Kazakhstan

Ease of Doing Business in

Kazakhstan

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Kazakhstan. 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 Upper middle income
Population 16,558,459
GNI Per Capita (US$) 8,220
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
49 56 down 7

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
63.0 62.6 down 0.4
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 25 55 up 30
Dealing with Construction Permits 155 150 up -5
Getting Electricity 80 81 up 1
Registering Property 28 28 No change
Getting Credit 83 97 up 14
Protecting Investors 10 10 No change
Paying Taxes 17 16 up -1
Trading Across Borders 182 178 up -4
Enforcing Contracts 28 28 No change
Resolving Insolvency 55 55 No change

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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 80 DB 2012 Rank 81 Change in Rank up1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 69.9 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 69.8 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up0.1
Indicator Kazakhstan Eastern Europe & Central Asia 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 7 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)
88 153 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)
71.1 627.8 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit an application for an electricity connection to the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning and await technical conditions 14 calendar days no charge
2 Await completion and coordination of the electrical project design by a private electrical design firm and its approval 26 calendar days KZT 255,000.0
3 Obtain an excavation permit at the Department of Architectural and Urban Planning Supervision in the city of Almaty and Almaty region 7 calendar days no charge
4 Await completion of the external connection works by an electrical contractor 27 calendar days KZT 750,000.0
5 Await and obtain inspection of the external connection works by Alatau Zharyk and other members of the acceptance committee 7 calendar days no charge
6 Conclude a supply contract with supply company and await for the meter to be sealed by Alatau Zharyk 7 calendar days no charge

** 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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