Tunisia

Ease of Doing Business in

Tunisia

This page shows summary Doing Business 2012 data for Tunisia. The first table lists the overall "Ease of Doing Business" rank (out of 183 economies) and the rankings by each topic. 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 Middle East & North Africa
Income Category Upper middle income
Population 10,535,100
GNI Per Capita (US$) 4,070.00
Doing Business 2012 Rank Doing Business 2011 Rank Change in Rank
46 40 down -6
Topic Rankings DB 2012 Rank DB 2011 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 56 46 up -10
Dealing with Construction Permits 86 85 up -1
Getting Electricity 45 46 up 1
Registering Property 65 60 up -5
Getting Credit 98 96 up -2
Protecting Investors 46 44 up -2
Paying Taxes 64 61 up -3
Trading Across Borders 32 31 up -1
Enforcing Contracts 76 78 up 2
Resolving Insolvency 38 37 up -1

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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 2012 Rank 56 DB 2011 Rank 46 Change in Rank down-10
Indicator Tunisia Middle East & North Africa 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).

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Procedures (number)
10 8 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.

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Time (days)
11 20 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.

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Cost (% of income per capita)
4.2 35.0 4.7

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.

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Paid-in Min. Capital (% of income per capita)
0.0 86.7 14.1
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Deposit capital in a bank opened in the name of the company to be incorporated 1 day no charge
2 Register the Articles of Association with the tax administration in Guichet Unique (API) desk and obtain a certificate attesting that a declaration has been filed 1 day TND 100
3 File declaration of existence with the Tax Control Desk (Contrôle des Impôts) and obtain carte d’identification fiscale 1 day no charge
4 Deposit documents at the Greffe du Tribunal 1 day TND 15
5 Advertise in the Official Gazette (JORT) with the Government Printing Office 7 days TND 100
* 6 Register with the Registre du Commerce at the Greffe du Tribunal 1 day (simultaneous with procedure 5) TND 5 per excerpt, 3 excerpts are needed
* 7 Register for social security 1 day (simultaneous with procedure 5) TND 5
* 8 Get inspected by the National Social Security Fund (CNSS) 1 day (simultaneous with procedure 5) no charge
* 9 File a declaration with the labor inspectorate 1 day (simultaneous with procedure 5) no charge
* 10 Make company seal 1 day (simultaneous with procedure 5) TND 5
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.

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