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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Resolving Insolvency

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The time and cost required to resolve bankruptcies is shown below. The data identifies weaknesses in existing bankruptcy law and the main procedural and administrative bottlenecks in the bankruptcy process. The recovery rate, expressed in terms of how many cents on the dollar claimants recover from the insolvent firm, is also shown.

DB 2013 Rank 140 DB 2012 Rank 138 Change in Rank down-2
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 19.3 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 19.8 Improvement in DTF** (% points) down-0.5
Indicator Marshall Islands East Asia & Pacific OECD

The average time to close a business. Information is collected on the sequence of procedures and on whether any procedures can be carried out simultaneously.

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Time (years)
2.0 2.9 1.7

The average cost of bankruptcy proceedings. The cost of the proceedings is recorded as a percentage of the estate’s value.

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Cost (% of estate)
38 21 9
View methodology Outcome (0 as piecemeal sale and 1 as going concern)
0 0 1

The recovery rate calculates how many cents on the dollar claimants (creditors, tax authorities, and employees) recover from an insolvent firm.

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Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
17.4 34.7 70.6

** 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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