Romania

Ease of Doing Business in

Romania

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Romania. 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 Eastern Europe & Central Asia
Income Category Upper middle income
Population 21,390,000
GNI Per Capita (US$) 7,910
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
72 72 0

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
67.1 65.4 down 1.7
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 68 61 up -7
Dealing with Construction Permits 129 125 up -4
Getting Electricity 168 167 up -1
Registering Property 72 72 No change
Getting Credit 12 9 up -3
Protecting Investors 49 46 up -3
Paying Taxes 136 157 up 21
Trading Across Borders 72 69 up -3
Enforcing Contracts 60 60 No change
Resolving Insolvency 102 101 up -1

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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 60 DB 2012 Rank 60 Change in Rank 0
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 65.4 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 65.4 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Romania Eastern Europe & Central Asia 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)
512 414 510

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)
28.9 25.8 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)
32 37 31
Indicator
Time (days) 512
Filing and service 52
Trial and judgment 365
Enforcement of judgment 95
Cost (% of claim) 28.9
Attorney cost (% of claim) 7.7
Court cost (% of claim) 11.2
Enforcement Cost (% of claim) 10
Procedures (number) 32

Number of Procedures 33
Specialized commercial courts -1
Total Number of Procedures 32
* 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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