the moment the plaintiff files the lawsuit in court until payment. This includes both the days when actions take place and the waiting periods between.

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Time (days)
1,442 1,075 510

The cost in court fees and attorney fees, where the use of attorneys is mandatory or common, expressed as a percentage of the debt value.

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Cost (% of claim)
63.3 27.2 20.1

The average number of procedures to enforce a contract. The list of procedural steps compiled for each economy traces the chronology of a commercial dispute before the relevant court.

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Procedures (number)
41 43 31
Indicator
Time (days) 1,442
Filing and service 30
Trial and judgment 1,047
Enforcement of judgment 365
Cost (% of claim) 63.3
Attorney cost (% of claim) 36.5
Court cost (% of claim) 8.3
Enforcement Cost (% of claim) 18.5
Procedures (number) 41
* 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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