Ethiopia

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Ethiopia

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Ethiopia. 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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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 Sub-Saharan Africa
Income Category Low income
Population 84,734,262
GNI Per Capita (US$) 400
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
127 125 down -2

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
54.3 53.1 down 1.2
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 163 163 No change
Dealing with Construction Permits 53 57 up 4
Getting Electricity 94 94 No change
Registering Property 112 116 up 4
Getting Credit 104 152 up 48
Protecting Investors 128 124 up -4
Paying Taxes 103 58 up -45
Trading Across Borders 161 160 up -1
Enforcing Contracts 50 48 up -2
Resolving Insolvency 117 93 up -24

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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 53 DB 2012 Rank 57 Change in Rank up4
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 84.8 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 83.8 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up1.0
Indicator Ethiopia 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.

View methodology Procedures (number)
9 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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128 196 143

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

View methodology Cost (% of income per capita)
275.6 751.6 78.7
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Obtain design approval 60 days ETB 10,000
2 Obtain consent from neighbors and submit it to municipality 3 days no charge
3 Obtain bank statement 1 day no charge
4 Obtain approval of construction 30 days ETB 600
5 Request and receive excavation inspection from municipality 1 day no charge
6 Request and receive mid-construction inspection 1 day no charge
7 Request water and sewage connection from WSSA 1 day no charge
8 Obtain water and sewage connection from WSSA 29 days ETB 4,000
* 9 Obtain telephone connection from ETC 30 days ETB 2,000
* 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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