Rwanda

Ease of Doing Business in

Rwanda

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Rwanda. 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 Sub-Saharan Africa
Income Category Low income
Population 10,942,950
GNI Per Capita (US$) 570
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
52 48 down -4

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
64.5 64.1 down 0.4
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 8 8 No change
Dealing with Construction Permits 98 90 up -8
Getting Electricity 49 50 up 1
Registering Property 63 62 up -1
Getting Credit 23 23 No change
Protecting Investors 32 29 up -3
Paying Taxes 25 29 up 4
Trading Across Borders 158 159 up 1
Enforcing Contracts 39 40 up 1
Resolving Insolvency 167 168 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 49 DB 2012 Rank 50 Change in Rank up1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 76.7 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 73.8 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up2.9
Indicator Rwanda Sub-Saharan 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)
30 133 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)
3,948.1 4,736.9 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Apply for electricity connection and await estimate of connection fees 4 calendar days USD 43.0
* 2 Obtain external inspection 1 calendar day no charge
3 The customer can purchase material for the external connection 11 calendar days USD 19,058.0
4 Obtain external connection works, meter installation, and final connection by the utility 15 calendar days USD 3,403.0
* 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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