Mauritania

Ease of Doing Business in

Mauritania

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Mauritania. 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 Sub-Saharan Africa
Income Category Low income
Population 3,541,540
GNI Per Capita (US$) 1,000
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
167 164 down -3

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
43.1 45.1 down -2.0
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 160 159 up -1
Dealing with Construction Permits 115 106 up -9
Getting Electricity 121 119 up -2
Registering Property 65 60 up -5
Getting Credit 167 165 up -2
Protecting Investors 150 147 up -3
Paying Taxes 177 176 up -1
Trading Across Borders 150 147 up -3
Enforcing Contracts 77 75 up -2
Resolving Insolvency 153 154 up 1

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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 160 DB 2012 Rank 159 Change in Rank down-1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 60.8 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 60.4 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up0.4
YearNew business densityNumber of new limited liability companies
2011 6.1794,050
Indicator Mauritania Sub-Saharan Africa 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)
9 8 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)
19 34 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)
47.6 67.3 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)
327.9 116.0 13.3
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Deposit the legally required initial capital in a bank and obtain deposit evidence 1 day no charge
2 Deposit the company’s deed and articles of association with the notary 1 day 2% of capital up to MRO 1,000,000 + 1.5% of capital from MRO 1,000,001 to MRO 3,000,000 + 1% of capital from MRO 3,000,001 to MRO 7,000,000.
3 Register the statuts with the Direction des Domaines 1 day 0.25 % of capital + MRO 200 per page for stamps
4 Registration with the Clerk’s Office for Commercial Registry (Greffe du Tribunal de Commerce) 2 days included in previous procedure
5 Publication in a newspaper 2 weeks MRO 20,000 to 30,000
* 6 Register with the Tax Department (Direction Générale des Impots) and get a fiscal number 1 day (simultaneous with previous procedure) MRO 60,000
* 7 Register for social security with the Caisse Nationale de Sécurité Sociale 1 day (simultaneous with previous procedure) no charge
* 8 Apply to the Ministry of Labor for a permit to start a lucrative business 4 days, depending on complexity of drafting and availability of notary (simultaneous with previous procedure) no charge
* 9 Send a notification letter of starting the business to the Labor Inspector 1 day (simultaneous with previous procedure) 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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