Papua New Guinea

Ease of Doing Business in

Papua New Guinea

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Papua New Guinea. 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 7,013,829
GNI Per Capita (US$) 1,480
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
104 108 down 4

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
56.8 56.3 down 0.5
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 91 87 up -4
Dealing with Construction Permits 159 152 up -7
Getting Electricity 23 25 up 2
Registering Property 88 84 up -4
Getting Credit 83 97 up 14
Protecting Investors 49 46 up -3
Paying Taxes 106 101 up -5
Trading Across Borders 120 117 up -3
Enforcing Contracts 166 165 up -1
Resolving Insolvency 125 123 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 166 DB 2012 Rank 165 Change in Rank down-1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 28.8 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 28.8 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Papua New Guinea East Asia & Pacific 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)
591 522 510

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)
110.3 48.6 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)
42 37 31
Indicator
Time (days) 591
Filing and service 30
Trial and judgment 381
Enforcement of judgment 180
Cost (% of claim) 110.3
Attorney cost (% of claim) 82.8
Court cost (% of claim) 11
Enforcement Cost (% of claim) 16.5
Procedures (number) 42

Number of Procedures 43
Specialized commercial courts -1
Total Number of Procedures 42
* 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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