Spain

Ease of Doing Business in

Spain

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Spain. 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 46,235,000
GNI Per Capita (US$) 30,990
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
44 42 down -2

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
72.7 72.5 down 0.2
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 136 134 up -2
Dealing with Construction Permits 38 33 up -5
Getting Electricity 70 68 up -2
Registering Property 57 56 up -1
Getting Credit 53 52 up -1
Protecting Investors 100 98 up -2
Paying Taxes 34 36 up 2
Trading Across Borders 39 42 up 3
Enforcing Contracts 64 64 No change
Resolving Insolvency 20 21 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 70 DB 2012 Rank 68 Change in Rank down-2
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 74.1 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 74.1 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Spain OECD high income 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)
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)
101 -- 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)
232.1 -- 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 The customer obtains an administrative approval for the connection project from the DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE INDUSTRIA, ENERGÍA Y MINAS 38 calendar days EUR 1,100.0
* 2 The customer submits his service application with Iberdrola and awaits the preparation of an estimate 20 calendar days EUR 3,604.0
* 3 The customer obtains a licence for the external works from the City Council 25 calendar days EUR 1,840.0
4 Iberdrola or a private firm does the connection works 63 calendar days EUR 46,000.0
* 5 The customer signs a supply contract with Iberdrola and awaits the installation of the meter and energization of the project 5 calendar days EUR 60.8
* 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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