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.

Economy Overview

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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Enforcing Contracts

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The ease or difficulty of enforcing commercial contracts is measured below. This is determined by following the evolution of a payment dispute and tracking the time, cost, and number of procedures involved from the moment a plaintiff files the lawsuit until actual payment.

DB 2013 Rank 142 DB 2012 Rank 144 Change in Rank up2
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 31.6 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 31.6 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Cambodia East Asia & Pacific OECD

The time to resolve a dispute, counted from the moment the plaintiff files the lawsuit in court until payment. This includes both the days when actions take place and the waiting periods between.

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Time (days)
401 522 510

The cost in court fees and attorney fees, where the use of attorneys is mandatory or common, expressed as a percentage of the debt value.

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Cost (% of claim)
103.4 48.6 20.1

The average number of procedures to enforce a contract. The list of procedural steps compiled for each economy traces the chronology of a commercial dispute before the relevant court.

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Procedures (number)
44 37 31
Indicator
Time (days) 401
Filing and service 63
Trial and judgment 168
Enforcement of judgment 170
Cost (% of claim) 103.4
Attorney cost (% of claim) 95.8
Court cost (% of claim) 1
Enforcement Cost (% of claim) 6.6
Procedures (number) 44
* 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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