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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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 38 DB 2012 Rank 36 Change in Rank down-2
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 65.3 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 65.3 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Cape Verde Sub-Saharan Africa 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)
425 649 510

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)
19.8 50.1 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)
37 39 31
Indicator
Time (days) 425
Filing and service 45
Trial and judgment 180
Enforcement of judgment 200
Cost (% of claim) 19.8
Attorney cost (% of claim) 10
Court cost (% of claim) 3
Enforcement Cost (% of claim) 6.8
Procedures (number) 37
* 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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