Cape Verde

Ease of Doing Business in

Cape Verde

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Cape Verde. 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 Lower middle income
Population 500,585
GNI Per Capita (US$) 3,540
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
122 121 down -1

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
58.1 57.8 down 0.3
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 129 127 up -2
Dealing with Construction Permits 122 121 up -1
Getting Electricity 106 105 up -1
Registering Property 69 65 up -4
Getting Credit 104 97 up -7
Protecting Investors 139 136 up -3
Paying Taxes 102 102 No change
Trading Across Borders 63 61 up -2
Enforcing Contracts 38 36 up -2
Resolving Insolvency 185 185 No change

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Dealing with Construction Permits

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Shown below are the procedures, time, and costs to build a warehouse, including obtaining necessary licenses and permits, completing required notifications and inspections, and obtaining utility connections.

DB 2013 Rank 122 DB 2012 Rank 121 Change in Rank down-1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 72.1 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 71.4 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up0.7
Indicator Cape Verde Sub-Saharan Africa OECD

The total number of procedures required to build a warehouse. A procedure is any interaction of the company’s employees or managers with external parties.

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Procedures (number)
17 15 14

The total number of days required to build a warehouse. The measure captures the median duration that local experts indicate is necessary to complete a procedure in practice.

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Time (days)
122 196 143

Cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. Only official costs are recorded.

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Cost (% of income per capita)
459.4 751.6 78.7
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Request and obtain plot map from Municipality 29 days CVE 2,000
* 2 Receive inspection from Municipality to obtain plot map 1 day no charge
* 3 Request and obtain property title from Property Registry 7 days CVE 500
4 Submit and obtain approval of architectural plans from municipality 31 days CVE 20,000
5 Submit and obtain structural plans for approval 24 days CVE 20,000
6 Request and obtain building permit 7 days CVE 75,000
7 Receive a pre-construction visit 1 day no charge
8 Receive a random inspection by municipality 1 day no charge
9 Notify the Municipality about completion of construction and request occupancy permit 1 day CVE 2,000
* 10 Receive final inspection from Municipality 1 day no charge
* 11 Obtain Occupancy Permit 22 days no charge
* 12 Request water & sewage connection 1 day CVE 50,000
* 13 Receive inspection from Electra 1 day no charge
* 14 Obtain water & sewage connection 14 days no charge
* 15 Request and receive connection to telephone from Cabo Verde Telecom 14 days CVE 3,000
* 16 Register the building in the municipality (certidão matricial) 7 days CVE 1,170,540
* 17 Register the building with the Property Registry (certidão predial) 21 days CVE 176
* 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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