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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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 135 DB 2012 Rank 138 Change in Rank up3
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 61.4 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 58.6 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up2.8
Indicator Gabon 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)
6 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)
141 133 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)
354.2 4,736.9 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 The client applies for electricity connection and awaits technical requirements from the Société d’Energie et d’Eau du Gabon (SEEG) 30 calendar days no charge
* 2 The client obtains external inspection by the Société d’Energie et d’Eau du Gabon (SEEG) 1 calendar day no charge
3 The client hires a private firm to design and carry out the external works 110 calendar days XAF 12,000,000.0
* 4 The private firm obtains an excavation permit from the Ministry of Public Works or Libreville Municipality 14 calendar days no charge
* 5 The client obtains inspection of the external works by the Société d’Energie et d’Eau du Gabon (SEEG) and awaits an estimate for the meter installation fees 10 calendar days XAF 1,200,000.0
6 The client signs a supply contract with and obtains final connection by the Société d’Energie et d’Eau du Gabon (SEEG) 1 calendar day XAF 2,699,344.2
* 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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