St. Lucia

Ease of Doing Business in

St. Lucia

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for St. Lucia. 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 Latin America & Caribbean
Income Category Upper middle income
Population 176,000
GNI Per Capita (US$) 6,680
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
53 51 down -2

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
64.1 64.0 down 0.1
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 51 52 up 1
Dealing with Construction Permits 11 11 No change
Getting Electricity 12 16 up 4
Registering Property 117 114 up -3
Getting Credit 104 97 up -7
Protecting Investors 32 29 up -3
Paying Taxes 43 42 up -1
Trading Across Borders 109 110 up 1
Enforcing Contracts 168 167 up -1
Resolving Insolvency 61 59 up -2

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Dealing with Construction Permits

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Shown below are the procedures, time, and costs to build a warehouse, including obtaining necessary licenses and permits, completing required notifications and inspections, and obtaining utility connections.

DB 2013 Rank 11 DB 2012 Rank 11 Change in Rank 0
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 90.7 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 90.6 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up0.1
Indicator St. Lucia Latin America & Caribbean OECD

The total number of procedures required to build a warehouse. A procedure is any interaction of the company’s employees or managers with external parties.

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Procedures (number)
7 13 14

The total number of days required to build a warehouse. The measure captures the median duration that local experts indicate is necessary to complete a procedure in practice.

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Time (days)
125 225 143

Cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. Only official costs are recorded.

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Cost (% of income per capita)
23.0 143.7 78.7
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Obtain Health Department Approval 21 days XCD 250
2 Obtain Electricity Approval from Ministry of Communications and Works 14 days XCD 1,000
* 3 Obtain Approval from Fire Department 14 days XCD 600
4 Obtain Approval from DCA's commercial committee 42 days XCD 2,200
5 Receive inspection from WASCO (water department) 17 days no charge
6 Obtain Water Connection 30 days XCD 150
* 7 Obtain Fixed Telephone Line 10 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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