Kyrgyz Republic

Ease of Doing Business in

Kyrgyz Republic

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for the Kyrgyz Republic. 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 Low income
Population 5,507,000
GNI Per Capita (US$) 920
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
70 69 down -1

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
61.5 61.8 down -0.3
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 15 16 up 1
Dealing with Construction Permits 67 67 No change
Getting Electricity 177 182 up 5
Registering Property 11 16 up 5
Getting Credit 12 9 up -3
Protecting Investors 13 13 No change
Paying Taxes 168 162 up -6
Trading Across Borders 174 173 up -1
Enforcing Contracts 47 48 up 1
Resolving Insolvency 155 153 up -2

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Starting a Business

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The challenges of launching a business are shown below. Included are: the number of steps entrepreneurs can expect to go through to launch, the time it takes on average, and the cost and minimum capital required as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) per capita.

DB 2013 Rank 15 DB 2012 Rank 16 Change in Rank up1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 96.0 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 95.9 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up0.1
YearNew business densityNumber of new limited liability companies
2011 1.122,391
Indicator Kyrgyz Republic Eastern Europe & Central Asia OECD

The total number of procedures required to register a firm. A procedure is defined as any interaction of the company founders with external parties (for example, government agencies, lawyers, auditors or notaries).

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Procedures (number)
2 6 5

The total number of days required to register a firm. The measure captures the median duration that incorporation lawyers indicate is necessary to complete a procedure with minimum follow-up with government agencies and no extra payments.

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Time (days)
10 14 12

Cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. It includes all official fees and fees for legal or professional services if such services are required by law.

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Cost (% of income per capita)
2.8 6.8 4.5

The amount that the entrepreneur needs to deposit in a bank or with a notary before registration and up to 3 months following incorporation and is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita.

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Paid-in Min. Capital (% of income per capita)
0.0 5.0 13.3
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Register at the One stop shop Register with the Social Fund and the State Tax and the National statistics 7 days KGS 232 (registration fee)
2 Obtain permission to make company seal and make a seal 3 days KGS 1,100 (125 of permission cost + service fees of 450-1,500).

** 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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