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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Paying Taxes

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This data shows the tax that a medium-size company must pay or withhold in a given year, as well as measures of the administrative burden in paying taxes. These measures include the number of payments an entrepreneur must make; the number of hours spent preparing, filing, and paying; and the percentage of their profits they must pay in taxes.

DB 2013 Rank 92 DB 2012 Rank 91 Change in Rank down-1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 62.5 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 62.5 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Marshall Islands East Asia & Pacific OECD

The total number of tax payments per year. The indicator reflects the total number of taxes and contributions paid, the method of payment, the frequency of payment and the number of agencies involved for a standardized case during the second year of operation.

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Payments (number per year)
21 25 12

The time it takes to prepare, file and pay (or withhold) the corporate income tax, the value added tax and social security contributions (in hours per year).

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Time (hours per year)
128 209 176

The amount of taxes on profits paid by the business as a percentage of commercial profits.

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Profit tax (%)
0.0 16.7 15.2

The amount of taxes and mandatory contributions on labor paid by the business as a percentage of commercial profits.

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Labor tax and contributions (%)
11.8 10.9 23.8

The amount of taxes and mandatory contributions paid by the business as a percentage of commercial profit that are not already included in the categories of profit or labor taxes.

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Other taxes (%)
53.0 6.9 3.7

The total tax rate measures the amount of taxes and mandatory contributions payable by the business in the second year of operation, expressed as a share of commercial profits.

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Total tax rate (% profit)
64.9 34.5 42.7
Tax or mandatory contribution Payments (number) Notes on Payments Time (hours) Statutory tax rate Tax base Total tax rate (% profit) Notes on TTR
Gross revenue tax 4 32 3% sales 52.9
Employer paid - Social security contributions 12 96 7% gross salaries 7.9
Employer paid - Health insurance contribution 4 4% gross salaries 3.9
Fuel tax 1 8 cents gallon 0.1
Vehicle tax 0 paid jointly 5000% fixed fee 0
Totals: 21 128 64.9

** 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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