Lesotho

Ease of Doing Business in

Lesotho

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Lesotho. 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 Sub-Saharan Africa
Income Category Lower middle income
Population 2,193,843
GNI Per Capita (US$) 1,220
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
136 153 down 17

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
55.4 52.1 down 3.3
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 79 144 up 65
Dealing with Construction Permits 140 138 up -2
Getting Electricity 133 136 up 3
Registering Property 157 150 up -7
Getting Credit 154 152 up -2
Protecting Investors 100 147 up 47
Paying Taxes 95 97 up 2
Trading Across Borders 144 149 up 5
Enforcing Contracts 139 154 up 15
Resolving Insolvency 75 74 up -1

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Trading Across Borders

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The costs and procedures involved in importing and exporting a standardized shipment of goods are detailed under this topic. Documents associated with every official procedure are counted - starting from the final contractual agreement between the two parties, and ending with the delivery of the goods.

DB 2013 Rank 144 DB 2012 Rank 149 Change in Rank up5
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 49.0 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 46.8 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up2.2
Indicator Lesotho Sub-Saharan Africa OECD

The total number of documents required per shipment to export goods. Documents required for clearance by government ministries, customs authorities, port and container terminal authorities, health and technical control agencies and banks are taken into account.

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Documents to export (number)
7 8 4

The time necessary to comply with all procedures required to export goods. If a procedure can be accelerated for an additional cost, the fastest legal procedure is chosen.

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Time to export (days)
31 31 10

The cost associated with all procedures required to export goods. Includes the costs for documents, administrative fees for customs clearance and technical control, customs broker fees, terminal handling charges and inland transport.

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Cost to export (US$ per container)
1,695 1,990 1,028

The total number of documents required per shipment to import goods. Documents required for clearance by government ministries, customs authorities, port and container terminal authorities, health and technical control agencies and banks are taken into account.

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Documents to import (number)
7 9 5

The time necessary to comply with all procedures required to import goods. If a procedure can be accelerated for an additional cost, the fastest legal procedure is chosen.

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Time to import (days)
35 37 10

The cost associated with all procedures required to import goods, including for documents, administrative fees for customs clearance and technical control, customs broker fees, terminal handling charges and inland transport.

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Cost to import (US$ per container)
1,945 2,567 1,080
Nature of Export Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 15 340
Customs clearance and technical control 4 170
Ports and terminal handling 4 285
Inland transportation and handling 8 900
Totals 31 1,695
Nature of Import Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 13 260
Customs clearance and technical control 7 335
Ports and terminal handling 11 450
Inland transportation and handling 4 900
Totals 35 1,945
Export documents
Bill of Lading
Certificate of origin
Commercial Invoice
Customs export declaration
Customs transit document for South Africa (SAD 500)
Form F178 (Foreign Exchange Control Form)
Packing list
Import documents
Bill of lading
Certificate of origin
Commercial invoice
Customs import declaration (SAD 500)
Customs transit declaration for South Africa (SAD 500)
Inspection report
Packing list

** 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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