Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ease of Doing Business in

Bosnia and Herzegovina

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Bosnia and Herzegovina. 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 3,752,228
GNI Per Capita (US$) 4,780
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
126 127 down 1

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
58.6 57.4 down 1.2
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 162 162 No change
Dealing with Construction Permits 163 159 up -4
Getting Electricity 158 154 up -4
Registering Property 93 100 up 7
Getting Credit 70 67 up -3
Protecting Investors 100 98 up -2
Paying Taxes 128 137 up 9
Trading Across Borders 103 101 up -2
Enforcing Contracts 120 117 up -3
Resolving Insolvency 83 84 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 158 DB 2012 Rank 154 Change in Rank down-4
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 49.8 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 49.8 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Bosnia and Herzegovina 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)
8 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)
125 153 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)
493.3 627.8 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Obtain initial electric power permit from Elektroprivreda BiH 30 calendar days BAM 30.0
2 Request issuance of electro-energetic consent from Elektroprivreda BiH 23 calendar days BAM 50.0
* 3 Elektroprivreda BiH carries out external visit of the site 10 calendar days no charge
4 Receive electro-energetic consent and go to utility's main building to submit application for connection, pay estimate and sign contract 30 calendar days no charge
5 Await and receive external connection works by Elektroprivreda BiH 31 calendar days BAM 31,220.0
6 Hire specialized electrician to issue a certificate of compliance for the internal wiring 8 calendar days BAM 2,550.0
* 7 Receive site visit by a technical commission of the municipality 1 calendar day no charge
8 Elektroprivreda BiH comes to the warehouse to energize the connection 3 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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