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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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 164 DB 2012 Rank 163 Change in Rank down-1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 29.6 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 29.6 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Burundi 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)
5 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)
188 133 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)
21,481.7 4,736.9 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit application at one of REGIDESO's customer service centers, await and receive estimate 16 calendar days BIF 3,000.0
* 2 REGIDESO inspects the site and carries out a feasibility study 1 calendar day no charge
3 Purchase the transformer 135 calendar days no charge
4 REGIDESO carries out the external connection works and installs the meter 37 calendar days BIF 73,193,616.9
* 5 Client signs supply contract with REGIDESO 1 calendar day 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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