Kosovo

Ease of Doing Business in

Kosovo

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Kosovo. 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 1,794,303
GNI Per Capita (US$) 3,520
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
98 126 down 28

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
59.6 53.9 down 5.7
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 126 170 up 44
Dealing with Construction Permits 144 177 up 33
Getting Electricity 116 122 up 6
Registering Property 76 74 up -2
Getting Credit 23 23 No change
Protecting Investors 100 176 up 76
Paying Taxes 44 48 up 4
Trading Across Borders 124 133 up 9
Enforcing Contracts 138 139 up 1
Resolving Insolvency 87 86 up -1

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Enforcing Contracts

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The ease or difficulty of enforcing commercial contracts is measured below. This is determined by following the evolution of a payment dispute and tracking the time, cost, and number of procedures involved from the moment a plaintiff files the lawsuit until actual payment.

DB 2013 Rank 138 DB 2012 Rank 139 Change in Rank up1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 46.2 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 46.2 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Kosovo Eastern Europe & Central Asia OECD

The time to resolve a dispute, counted from the moment the plaintiff files the lawsuit in court until payment. This includes both the days when actions take place and the waiting periods between.

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Time (days)
420 414 510

The cost in court fees and attorney fees, where the use of attorneys is mandatory or common, expressed as a percentage of the debt value.

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Cost (% of claim)
33.0 25.8 20.1

The average number of procedures to enforce a contract. The list of procedural steps compiled for each economy traces the chronology of a commercial dispute before the relevant court.

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Procedures (number)
53 37 31
Indicator
Time (days) 420
Filing and service 60
Trial and judgment 180
Enforcement of judgment 180
Cost (% of claim) 33
Attorney cost (% of claim) 25.2
Court cost (% of claim) 7.8
Enforcement Cost (% of claim) 0
Procedures (number) 53

Number of Procedures 54
Specialized commercial courts -1
Total Number of Procedures 53
* 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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