Ukraine

Ease of Doing Business in

Ukraine

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for the Ukraine. 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 Eastern Europe & Central Asia
Income Category Lower middle income
Population 45,706,100
GNI Per Capita (US$) 3,120
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
137 152 down 15

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
53.5 48.9 down 4.6
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 50 116 up 66
Dealing with Construction Permits 183 182 up -1
Getting Electricity 166 170 up 4
Registering Property 149 168 up 19
Getting Credit 23 23 No change
Protecting Investors 117 114 up -3
Paying Taxes 165 183 up 18
Trading Across Borders 145 144 up -1
Enforcing Contracts 42 44 up 2
Resolving Insolvency 157 158 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 166 DB 2012 Rank 170 Change in Rank up4
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 32.6 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 32.5 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up0.1
Indicator Ukraine Eastern Europe & Central Asia 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)
11 7 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)
285 153 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)
192.3 627.8 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit an application for connection to Kievenergo and await technical conditions and conclude supply contract 7 calendar days UAH 1,442.0
2 Await completion and approval of the external connection design by a private electrical design company 53 calendar days UAH 11,474.4
3 Obtain an excavation permit at the Head Directorate for Control of Maintenance of Kiev. 3 calendar days UAH 250.0
4 Await completion of the external connection works by a private electrical contractor 40 calendar days UAH 39,750.0
5 Await and obtain an inspection by the Acceptance Committee (приемочная комиссия Государственного Архитектурно Строительного Контроля) of the Inspectorate of the State Archictecture and Construction control 11 calendar days no charge
6 Await an external inspection carried out by the State Energy Inspectorate (Energonadzor) 7 calendar days no charge
7 Await and obtain an external inspection carried out by Kievenergo Energosbyt 5 calendar days UAH 435.0
8 Await and obtain an external inspection carried out by the State Inspectorate for Protection of Workers 5 calendar days UAH 350.0
9 Conclude a supply contract with Kievenergo (Energosbyt) and a contract for maintenance of the installed substation 20 calendar days no charge
* 10 Await issuance of various approvals from various departments of Kievenergo required for energization 150 calendar days no charge
11 Submit a request to Kievenergo for a power turn on and electricity starts flowing 3 calendar days UAH 350.0
* 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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