Marshall Islands

Ease of Doing Business in

Marshall Islands

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for the Marshall Islands. 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 East Asia & Pacific
Income Category Lower middle income
Population 54,816
GNI Per Capita (US$) 3,910
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
101 103 down 2

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
53.9 53.9 0.0
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 48 49 up 1
Dealing with Construction Permits 4 4 No change
Getting Electricity 73 74 up 1
Registering Property 185 185 No change
Getting Credit 83 80 up -3
Protecting Investors 158 155 up -3
Paying Taxes 92 91 up -1
Trading Across Borders 65 65 No change
Enforcing Contracts 66 63 up -3
Resolving Insolvency 140 138 up -2

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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 73 DB 2012 Rank 74 Change in Rank up1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 76.8 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 75.9 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up0.9
Indicator Marshall Islands East Asia & Pacific 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 5 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)
67 86 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)
772.4 1,005.0 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit an application to Marshalls Energy Company and await an estimate of connection fees. 7 calendar days USD 200.0
* 2 Await external site inspection from the Marshalls Energy Company for the preparation of the estimate. 7 calendar days no charge
3 Await completion of the external connection works by Marshalls Energy Company 52 calendar days USD 30,000.0
* 4 Await midway internal wiring inspection carried out by the Marshalls Energy Company 7 calendar days no charge
5 Await final internal wiring inspection carried out by the Marshalls Energy Company and electricity starts flowing 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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