Philippines

Ease of Doing Business in

Philippines

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Philippines. 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 94,852,030
GNI Per Capita (US$) 2,210
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
138 136 down -2

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
51.7 51.4 down 0.3
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 161 158 up -3
Dealing with Construction Permits 100 101 up 1
Getting Electricity 57 53 up -4
Registering Property 122 120 up -2
Getting Credit 129 127 up -2
Protecting Investors 128 124 up -4
Paying Taxes 143 136 up -7
Trading Across Borders 53 56 up 3
Enforcing Contracts 111 109 up -2
Resolving Insolvency 165 166 up 1

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Subnational Data


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 57 DB 2012 Rank 53 Change in Rank down-4
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 78.9 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 79.2 Improvement in DTF** (% points) down-0.3
Indicator Philippines East Asia & Pacific 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)
5 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)
50 86 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)
833.3 1,005.0 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit application to MERALCO and await site inspection 3 calendar days no charge
2 Receive site visit from MERALCO and await estimate 14 calendar days no charge
3 Hire Registered Master Electrician/Registered Electrical Engineer or a Professional Electrical Engineer to conduct inspection and he signs “Completion of Certificate of Electrical Installation" 1 calendar day PHP 3,000.0
4 Request and receive Certificate of Electrical Inspection (CEI) from Quezon City 7 calendar days PHP 7,500.0
5 Submit Certificate of Inspection to MERALCO and MERALCO completes installation of overhead distribution facilities and meter, and electricity starts flowing 25 calendar days PHP 850,394.9

** 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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