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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Resolving Insolvency

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The time and cost required to resolve bankruptcies is shown below. The data identifies weaknesses in existing bankruptcy law and the main procedural and administrative bottlenecks in the bankruptcy process. The recovery rate, expressed in terms of how many cents on the dollar claimants recover from the insolvent firm, is also shown.

DB 2013 Rank 131 DB 2012 Rank 131 Change in Rank 0
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 23.0 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 22.6 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up0.4
Indicator Lebanon Middle East & North Africa OECD

The average time to close a business. Information is collected on the sequence of procedures and on whether any procedures can be carried out simultaneously.

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Time (years)
4.0 3.4 1.7

The average cost of bankruptcy proceedings. The cost of the proceedings is recorded as a percentage of the estate’s value.

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Cost (% of estate)
22 13 9
View methodology Outcome (0 as piecemeal sale and 1 as going concern)
0 0 1

The recovery rate calculates how many cents on the dollar claimants (creditors, tax authorities, and employees) recover from an insolvent firm.

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Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
20.9 33.7 70.6

** 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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