Belarus

Ease of Doing Business in

Belarus

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Belarus. 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 9,473,000
GNI Per Capita (US$) 5,830
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
58 60 down 2

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
67.1 64.7 down 2.4
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 9 9 No change
Dealing with Construction Permits 30 42 up 12
Getting Electricity 171 173 up 2
Registering Property 3 3 No change
Getting Credit 104 97 up -7
Protecting Investors 82 79 up -3
Paying Taxes 129 158 up 29
Trading Across Borders 151 154 up 3
Enforcing Contracts 13 14 up 1
Resolving Insolvency 56 42 up -14

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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 9 DB 2012 Rank 9 Change in Rank 0
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 91.7 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 91.9 Improvement in DTF** (% points) down-0.2
YearNew business densityNumber of new limited liability companies
2011 0.916,142
Indicator Belarus Eastern Europe & Central 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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Procedures (number)
5 6 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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Time (days)
5 14 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.

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Cost (% of income per capita)
2.3 6.8 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.

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Paid-in Min. Capital (% of income per capita)
0.0 5.0 13.3
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Obtain an approval of the company name with the Registry Office 1 day no charge
2 Open a temporary bank account 1 day BYR 50
3 Business registration with the State Registry 1 day BYR 500,000
4 Make a company seal 1 day BYR 100,000-200,000
5 Open a regular bank account and pay a statutuory fund before filing documents at the State Registry 1 day no charge

** 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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