Trinidad and Tobago

Ease of Doing Business in

Trinidad and Tobago

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Trinidad and Tobago. 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 High income
Population 1,346,350
GNI Per Capita (US$) 15,040
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
69 70 down 1

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
59.4 58.6 down 0.8
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 71 66 up -5
Dealing with Construction Permits 101 98 up -3
Getting Electricity 11 11 No change
Registering Property 176 177 up 1
Getting Credit 23 23 No change
Protecting Investors 25 24 up -1
Paying Taxes 90 86 up -4
Trading Across Borders 75 84 up 9
Enforcing Contracts 170 171 up 1
Resolving Insolvency 135 136 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 11 DB 2012 Rank 11 Change in Rank 0
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 87.2 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 87.2 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Trinidad and Tobago Latin America & Caribbean 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)
61 66 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)
6.6 559.0 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Request final internal wiring inspection from the Government Electrical Inspectorate and receive Inspection Certificate of Approval thereafter 21 calendar days TTD 1,550.0
2 Submit a request for service to the Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC) and await site inspection by a Consumer Investigator from T&TEC 14 calendar days no charge
3 Receive site visit from T&TEC Engineer/Consumer Investigator and await conditions of supply letter 5 calendar days no charge
4 Pay Service Deposit to T&TEC and await external connection, meter installation, and electricity turned on 21 calendar days TTD 5,250.0

** 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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