Oman

Ease of Doing Business in

Oman

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Oman. 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 Middle East & North Africa
Income Category High income
Population 2,846,145
GNI Per Capita (US$) 23,315
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
47 47 0

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
67.4 66.3 down 1.1
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 73 67 up -6
Dealing with Construction Permits 59 58 up -1
Getting Electricity 54 58 up 4
Registering Property 18 20 up 2
Getting Credit 83 97 up 14
Protecting Investors 100 98 up -2
Paying Taxes 10 8 up -2
Trading Across Borders 49 48 up -1
Enforcing Contracts 107 107 No change
Resolving Insolvency 77 79 up 2

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Enforcing Contracts

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The ease or difficulty of enforcing commercial contracts is measured below. This is determined by following the evolution of a payment dispute and tracking the time, cost, and number of procedures involved from the moment a plaintiff files the lawsuit until actual payment.

DB 2013 Rank 107 DB 2012 Rank 107 Change in Rank 0
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 48.6 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 48.6 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Oman Middle East & North Africa OECD

The time to resolve a dispute, counted from the moment the plaintiff files the lawsuit in court until payment. This includes both the days when actions take place and the waiting periods between.

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Time (days)
598 652 510

The cost in court fees and attorney fees, where the use of attorneys is mandatory or common, expressed as a percentage of the debt value.

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Cost (% of claim)
13.5 23.9 20.1

The average number of procedures to enforce a contract. The list of procedural steps compiled for each economy traces the chronology of a commercial dispute before the relevant court.

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Procedures (number)
51 44 31
Indicator
Time (days) 598
Filing and service 28
Trial and judgment 450
Enforcement of judgment 120
Cost (% of claim) 13.5
Attorney cost (% of claim) 10
Court cost (% of claim) 2.9
Enforcement Cost (% of claim) 0.6
Procedures (number) 51

Number of Procedures 52
Specialized commercial courts -1
Total Number of Procedures 51
* 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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