Tunisia

Ease of Doing Business in

Tunisia

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Tunisia. 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 Middle East & North Africa
Income Category Upper middle income
Population 10,673,800
GNI Per Capita (US$) 4,070
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
50 45 down -5

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
67.4 67.4 0.0
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 66 54 up -12
Dealing with Construction Permits 93 87 up -6
Getting Electricity 51 48 up -3
Registering Property 70 64 up -6
Getting Credit 104 97 up -7
Protecting Investors 49 46 up -3
Paying Taxes 62 60 up -2
Trading Across Borders 30 31 up 1
Enforcing Contracts 78 77 up -1
Resolving Insolvency 39 38 up -1

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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 66 DB 2012 Rank 54 Change in Rank down-12
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 81.3 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 81.3 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
YearNew business densityNumber of new limited liability companies
2011 0.916,142
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 23 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)
4.1 29.8 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.

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Paid-in Min. Capital (% of income per capita)
0.0 72.3 13.3
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.

** 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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