Lebanon

Ease of Doing Business in

Lebanon

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Lebanon. 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.

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Starting a Business
Dealing with Construction Permits
Getting Electricity
Registering Property
Getting Credit
Protecting Investors
Paying Taxes
Trading Across Borders
Enforcing Contracts
Resolving Insolvency
Region Middle East & North Africa
Income Category Upper middle income
Population 4,259,405
GNI Per Capita (US$) 9,110
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
115 112 down -3

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
59.0 59.1 down -0.1
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 114 111 up -3
Dealing with Construction Permits 172 161 up -11
Getting Electricity 47 46 up -1
Registering Property 108 111 up 3
Getting Credit 104 97 up -7
Protecting Investors 100 98 up -2
Paying Taxes 37 36 up -1
Trading Across Borders 95 94 up -1
Enforcing Contracts 121 121 No change
Resolving Insolvency 131 131 No change

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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 172 DB 2012 Rank 161 Change in Rank down-11
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 63.7 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 64.4 Improvement in DTF** (% points) down-0.7
Indicator Lebanon Middle East & North Africa 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.

View methodology Procedures (number)
19 17 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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219 151 143

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

View methodology Cost (% of income per capita)
301.8 305.2 78.7
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Obtain a recent planning certificate 10 days LBP 6,000
* 2 Obtain a topographic study 7 days USD 500
3 Obtain approval of file by order of engineers (where engineer is registered) and pay duties to order 4 days LBP 1,950,900
4 Submit building permit application to Urban Development Department 1 day no charge
5 Receive pre–approval inspection from Urban Development Department 1 day no charge
6 Pay building permit taxes to the municipality 1 day LBP 21,939,427
7 Obtain building permit 120 days no charge
8 Obtain Starting Order permit from Order of Engineers 3 days LBP 200,000
9 Submit permit from Order of Engineers to the police 1 day no charge
10 Request and receive inspection from the Ministry of Public Works for water and sewage 1 day no charge
11 Request and receive inspection from the Ministry of Public Works for telephone 1 day no charge
12 Submit application and receive approval for an occupancy permit from the Order of Engineers 4 days LBP 300,000
13 Submit application and receive approval for an occupancy permit to the Department of Urban Planning 1 day no charge
14 Receive on-site inspection by Urban Development Department 1 day no charge
15 Obtain occupancy permit from the Municipality 55 days LBP 25,000
* 16 Obtain water connection 14 days LBP 2,260,000
* 17 Obtain phone connection 12 days LBP 210,000
18 Receive onsite inspection from the Ministry of Finance and obtain estimate of leasing value of the warehouse 1 day LBP 5,000
19 Register the building with the Real Estate Registry 14 days LBP 15,218,513
* 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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