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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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 132 DB 2012 Rank 128 Change in Rank down-4
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 59.7 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 58.7 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up1.0
Indicator Cambodia East Asia & Pacific 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)
4 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)
183 86 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)
2,802.0 1,005.0 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit an application for an electricity connection to Electricite Du Cambodge and await an estimate 30 calendar days no charge
* 2 Electricite Du Cambodge inspects the site 1 calendar day no charge
3 Await a clearance from EDC and sign a contract 75 calendar days no charge
4 Await completion of the external connection works, including a meter installation and a final connection by EDC 78 calendar days KHR 98,223,824.1
* 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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