Burkina Faso

Ease of Doing Business in

Burkina Faso

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Burkina Faso. 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 Low income
Population 16,967,845
GNI Per Capita (US$) 570
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
153 149 down -4

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
49.0 48.7 down 0.3
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 120 118 up -2
Dealing with Construction Permits 64 63 up -1
Getting Electricity 139 132 up -7
Registering Property 113 109 up -4
Getting Credit 129 127 up -2
Protecting Investors 150 147 up -3
Paying Taxes 157 151 up -6
Trading Across Borders 173 175 up 2
Enforcing Contracts 109 109 No change
Resolving Insolvency 113 112 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 139 DB 2012 Rank 132 Change in Rank down-7
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 40.4 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 40.4 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Burkina Faso Sub-Saharan Africa 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)
4 5 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)
158 133 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)
12,662.1 4,736.9 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 The client applies for electricity connection and awaits external inspection from the Société Nationale d’Electricité du Burkina (SONABEL) 21 calendar days no charge
* 2 The client obtains external inspection by the Société Nationale d’Electricité du Burkina (SONABEL) 1 calendar day no charge
3 The client awaits and obtains external connection works by the Société Nationale d’Electricité du Burkina (SONABEL)’s contractor 133 calendar days XOF 35,000,000.0
4 The client obtains meter installation and final connection by the Société Nationale d’Electricité du Burkina (SONABEL) 4 calendar days XOF 783,647.7
* 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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