Georgia

Ease of Doing Business in

Georgia

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Georgia. 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 Eastern Europe & Central Asia
Income Category Lower middle income
Population 4,486,000
GNI Per Capita (US$) 2,860
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
9 12 down 3

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
80.7 79.1 down 1.6
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 7 7 No change
Dealing with Construction Permits 3 3 No change
Getting Electricity 50 88 up 38
Registering Property 1 1 No change
Getting Credit 4 9 up 5
Protecting Investors 19 17 up -2
Paying Taxes 33 45 up 12
Trading Across Borders 38 47 up 9
Enforcing Contracts 30 39 up 9
Resolving Insolvency 81 75 up -6

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Resolving Insolvency

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The time and cost required to resolve bankruptcies is shown below. The data identifies weaknesses in existing bankruptcy law and the main procedural and administrative bottlenecks in the bankruptcy process. The recovery rate, expressed in terms of how many cents on the dollar claimants recover from the insolvent firm, is also shown.

DB 2013 Rank 81 DB 2012 Rank 75 Change in Rank down-6
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 38.5 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 40.0 Improvement in DTF** (% points) down-1.5
Indicator Georgia Eastern Europe & Central Asia OECD

The average time to close a business. Information is collected on the sequence of procedures and on whether any procedures can be carried out simultaneously.

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Time (years)
2.0 2.4 1.7

The average cost of bankruptcy proceedings. The cost of the proceedings is recorded as a percentage of the estate’s value.

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Cost (% of estate)
4 13 9
View methodology Outcome (0 as piecemeal sale and 1 as going concern)
0 0 1

The recovery rate calculates how many cents on the dollar claimants (creditors, tax authorities, and employees) recover from an insolvent firm.

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Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
35.7 36.9 70.6

** 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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