Burundi

Ease of Doing Business in

Burundi

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Burundi. 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 8,575,172
GNI Per Capita (US$) 250
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
159 172 down 13

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
46.6 41.6 down 5.0
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 28 99 up 71
Dealing with Construction Permits 141 166 up 25
Getting Electricity 164 163 up -1
Registering Property 127 143 up 16
Getting Credit 167 165 up -2
Protecting Investors 49 46 up -3
Paying Taxes 137 131 up -6
Trading Across Borders 177 177 No change
Enforcing Contracts 175 174 up -1
Resolving Insolvency 161 160 up -1

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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 28 DB 2012 Rank 99 Change in Rank up71
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 91.0 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 71.4 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up19.6
Indicator Burundi Sub-Saharan Africa 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)
4 8 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)
8 34 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)
18.3 67.3 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)
0.0 116.0 13.3
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit all documents at the API and obtain registration certificate and NIF 4 days BIF 42,500 for a LLC performing general commercial activities
2 Registration of the Company with the Ministry of Labor, Department of Work Inspection 1 day no charge
* 3 Registration of the Company with the National Institute for Social Security 1 day (simultaneous with previous procedure) no charge
* 4 Make a company seal 2 days (simultaneous with previous procedure) BIF 20000
* 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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