Congo, Dem. Rep.

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Congo, Dem. Rep.

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for the Democratic Republic of Congo. 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 67,757,577
GNI Per Capita (US$) 190
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
181 180 down -1

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
35.1 34.9 down 0.2
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 149 149 No change
Dealing with Construction Permits 81 82 up 1
Getting Electricity 140 134 up -6
Registering Property 106 109 up 3
Getting Credit 176 176 No change
Protecting Investors 158 155 up -3
Paying Taxes 171 166 up -5
Trading Across Borders 170 168 up -2
Enforcing Contracts 173 172 up -1
Resolving Insolvency 168 169 up 1

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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 140 DB 2012 Rank 134 Change in Rank down-6
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 41.0 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 41.0 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Congo, Dem. Rep. 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)
58 133 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)
27,211.6 4,736.9 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit application for electricity connection and await and receive external inspection by Société Nationale d'Electricité (SNEL) 7 calendar days no charge
2 Obtain approval for electricity connection (substation) at the Ministry of Energy 7 calendar days no charge
3 Hire an electrical contractor and submit plans for private substation at Société Nationale d'Electricité (SNEL) and await approval of plans 7 calendar days USD 159.0
4 Electrical contractor builds private substation 30 calendar days USD 35,000.0
* 5 Société Nationale d'Electricité (SNEL) carries out external inspection of the private substation 7 calendar days no charge
6 Obtain external connection works to connect substation to the network of SNEL, installation of meter and final connection 7 calendar days USD 16,543.1
* 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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