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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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 149 DB 2012 Rank 147 Change in Rank down-2
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 39.7 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 39.7 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Chad Sub-Saharan Africa 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)
6 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)
67 133 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)
11,017.6 4,736.9 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 The client submits application for electricity and awaits estimate of connection fees from Société Nationale d'Electricité (SNE) 22 calendar days XAF 1,500.0
* 2 The client obtains inspection of the site by Société Nationale d'Electricité (SNE) 1 calendar day no charge
3 The client obtains an excavation permit from the municipality 10 calendar days no charge
* 4 The client buys the material for the external works and obtains testing of the material by Société Nationale d'Electricité (SNE) 10 calendar days XAF 37,500,000.0
5 The client obtains external works by private electrical contractor 27 calendar days no charge
6 The client obtains final connection and turn-on of supply from Société Nationale d'Electricité (SNE) 7 calendar days XAF 566,681.8
* 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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