Malaysia

Ease of Doing Business in

Malaysia

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Malaysia. 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.

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Economy Summary
Starting a Business
Dealing with Construction Permits
Getting Electricity
Registering Property
Getting Credit
Protecting Investors
Paying Taxes
Trading Across Borders
Enforcing Contracts
Resolving Insolvency
Region East Asia & Pacific
Income Category Upper middle income
Population 28,859,154
GNI Per Capita (US$) 8,420
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
12 14 down 2

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
79.1 78.4 down 0.7
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 54 42 up -12
Dealing with Construction Permits 96 116 up 20
Getting Electricity 28 27 up -1
Registering Property 33 62 up 29
Getting Credit 1 1 No change
Protecting Investors 4 4 No change
Paying Taxes 15 25 up 10
Trading Across Borders 11 12 up 1
Enforcing Contracts 33 31 up -2
Resolving Insolvency 49 48 up -1

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Shown below are the procedures, time, and costs to build a warehouse, including obtaining necessary licenses and permits, completing required notifications and inspections, and obtaining utility connections.

DB 2013 Rank 96 DB 2012 Rank 116 Change in Rank up20
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 57.7 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 59.7 Improvement in DTF** (% points) down-2.0
Indicator Malaysia East Asia & Pacific OECD

The total number of procedures required to build a warehouse. A procedure is any interaction of the company’s employees or managers with external parties.

View methodology Procedures (number)
37 17 14

The total number of days required to build a warehouse. The measure captures the median duration that local experts indicate is necessary to complete a procedure in practice.

View methodology Time (days)
140 148 143

Cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. Only official costs are recorded.

View methodology Cost (% of income per capita)
17.5 86.9 78.7
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submission to Local Authority through OSC 1 day MYR 480
2 Obtain Development Order (DO) from Planning Dept 28 days no charge
3 Obtain Water Approval 14 days no charge
* 4 Obtain Sewerage Approval 14 days no charge
* 5 Obtain Fire Safety (Arch) Comment 7 days no charge
* 6 Obtain Hoarding & Signboard Approval 7 days MYR 1,514
* 7 Obtain RORO Bin Approval 7 days no charge
* 8 Obtain Earthwork Approval 7 days MYR 100
* 9 Obtain Road and Drainage Approval 7 days no charge
* 10 Obtain Landscape Approval 7 days no charge
* 11 Obtain Street Lighting Approval 7 days no charge
* 12 Obtain Car Park Approval 7 days no charge
* 13 Obtain MSMA and SPAH Approvals 7 days no charge
14 Obtain Building Plan Approval 17 days MYR 1,301
* 15 Obtain Fire Safety (M&E) Approval 14 days no charge
* 16 Obtain Permission to start work from Building Department (KMB) 1 day no charge
* 17 Notification to start Earthwork from Engineering Department (B FORM) 1 day no charge
* 18 Notification to Start Sewerage Work (PDC 6) 1 day no charge
* 19 Request sewerage inspection 1 day no charge
* 20 Sewerage inspection 1 day no charge
21 Sewerage report 12 days no charge
* 22 Request Road & Drainage Clearance 1 day no charge
* 23 Road and Drainage Inspection 1 day no charge
24 Road and Drainage Report 12 days no charge
* 25 Request Sewerage Clearance 1 day no charge
* 26 Sewerage Inspection 1 day no charge
27 Sewerage Report 12 days no charge
* 28 Request Fire Safety Clearance 1 day MYR 111
* 29 Fire Safety Inspection 1 day no charge
30 Fire Safety Report 12 days no charge
* 31 Request Water Clearance 1 day MYR 1,000
* 32 Water Inspection 1 day no charge
33 Water Report 11 days no charge
34 Deposit G1 - G21 Forms and F Form to OSC 1 day no charge
* 35 Deposit G1 - G21 Forms and F Form to Board of Arch / Eng Malaysia 1 day no charge
36 Obtain Water Connection 1 day MYR 30
* 37 Obtain Telco Connection 15 days MYR 495
* 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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