Cambodia

Ease of Doing Business in

Cambodia

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Cambodia. 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.

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Starting a Business
Dealing with Construction Permits
Getting Electricity
Registering Property
Getting Credit
Protecting Investors
Paying Taxes
Trading Across Borders
Enforcing Contracts
Resolving Insolvency
Region East Asia & Pacific
Income Category Low income
Population 14,305,183
GNI Per Capita (US$) 830
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
133 141 down 8

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
51.8 49.6 down 2.2
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 175 174 up -1
Dealing with Construction Permits 149 147 up -2
Getting Electricity 132 128 up -4
Registering Property 115 114 up -1
Getting Credit 53 97 up 44
Protecting Investors 82 79 up -3
Paying Taxes 66 61 up -5
Trading Across Borders 118 121 up 3
Enforcing Contracts 142 144 up 2
Resolving Insolvency 152 152 No change

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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 175 DB 2012 Rank 174 Change in Rank down-1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 54.9 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 53.7 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up1.2
YearNew business densityNumber of new limited liability companies
2009 0.222,003
Indicator Cambodia East Asia & Pacific 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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9 7 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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85 36 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.

View methodology Cost (% of income per capita)
100.5 22.4 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.

View methodology Paid-in Min. Capital (% of income per capita)
28.5 13.4 13.3
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Deposit the legally required initial capital in a bank and obtain deposit evidence. 1 day no charge
2 Check the uniqueness of the company name 5 days USD 10
3 Have an abstract of the company organization documents (bylaws, memorandum, and articles of association) published in a recognized public newspaper 7 days USD 15
4 Incorporate the company with the Commercial Register, maintained at the Office of the Clerk of the Commercial Court 25 days USD 105
5 Make a company seal 1 day USD 15
6 Have registration documents stamped and approved by Phnom Penh Tax Department 3 days USD 49
7 Register the company for VAT and patent at the Real Regime Tax Office 13 days USD 390
8 Notify the Ministry of Labor of the start of operations and hiring of employees 30 days USD 250 (8-200 employees)
* 9 Receive inspection from Labor Inspector 1 day simultaneous with procedure 8 Included in Procedure 8
* 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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