Haiti

Ease of Doing Business in

Haiti

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Haiti. 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 Latin America & Caribbean
Income Category Low income
Population 10,123,787
GNI Per Capita (US$) 700
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
174 173 down -1

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
40.6 40.2 down 0.4
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 183 182 up -1
Dealing with Construction Permits 136 136 No change
Getting Electricity 71 73 up 2
Registering Property 130 130 No change
Getting Credit 159 158 up -1
Protecting Investors 169 167 up -2
Paying Taxes 123 116 up -7
Trading Across Borders 149 146 up -3
Enforcing Contracts 97 95 up -2
Resolving Insolvency 160 165 up 5

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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 71 DB 2012 Rank 73 Change in Rank up2
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 70.0 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 71.3 Improvement in DTF** (% points) down-1.3
Indicator Haiti Latin America & Caribbean 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)
4 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)
60 66 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)
4,599.0 559.0 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 The client hires a private contractor who applies for electricity connection with the Electricité d'Haïti (EDH) on their behalf and client awaits estimate of connection fees 10 calendar days HTG 1,500.0
* 2 The client obtains external inspection by Electricité d'Haïti (EDH) 1 calendar day HTG 796,942.1
3 The client obtains external works from private contractor (including right of way) 30 calendar days USD 7,500.0
4 The client requests installation of metering system and final connection from Electricité d'Haïti (EDH) 20 calendar days HTG 250,000.0
* 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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