Gabon

Ease of Doing Business in

Gabon

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Gabon. 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 Upper middle income
Population 1,534,262
GNI Per Capita (US$) 7,980
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
170 165 down -5

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
49.3 50.0 down -0.7
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 157 157 No change
Dealing with Construction Permits 110 98 up -12
Getting Electricity 135 138 up 3
Registering Property 170 135 up -35
Getting Credit 104 97 up -7
Protecting Investors 158 155 up -3
Paying Taxes 146 139 up -7
Trading Across Borders 135 134 up -1
Enforcing Contracts 153 153 No change
Resolving Insolvency 145 147 up 2

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Starting a Business

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The challenges of launching a business are shown below. Included are: the number of steps entrepreneurs can expect to go through to launch, the time it takes on average, and the cost and minimum capital required as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) per capita.

DB 2013 Rank 157 DB 2012 Rank 157 Change in Rank 0
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 70.9 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 70.4 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up0.5
YearNew business densityNumber of new limited liability companies
2009 4.273,490
Indicator Gabon Sub-Saharan Africa OECD

The total number of procedures required to register a firm. A procedure is defined as any interaction of the company founders with external parties (for example, government agencies, lawyers, auditors or notaries).

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Procedures (number)
9 8 5

The total number of days required to register a firm. The measure captures the median duration that incorporation lawyers indicate is necessary to complete a procedure with minimum follow-up with government agencies and no extra payments.

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Time (days)
58 34 12

Cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. It includes all official fees and fees for legal or professional services if such services are required by law.

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Cost (% of income per capita)
14.5 67.3 4.5

The amount that the entrepreneur needs to deposit in a bank or with a notary before registration and up to 3 months following incorporation and is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita.

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Paid-in Min. Capital (% of income per capita)
22.3 116.0 13.3
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Deposit the legally required capital in a bank and obtain the deposit evidence 2 days no charge
2 Verify and reserve the company name 1 day XAF 25,000
3 Obtain extracts of criminal record of the company manager 7 days XZF 3,000
4 Deposit and register the company’s articles of association with the public notary 14 days XAF 375,000
5 Deposit documents with the Investment Promotion Agency (Agence de Promotion d’Investissement) 30 days XAF 50,000 (APIP fee) + XAF 60,000 (registration fees) + XAF 80,000 (stamps)
* 6 Pay fees and obtain receipt 1 day (simultaneous with previous procedure) included in procedure 5
7 Publish the notice of company formation in a legal journal (Hebdo-informations) 2 days XAF 60,000
8 Notify the Ministry of Labor the commence of operation 1 day no charge
9 Register the employees with the Social Security Authorities 1 day no charge
* 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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