Macedonia, FYR

Ease of Doing Business in

Macedonia, FYR

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. 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 2,063,893
GNI Per Capita (US$) 4,730
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
23 22 down -1

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
74.6 74.3 down 0.3
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 5 6 up 1
Dealing with Construction Permits 65 65 No change
Getting Electricity 101 116 up 15
Registering Property 50 50 No change
Getting Credit 23 23 No change
Protecting Investors 19 17 up -2
Paying Taxes 24 24 No change
Trading Across Borders 76 70 up -6
Enforcing Contracts 59 58 up -1
Resolving Insolvency 60 56 up -4

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Enforcing Contracts

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The ease or difficulty of enforcing commercial contracts is measured below. This is determined by following the evolution of a payment dispute and tracking the time, cost, and number of procedures involved from the moment a plaintiff files the lawsuit until actual payment.

DB 2013 Rank 59 DB 2012 Rank 58 Change in Rank down-1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 62.6 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 62.6 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Macedonia, FYR Eastern Europe & Central Asia OECD

The time to resolve a dispute, counted from the moment the plaintiff files the lawsuit in court until payment. This includes both the days when actions take place and the waiting periods between.

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Time (days)
370 414 510

The cost in court fees and attorney fees, where the use of attorneys is mandatory or common, expressed as a percentage of the debt value.

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Cost (% of claim)
31.1 25.8 20.1

The average number of procedures to enforce a contract. The list of procedural steps compiled for each economy traces the chronology of a commercial dispute before the relevant court.

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Procedures (number)
37 37 31
Indicator
Time (days) 370
Filing and service 40
Trial and judgment 270
Enforcement of judgment 60
Cost (% of claim) 31.1
Attorney cost (% of claim) 18.6
Court cost (% of claim) 6.9
Enforcement Cost (% of claim) 5.6
Procedures (number) 37

Number of Procedures 38
Specialized commercial courts -1
Total Number of Procedures 37
* 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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