Doing Business in Tonga - World Bank Group

Region	East Asia & Pacific
Income Category	Lower middle income
Population	104,509
GNI Per Capita (US$)	3,580

Doing Business 2013 Rank	Doing Business 2012 Rank	Change in Rank
62	61	-1

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points)	Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points)	Improvement in DTF** (% points)
63.3	63.2	0.1

Topic Rankings	DB 2013 Rank	DB 2012 Rank	Change in Rank
Starting a Business	35	34	-1
Dealing with Construction Permits	37	36	-1
Getting Electricity	30	31	1
Registering Property	142	139	-3
Getting Credit	83	80	-3
Protecting Investors	117	114	-3
Paying Taxes	40	43	3
Trading Across Borders	77	76	-1
Enforcing Contracts	54	52	-2
Resolving Insolvency	118	117	-1

Starting a Business

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The challenges of launching a business are shown below. Included are: the number of steps entrepreneurs can expect to go through to launch, the time it takes on average, and the cost and minimum capital required as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) per capita.

DB 2013 Rank	35	DB 2012 Rank	34	Change in Rank	-1

DB 2013 DTF** (% points)	90.5	DB 2012 DTF** (% points)	90.3	Improvement in DTF** (% points)	0.2

Indicator	Tonga	East Asia & Pacific	OECD
The total number of procedures required to register a firm. A procedure is defined as any interaction of the company founders with external parties (for example, government agencies, lawyers, auditors or notaries). View methodology Procedures (number)	4	7	5
The total number of days required to register a firm. The measure captures the median duration that incorporation lawyers indicate is necessary to complete a procedure with minimum follow-up with government agencies and no extra payments. View methodology Time (days)	16	36	12
Cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. It includes all official fees and fees for legal or professional services if such services are required by law. View methodology Cost (% of income per capita)	8.3	22.4	4.5
The amount that the entrepreneur needs to deposit in a bank or with a notary before registration and up to 3 months following incorporation and is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. View methodology Paid-in Min. Capital (% of income per capita)	0.0	13.4	13.3

No.	Procedure	Time to Complete	Associated Costs
1	Check the uniqueness of the proposed company name and reserve a name.	2 days	TOP 80
2	Register the company with the Companies Office; obtain a certificate of incorporation	3 days	TOP 400
3	Obtain a business license from Ministry of Labor, Commerce, and Industry	7 days	TOP 120
4	Register Consumption tax for income tax and consumption tax with the Internal Revenue Commission	3-4 days	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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