Egypt, Arab Rep.

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Egypt, Arab Rep.

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for the Arab Republic of Egypt. 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 Middle East & North Africa
Income Category Lower middle income
Population 82,536,770
GNI Per Capita (US$) 2,600
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
109 110 down 1

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
57.6 57.3 down 0.3
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 26 23 up -3
Dealing with Construction Permits 165 158 up -7
Getting Electricity 99 98 up -1
Registering Property 95 92 up -3
Getting Credit 83 80 up -3
Protecting Investors 82 79 up -3
Paying Taxes 145 143 up -2
Trading Across Borders 70 64 up -6
Enforcing Contracts 152 152 No change
Resolving Insolvency 139 140 up 1

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Enforcing Contracts

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The ease or difficulty of enforcing commercial contracts is measured below. This is determined by following the evolution of a payment dispute and tracking the time, cost, and number of procedures involved from the moment a plaintiff files the lawsuit until actual payment.

DB 2013 Rank 152 DB 2012 Rank 152 Change in Rank 0
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 40.9 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 40.9 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Egypt, Arab Rep. Middle East & North Africa OECD

The time to resolve a dispute, counted from the moment the plaintiff files the lawsuit in court until payment. This includes both the days when actions take place and the waiting periods between.

View methodology Time (days)
1,010 652 510

The cost in court fees and attorney fees, where the use of attorneys is mandatory or common, expressed as a percentage of the debt value.

View methodology Cost (% of claim)
26.2 23.9 20.1

The average number of procedures to enforce a contract. The list of procedural steps compiled for each economy traces the chronology of a commercial dispute before the relevant court.

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42 44 31
Indicator
Time (days) 1,010
Filing and service 20
Trial and judgment 720
Enforcement of judgment 270
Cost (% of claim) 26.2
Attorney cost (% of claim) 18
Court cost (% of claim) 1.3
Enforcement Cost (% of claim) 6.9
Procedures (number) 42
* 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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