Sierra Leone

Ease of Doing Business in

Sierra Leone

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Sierra Leone. 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 5,997,486
GNI Per Capita (US$) 340
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
140 148 down 8

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
53.4 51.5 down 1.9
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 76 69 up -7
Dealing with Construction Permits 173 171 up -2
Getting Electricity 176 176 No change
Registering Property 167 170 up 3
Getting Credit 83 127 up 44
Protecting Investors 32 29 up -3
Paying Taxes 117 110 up -7
Trading Across Borders 131 132 up 1
Enforcing Contracts 147 145 up -2
Resolving Insolvency 154 157 up 3

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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 176 DB 2012 Rank 176 Change in Rank 0
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 42.0 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 40.7 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up1.3
Indicator Sierra Leone 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)
8 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)
137 133 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)
2,124.4 4,736.9 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit application letter to National Power Authority (NPA) and await site inspection 10 calendar days no charge
* 2 Receive site inspection from NPA 1 calendar day SLL 5,000.0
3 Submit application form to NPA and await estimate 14 calendar days SLL 8,263,000.0
4 Purchase material and request inspection from NPA 18 calendar days SLL 22,425,000.0
5 NPA conducts inspection of materials 4 calendar days no charge
6 Customer receives Job Number from NPA and presents to NPA customer service to receive New Customer Account deposit and pay security deposit 1 calendar day no charge
7 NPA conducts internal wiring inspection and commences external connection 60 calendar days SLL 1,414,000.0
8 NPA conducts external inspection, installation of meter and electricity starts flowing 30 calendar days no charge
* 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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