Ecuador

Ease of Doing Business in

Ecuador

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Ecuador. 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 Latin America & Caribbean
Income Category Upper middle income
Population 14,666,055
GNI Per Capita (US$) 4,140
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
139 134 down -5

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
55.1 55.4 down -0.3
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 169 165 up -4
Dealing with Construction Permits 104 96 up -8
Getting Electricity 146 137 up -9
Registering Property 101 75 up -26
Getting Credit 83 80 up -3
Protecting Investors 139 136 up -3
Paying Taxes 84 90 up 6
Trading Across Borders 128 126 up -2
Enforcing Contracts 99 99 No change
Resolving Insolvency 137 142 up 5

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Dealing with Construction Permits

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Shown below are the procedures, time, and costs to build a warehouse, including obtaining necessary licenses and permits, completing required notifications and inspections, and obtaining utility connections.

DB 2013 Rank 104 DB 2012 Rank 96 Change in Rank down-8
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 75.9 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 76.1 Improvement in DTF** (% points) down-0.2
Indicator Ecuador Latin America & Caribbean OECD

The total number of procedures required to build a warehouse. A procedure is any interaction of the company’s employees or managers with external parties.

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Procedures (number)
16 13 14

The total number of days required to build a warehouse. The measure captures the median duration that local experts indicate is necessary to complete a procedure in practice.

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Time (days)
128 225 143

Cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. Only official costs are recorded.

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Cost (% of income per capita)
208.5 143.7 78.7
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Obtain Urban Regulation Report (Informe de Regulación Urbana - IRM) 21 days USD 25
2 Obtain proof of compliance with 1/1000 contribution to Professional Association of Architects 1 day USD 397
3 Request and obtain permit from the Fire Department 5 days USD 200
4 Request approval for the plans 20 days USD 6,435
5 Verify structure plan with Professional Association of Engineers 10 days USD 397
6 Obtain construction guarantee and deposit it afterwards with the Municipality 2 days USD 8
7 Obtain the final building permit 16 days USD 595
8 Request and obtain foundation inspection 1 day no charge
9 Request and obtain structure inspection 1 day no charge
10 Request and obtain telephone connection 20 days USD 77
11 Request potable water and drainage hook-up 1 day no charge
12 Receive water and sewage inspection 1 day no charge
13 Obtain potable water and drainage hook-up 1 day no charge
14 Request and obtain final inspection 1 day no charge
15 Obtain habitability permit and guarantee retrieval 20 days no charge
16 Register the building at the Property Registry 7 days USD 500

** 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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