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Qatar

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Qatar. 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.

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Economy Summary
Starting a Business
Dealing with Construction Permits
Getting Electricity
Registering Property
Getting Credit
Protecting Investors
Paying Taxes
Trading Across Borders
Enforcing Contracts
Resolving Insolvency
Region Middle East & North Africa
Income Category High income
Population 1,870,041
GNI Per Capita (US$) 80,440
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
40 40 0

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
69.7 69.3 down 0.4
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 109 107 up -2
Dealing with Construction Permits 18 17 up -1
Getting Electricity 25 26 up 1
Registering Property 40 38 up -2
Getting Credit 104 97 up -7
Protecting Investors 100 98 up -2
Paying Taxes 2 2 No change
Trading Across Borders 58 75 up 17
Enforcing Contracts 95 96 up 1
Resolving Insolvency 36 37 up 1

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Shown below are the procedures, time, and costs to build a warehouse, including obtaining necessary licenses and permits, completing required notifications and inspections, and obtaining utility connections.

DB 2013 Rank 18 DB 2012 Rank 17 Change in Rank down-1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 83.3 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 83.3 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Qatar Middle East & North Africa OECD

The total number of procedures required to build a warehouse. A procedure is any interaction of the company’s employees or managers with external parties.

View methodology Procedures (number)
16 17 14

The total number of days required to build a warehouse. The measure captures the median duration that local experts indicate is necessary to complete a procedure in practice.

View methodology Time (days)
62 151 143

Cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. Only official costs are recorded.

View methodology Cost (% of income per capita)
1.1 305.2 78.7
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Obtain Planning Permisssion from the Municipality 3 days QAR 100
2 Submit documents and obtain preliminary approval (opening of file) from the Municipality 10 days QAR 100
* 3 Obtain fire safety clearance from the Civil Defense Department 14 days no charge
* 4 Obtain clearance from Road Construction Department at the Urban Planning and Development Authority 7 days no charge
* 5 Obtain clearance from QTEL (at the Urban Planning and Development Authority) for telecom service delivery 7 days no charge
6 Obtain clearance from the Building Permit Department of the Urban Planning and Development Authority 7 days no charge
7 Obtain final building permit approval from the Municipality 10 days QAR 3,000
8 Submit public announcement of construction project at the Municipality 1 day no charge
9 Obtain final cadastral measurements of the warehouse at the Municipality of Industrial Area 1 day no charge
10 Submit final records of construction project to the Municipality 1 day no charge
11 Receive final inspection 1 day QAR 100
12 Receive fire safety approval from the Civil Defense Department 3 days no charge
13 Obtain certificate of completion from Municipality 3 days no charge
14 Register the building at the municipality 1 day no charge
* 15 Obtain water and sewage connection from Kahramaa and Ashghal 5 days QAR 20
* 16 Obtain telephone connection from QTEL 15 days QAR 220
* 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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