Chad

Ease of Doing Business in

Chad

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Chad. 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 Low income
Population 11,525,496
GNI Per Capita (US$) 690
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
184 185 down 1

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
31.2 30.5 down 0.7
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 181 185 up 4
Dealing with Construction Permits 127 126 up -1
Getting Electricity 149 147 up -2
Registering Property 140 144 up 4
Getting Credit 104 97 up -7
Protecting Investors 158 155 up -3
Paying Taxes 184 182 up -2
Trading Across Borders 180 179 up -1
Enforcing Contracts 167 166 up -1
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 167 DB 2012 Rank 166 Change in Rank down-1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 42.1 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 42.1 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Chad 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)
743 649 510

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)
45.7 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)
41 39 31
Indicator
Time (days) 743
Filing and service 35
Trial and judgment 320
Enforcement of judgment 388
Cost (% of claim) 45.7
Attorney cost (% of claim) 23.5
Court cost (% of claim) 13.8
Enforcement Cost (% of claim) 8.4
Procedures (number) 41

Number of Procedures 42
Specialized commercial courts -1
Total Number of Procedures 41
* 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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