Czech Republic

Ease of Doing Business in

Czech Republic

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for the Czech Republic. 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 OECD high income
Income Category High income
Population 10,546,000
GNI Per Capita (US$) 18,520
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
65 67 down 2

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
67.6 66.4 down 1.2
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 140 136 up -4
Dealing with Construction Permits 74 76 up 2
Getting Electricity 143 141 up -2
Registering Property 27 33 up 6
Getting Credit 53 52 up -1
Protecting Investors 100 98 up -2
Paying Taxes 120 120 No change
Trading Across Borders 68 71 up 3
Enforcing Contracts 79 76 up -3
Resolving Insolvency 34 34 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 143 DB 2012 Rank 141 Change in Rank down-2
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 46.0 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 46.0 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Czech Republic OECD high income 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

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)
279 -- 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)
180.0 -- 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit an application to PreDistribuce and await technical conditions/plan/study 20 calendar days no charge
2 Conclude a connection contract with Predistribuce and await approval of the connection 180 calendar days CZK 106,000.0
3 Await completion of the external connection works by private electrical contractor and Predistribuce 60 calendar days CZK 500,000.0
4 Await and obtain an external inspection of the electrical contractor’s works by Predistribuce 7 calendar days no charge
5 Conclude a supply contract with PREdistribuce+PRE 10 calendar days no charge
6 Await installation of a meter by PREdistribuce+PREmereni and electricity starts flowing 2 calendar days no charge

** 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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