Swaziland

Ease of Doing Business in

Swaziland

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Swaziland. 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 Lower middle income
Population 1,067,773
GNI Per Capita (US$) 3,300
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
123 123 0

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
57.8 57.3 down 0.5
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 165 160 up -5
Dealing with Construction Permits 41 44 up 3
Getting Electricity 156 155 up -1
Registering Property 129 128 up -1
Getting Credit 53 52 up -1
Protecting Investors 128 124 up -4
Paying Taxes 58 54 up -4
Trading Across Borders 141 148 up 7
Enforcing Contracts 174 173 up -1
Resolving Insolvency 74 72 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 174 DB 2012 Rank 173 Change in Rank down-1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 33.6 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 33.2 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up0.4
Indicator Swaziland Sub-Saharan Africa 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)
956 649 510

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)
56.1 50.1 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)
40 39 31
Indicator
Time (days) 956
Filing and service 14
Trial and judgment 912
Enforcement of judgment 30
Cost (% of claim) 56.1
Attorney cost (% of claim) 52
Court cost (% of claim) 1.1
Enforcement Cost (% of claim) 3
Procedures (number) 40
* 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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