Lithuania

Ease of Doing Business in

Lithuania

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Lithuania. 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 Upper middle income
Population 3,203,000
GNI Per Capita (US$) 12,280
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
27 26 down -1

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
74.2 74.3 down -0.1
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 107 103 up -4
Dealing with Construction Permits 48 47 up -1
Getting Electricity 75 76 up 1
Registering Property 5 5 No change
Getting Credit 53 52 up -1
Protecting Investors 70 66 up -4
Paying Taxes 60 57 up -3
Trading Across Borders 24 26 up 2
Enforcing Contracts 14 15 up 1
Resolving Insolvency 40 40 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 75 DB 2012 Rank 76 Change in Rank up1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 68.3 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 68.2 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up0.1
Indicator Lithuania Eastern Europe & Central Asia 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 7 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)
148 153 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)
55.4 627.8 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit application to AB Lesto and receive estimate and technical conditions 21 calendar days no charge
2 Obtain design of the external connection works and its approval 30 calendar days LTL 5,000.0
3 Sign Connection Service Agreement with AB Lesto and await completion of external connection works 90 calendar days LTL 12,727.2
* 4 Receive internal inspection and obtain certificate by State Energy Inspection 18 calendar days no charge
5 Sign supply agreement, obtain installation and opening of meter by AB Lesto 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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