Uganda

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Uganda

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Uganda. 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.

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Starting a Business
Dealing with Construction Permits
Getting Electricity
Registering Property
Getting Credit
Protecting Investors
Paying Taxes
Trading Across Borders
Enforcing Contracts
Resolving Insolvency
Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Income Category Low income
Population 34,509,205
GNI Per Capita (US$) 510
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
120 119 down -1

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
55.5 55.1 down 0.4
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 144 143 up -1
Dealing with Construction Permits 118 115 up -3
Getting Electricity 127 124 up -3
Registering Property 124 121 up -3
Getting Credit 40 52 up 12
Protecting Investors 139 136 up -3
Paying Taxes 93 84 up -9
Trading Across Borders 159 157 up -2
Enforcing Contracts 117 116 up -1
Resolving Insolvency 69 64 up -5

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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 144 DB 2012 Rank 143 Change in Rank down-1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 59.3 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 58.4 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up0.9
YearNew business densityNumber of new limited liability companies
2011 0.916,142
Indicator Uganda Sub-Saharan 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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15 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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33 34 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)
76.7 67.3 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)
0.0 116.0 13.3
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Reservation of a name at the Office of the Registrar 2 days USH 25,000 + USH 2,000 bank fee
2 Pay fees at the bank 1 day included in previous procedure
3 Obtain five necessary forms from the Uganda Bookshop 1 day USH 5,600 (USH 500-700 for each form, 5 forms for incorporation, and 3 for tax registration)
4 Sign the declaration of compliance before a Commissioner for Oaths 1 day USH 2,000 -10,000
5 Obtain requisition for bank pay-in slip and bank payment advice forms from the Uganda Registration Services Bureau 1 day no charge
6 Make payment of registration fees at a given bank 1 day no charge
7 File with the Registrar General 1 day see comments
8 File with the local office of the Uganda Revenue Authority a personal inquiry form for each director, and a corporate preliminary inquiry form; receive a uniform tax identification number (TIN) and apply for VAT 5 days no charge
9 An inspector from URA inspects the business premises 1 day no charge
10 Obtain application forms for trading license 1 day no charge
11 The licensing officer arranges an inspection of the premises and fills out an assessment form. 1 day no charge
12 Pay the license fee at the bank. 1 day see the following procedure
13 Obtain the trading license 10 days USH 400,000
14 File a form with the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). 4 days no charge
15 Make a company seal 2 days USH 225,000

** 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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