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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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 173 DB 2012 Rank 175 Change in Rank up2
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 18.7 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 18.1 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up0.6
Indicator Burkina Faso 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)
10 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)
41 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)
2,412 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)
10 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)
47 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)
4,030 2,567 1,080
Nature of Export Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 28 187
Customs clearance and technical control 3 225
Ports and terminal handling 3 800
Inland transportation and handling 7 1,200
Totals 41 2,412
Nature of Import Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 27 330
Customs clearance and technical control 6 300
Ports and terminal handling 6 1,000
Inland transportation and handling 8 2,400
Totals 47 4,030
Export documents
Bill of lading
Cargo release order
Certificate of origin
Commercial invoice
Customs export declaration
Foreign exchange authorization
Packing list
Technical standard/ health certificate
Terminal handling receipts
Transit document
Import documents
Bill of lading
Cargo release order
Certificate of origin
Commercial invoice
Customs import declaration
Foreign exchange authorization
Packing list
Technical standard/health certificate
Terminal handling receipts
Transit document

** 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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