Jamaica

Ease of Doing Business in

Jamaica

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Jamaica. 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 Upper middle income
Population 2,709,300
GNI Per Capita (US$) 4,980
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
90 85 down -5

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
64.8 63.1 down 1.7
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 21 21 No change
Dealing with Construction Permits 50 50 No change
Getting Electricity 123 110 up -13
Registering Property 105 104 up -1
Getting Credit 104 97 up -7
Protecting Investors 82 79 up -3
Paying Taxes 163 174 up 11
Trading Across Borders 106 99 up -7
Enforcing Contracts 129 128 up -1
Resolving Insolvency 32 28 up -4

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Dealing with Construction Permits

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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 50 DB 2012 Rank 50 Change in Rank 0
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 85.6 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 85.5 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up0.1
Indicator Jamaica Latin America & Caribbean 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.

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Procedures (number)
8 13 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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Time (days)
145 225 143

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

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Cost (% of income per capita)
212.4 143.7 78.7
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Obtain approval of building plans by KSAC 130 days JMD 924,000
* 2 Obtain approval from Environmental Protection Agency 14 days no charge
3 Request and receive excavation inspection from KSAC 1 day no charge
4 Request and receive foundation steel inspection from KSAC 1 day no charge
5 Request and receive beam and roof inspection 1 day no charge
6 Obtain sewage installation 12 days JMD 10,000
* 7 Obtain telephone connection 7 days JMD 1,000
* 8 Obtain water connection 5 days JMD 45,000
* 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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