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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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 93 DB 2012 Rank 93 Change in Rank 0
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 67.6 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 64.1 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up3.5
Indicator Eritrea Sub-Saharan Africa 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)
5 5 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)
59 133 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)
3,508.0 4,736.9 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Customer hires specialized electrician to conduct internal wiring inspection 1 calendar day USD 800.0
2 Customer applies to Inspection Unit of utility for internal wiring inspection and receives internal wiring inspection 14 calendar days no charge
3 Customer submits application for new connection and awaits external inspection 7 calendar days USD 10.0
4 Customer receives inspection and estimate and signs supply contract 7 calendar days USD 14,274.5
5 Utility conducts external connection works, meter installation and electricity starts flowing 30 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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