El Salvador

Ease of Doing Business in

El Salvador

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for El Salvador. 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 Lower middle income
Population 6,227,491
GNI Per Capita (US$) 3,480
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
113 111 down -2

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
58.1 58.2 down -0.1
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 139 135 up -4
Dealing with Construction Permits 146 143 up -3
Getting Electricity 131 126 up -5
Registering Property 56 55 up -1
Getting Credit 53 52 up -1
Protecting Investors 169 167 up -2
Paying Taxes 153 148 up -5
Trading Across Borders 80 72 up -8
Enforcing Contracts 71 67 up -4
Resolving Insolvency 89 92 up 3

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Trading Across Borders

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The costs and procedures involved in importing and exporting a standardized shipment of goods are detailed under this topic. Documents associated with every official procedure are counted - starting from the final contractual agreement between the two parties, and ending with the delivery of the goods.

DB 2013 Rank 80 DB 2012 Rank 72 Change in Rank down-8
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 66.3 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 67.8 Improvement in DTF** (% points) down-1.5
Indicator El Salvador Latin America & Caribbean OECD

The total number of documents required per shipment to export goods. Documents required for clearance by government ministries, customs authorities, port and container terminal authorities, health and technical control agencies and banks are taken into account.

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Documents to export (number)
8 6 4

The time necessary to comply with all procedures required to export goods. If a procedure can be accelerated for an additional cost, the fastest legal procedure is chosen.

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Time to export (days)
14 17 10

The cost associated with all procedures required to export goods. Includes the costs for documents, administrative fees for customs clearance and technical control, customs broker fees, terminal handling charges and inland transport.

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Cost to export (US$ per container)
980 1,268 1,028

The total number of documents required per shipment to import goods. Documents required for clearance by government ministries, customs authorities, port and container terminal authorities, health and technical control agencies and banks are taken into account.

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Documents to import (number)
8 7 5

The time necessary to comply with all procedures required to import goods. If a procedure can be accelerated for an additional cost, the fastest legal procedure is chosen.

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Time to import (days)
10 19 10

The cost associated with all procedures required to import goods, including for documents, administrative fees for customs clearance and technical control, customs broker fees, terminal handling charges and inland transport.

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Cost to import (US$ per container)
980 1,612 1,080
Nature of Export Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 4 380
Customs clearance and technical control 4 100
Ports and terminal handling 3 100
Inland transportation and handling 3 400
Totals 14 980
Nature of Import Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 3 380
Customs clearance and technical control 2 100
Ports and terminal handling 3 100
Inland transportation and handling 2 400
Totals 10 980
Export documents
Bill of lading
Cargo release order
Certificate of origin
Commercial invoice
Customs export declaration
Packing list
Technical standard/health certificate
Terminal handling receipts
Import documents
Bill of lading
Cargo release order
Certificate of origin
Commercial invoice
Customs import declaration
Packing list
Technical standard/health certificate
Terminal handling receipts

** 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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