Eritrea

Ease of Doing Business in

Eritrea

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Eritrea. 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 Sub-Saharan Africa
Income Category Low income
Population 5,415,280
GNI Per Capita (US$) 430
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
182 182 0

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
30.9 30.6 down 0.3
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 183 183 No change
Dealing with Construction Permits 185 185 No change
Getting Electricity 93 93 No change
Registering Property 181 180 up -1
Getting Credit 180 180 No change
Protecting Investors 117 114 up -3
Paying Taxes 146 142 up -4
Trading Across Borders 165 166 up 1
Enforcing Contracts 51 51 No change
Resolving Insolvency 185 185 No change

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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 185 DB 2012 Rank 185 Change in Rank 0
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 0.0 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 0.0 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Eritrea Sub-Saharan Africa 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)
no practice 15 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)
no practice 196 143

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)
no practice 751.6 78.7

** 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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