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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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 54 DB 2012 Rank 58 Change in Rank up4
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 73.6 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 73.5 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up0.1
Indicator Oman Middle East & North Africa 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)
6 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)
62 84 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)
51.3 1,147.1 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 The client submits (initial) application for electricity connection and awaits estimate of connection fees from Muscat Electricity Distribution Company (MEDC) 10 calendar days no charge
* 2 The client obtains internal and external inspection from Muscat Electricity Distribution Company (MEDC) 1 calendar day OMR 1,600.0
3 The client hires a contractor registered with Muscat Electricity Distribution Company (MEDC) that applies for an excavation permit with the Ministry of Housing, Electricity and Water (MOHEW) 34 calendar days no charge
4 The registered contractor carries out the external works 11 calendar days OMR 2,997.5
* 5 The client obtains a No-Objection Letter from Muscat Municipality 2 calendar days no charge
6 The client applies for meter installation, and obtains final inspection and electricity connection from Muscat Electricity Distribution Company (MEDC) 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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