Tanzania

Ease of Doing Business in

Tanzania

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Tanzania. 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 46,218,486
GNI Per Capita (US$) 540
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
134 133 down -1

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
55.4 55.6 down -0.2
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 113 117 up 4
Dealing with Construction Permits 174 170 up -4
Getting Electricity 96 95 up -1
Registering Property 137 140 up 3
Getting Credit 129 127 up -2
Protecting Investors 100 98 up -2
Paying Taxes 133 128 up -5
Trading Across Borders 122 119 up -3
Enforcing Contracts 36 35 up -1
Resolving Insolvency 129 128 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 96 DB 2012 Rank 95 Change in Rank down-1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 73.2 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 72.2 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up1.0
Indicator Tanzania 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)
4 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)
109 133 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)
1,944.1 4,736.9 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit application with Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited - Tanesco and await estimate 11 calendar days TZS 5,900.0
2 Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited - Tanesco carries out external inspection 7 calendar days no charge
3 Customer purchases transformer and carries out external connection works 90 calendar days TZS 16,005,990.7
4 Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited - Tanesco carries out internal inspection, final connection and meter installation 1 calendar day no charge

** 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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