Botswana

Ease of Doing Business in

Botswana

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Botswana. 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 Sub-Saharan Africa
Income Category Upper middle income
Population 2,030,738
GNI Per Capita (US$) 7,480
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
59 58 down -1

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
66.2 65.8 down 0.4
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 99 96 up -3
Dealing with Construction Permits 132 131 up -1
Getting Electricity 90 90 No change
Registering Property 51 51 No change
Getting Credit 53 52 up -1
Protecting Investors 49 46 up -3
Paying Taxes 39 38 up -1
Trading Across Borders 147 152 up 5
Enforcing Contracts 68 66 up -2
Resolving Insolvency 29 30 up 1

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Trading Across Borders

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The costs and procedures involved in importing and exporting a standardized shipment of goods are detailed under this topic. Documents associated with every official procedure are counted - starting from the final contractual agreement between the two parties, and ending with the delivery of the goods.

DB 2013 Rank 147 DB 2012 Rank 152 Change in Rank up5
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 36.8 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 33.9 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up2.9
Indicator Botswana Sub-Saharan Africa OECD

The total number of documents required per shipment to export goods. Documents required for clearance by government ministries, customs authorities, port and container terminal authorities, health and technical control agencies and banks are taken into account.

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Documents to export (number)
6 8 4

The time necessary to comply with all procedures required to export goods. If a procedure can be accelerated for an additional cost, the fastest legal procedure is chosen.

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Time to export (days)
27 31 10

The cost associated with all procedures required to export goods. Includes the costs for documents, administrative fees for customs clearance and technical control, customs broker fees, terminal handling charges and inland transport.

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Cost to export (US$ per container)
2,945 1,990 1,028

The total number of documents required per shipment to import goods. Documents required for clearance by government ministries, customs authorities, port and container terminal authorities, health and technical control agencies and banks are taken into account.

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Documents to import (number)
7 9 5

The time necessary to comply with all procedures required to import goods. If a procedure can be accelerated for an additional cost, the fastest legal procedure is chosen.

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Time to import (days)
37 37 10

The cost associated with all procedures required to import goods, including for documents, administrative fees for customs clearance and technical control, customs broker fees, terminal handling charges and inland transport.

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Cost to import (US$ per container)
3,445 2,567 1,080
Nature of Export Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 11 210
Customs clearance and technical control 3 50
Ports and terminal handling 4 285
Inland transportation and handling 9 2,400
Totals 27 2,945
Nature of Import Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 15 370
Customs clearance and technical control 3 125
Ports and terminal handling 11 450
Inland transportation and handling 8 2,500
Totals 37 3,445
Export documents
Bill of lading
Cargo release order
Commercial invoice
Packing list
SAD 500 (customs export declaration)
Transit entry documents (SAD 500 for South Africa)
Import documents
Bill of lading
Cargo release order
Certificate of origin
Commercial invoice
Packing list
SAD 500 (Customs import declaration)
Transit entry document (South Africa SAD 500)

** 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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