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Ease of Doing Business in

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.

Economy Overview

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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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 25 DB 2012 Rank 26 Change in Rank up1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 83.2 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 83.2 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Qatar 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)
4 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)
90 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)
3.9 1,147.1 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 The client’s approved electrical contractor submits application, and awaits estimate of connection fees and internal inspection from Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) 30 calendar days no charge
2 The client obtains internal inspection from Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) 1 calendar day no charge
3 The client requests and obtains external works either by Kahramaa’s contractor or their own contractor 49 calendar days no charge
4 The client requests and obtains meter installation and final connection by Kahramaa’s contractor 10 calendar days QAR 12,900.0

** 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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