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.

Economy Overview

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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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 47 DB 2012 Rank 46 Change in Rank down-1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 78.2 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 78.2 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Lebanon 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)
5 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)
75 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)
99.5 1,147.1 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 The client obtains electricity bill from neighbor (and address of closest building) 1 calendar day no charge
2 The client submits application and awaits estimate of connection fees from Electricité du Liban (EDL) 18 calendar days LBP 11,000.0
* 3 The client receives external inspection from Electricité du Liban (EDL) 1 calendar day LBP 426,064.3
4 The client awaits and obtains external works and meter installation from Electricité du Liban (EDL)’s contractor #VALUE! LBP 13,707,000.0
5 The client obtains final connection from Electricité du Liban (EDL) or its contractor 7 calendar days no charge
* 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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