Kuwait

Ease of Doing Business in

Kuwait

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Kuwait. 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 Middle East & North Africa
Income Category High income
Population 2,818,042
GNI Per Capita (US$) 47,982
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
82 77 down -5

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
61.8 62.1 down -0.3
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 142 142 No change
Dealing with Construction Permits 119 121 up 2
Getting Electricity 55 57 up 2
Registering Property 89 88 up -1
Getting Credit 104 97 up -7
Protecting Investors 32 29 up -3
Paying Taxes 11 11 No change
Trading Across Borders 113 112 up -1
Enforcing Contracts 117 119 up 2
Resolving Insolvency 92 80 up -12

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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 55 DB 2012 Rank 57 Change in Rank up2
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 69.7 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 69.7 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Kuwait Middle East & North Africa 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)
7 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)
42 84 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)
43.6 1,147.1 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 The client hires an electrical engineer licensed by the Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) to design and obtain approval of the design for the internal installation 1 calendar day no charge
2 The client submits application for electricity and awaits estimate of connection fees from the Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) 17 calendar days no charge
* 3 The client obtains inspection of the site by the Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) 1 calendar day no charge
4 The client obtains external works from the Electrical Installation Department of the Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) 21 calendar days no charge
* 5 The client obtains a No-Objection Letter from the municipality 22 calendar days no charge
* 6 The client’s licensed electrical engineer submits final electrical drawings for approval to the Electrical Installation Department of the Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) and obtains inspection of internal wiring 16 calendar days KWD 150.0
7 The client obtains meter installation and final turn-on of supply from the Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) 2 calendar days KWD 5,621.7
* 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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