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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Starting a Business

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The challenges of launching a business are shown below. Included are: the number of steps entrepreneurs can expect to go through to launch, the time it takes on average, and the cost and minimum capital required as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) per capita.

DB 2013 Rank 5 DB 2012 Rank 6 Change in Rank up1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 97.8 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 95.7 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up2.1
Indicator Macedonia, FYR Eastern Europe & Central Asia OECD

The total number of procedures required to register a firm. A procedure is defined as any interaction of the company founders with external parties (for example, government agencies, lawyers, auditors or notaries).

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Procedures (number)
2 6 5

The total number of days required to register a firm. The measure captures the median duration that incorporation lawyers indicate is necessary to complete a procedure with minimum follow-up with government agencies and no extra payments.

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Time (days)
2 14 12

Cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. It includes all official fees and fees for legal or professional services if such services are required by law.

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Cost (% of income per capita)
1.9 6.8 4.5

The amount that the entrepreneur needs to deposit in a bank or with a notary before registration and up to 3 months following incorporation and is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita.

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Paid-in Min. Capital (% of income per capita)
0.0 5.0 13.3
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Notarize the company deeds and other documents 1 day (1 hour) MKD 1050
2 Registration with the Central Registry and obtaining a company seal 1 day MKD 2399 + MKD 250 for standards seals and 1,000 for automatic seals.

** 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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