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.

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Economy Summary
Starting a Business
Dealing with Construction Permits
Getting Electricity
Registering Property
Getting Credit
Protecting Investors
Paying Taxes
Trading Across Borders
Enforcing Contracts
Resolving Insolvency
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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The challenges of launching a business are shown below. Included are: the number of steps entrepreneurs can expect to go through to launch, the time it takes on average, and the cost and minimum capital required as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) per capita.

DB 2013 Rank 149 DB 2012 Rank 149 Change in Rank 0
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 46.9 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 45.4 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up1.5
Indicator Congo, Dem. Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa OECD

The total number of procedures required to register a firm. A procedure is defined as any interaction of the company founders with external parties (for example, government agencies, lawyers, auditors or notaries).

View methodology Procedures (number)
10 8 5

The total number of days required to register a firm. The measure captures the median duration that incorporation lawyers indicate is necessary to complete a procedure with minimum follow-up with government agencies and no extra payments.

View methodology Time (days)
58 34 12

Cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. It includes all official fees and fees for legal or professional services if such services are required by law.

View methodology Cost (% of income per capita)
284.7 67.3 4.5

The amount that the entrepreneur needs to deposit in a bank or with a notary before registration and up to 3 months following incorporation and is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita.

View methodology Paid-in Min. Capital (% of income per capita)
0.0 116.0 13.3
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Obtain a certificate confirming headquarters location 7 days CDF 1000
2 Notarize the articles of association 7 days USD 53 per document, assuming 5 documents
3 Register with the Commercial Registry 5 days USD 120 for the registry and USD 40 to deposit the document
4 Publication of the company’s statutes in the official journal 1 day (receipt only) CDF 300 per line
5 Obtain a national identification number from the Ministry of Economy 15 days USD 50
6 Register the company for tax with the Direction Générale des Impots 7 days no charge
7 Declare the establishment of the company with the Inspectorate of Labor (l’Inspection du Travail) and the National Office of Employment (l’Office National de l’ Emploi) 1 day no charge
8 Receive inspection by the inspection officials from the Ministry of Labor 1 day no charge
9 Register with the National Institute for Social Security 7 days no charge
10 Obtain operational permit from the Municipality 7 days USD 50

** 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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