Slovak Republic

Ease of Doing Business in

Slovak Republic

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for the Slovak Republic. 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 OECD high income
Income Category High income
Population 5,440,000
GNI Per Capita (US$) 16,070
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
46 46 0

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
70.5 69.6 down 0.9
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 83 78 up -5
Dealing with Construction Permits 46 48 up 2
Getting Electricity 100 101 up 1
Registering Property 8 8 No change
Getting Credit 23 23 No change
Protecting Investors 117 114 up -3
Paying Taxes 100 126 up 26
Trading Across Borders 98 100 up 2
Enforcing Contracts 69 70 up 1
Resolving Insolvency 38 36 up -2

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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 69 DB 2012 Rank 70 Change in Rank up1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 64.1 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 63.6 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up0.5
Indicator Slovak Republic OECD high income 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)
545 -- 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)
30.0 -- 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 -- 31
Indicator
Time (days) 545
Filing and service 70
Trial and judgment 365
Enforcement of judgment 110
Cost (% of claim) 30
Attorney cost (% of claim) 14
Court cost (% of claim) 6
Enforcement Cost (% of claim) 10
Procedures (number) 32

Number of Procedures 33
Electronic filing of court cases -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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