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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Resolving Insolvency

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The time and cost required to resolve bankruptcies is shown below. The data identifies weaknesses in existing bankruptcy law and the main procedural and administrative bottlenecks in the bankruptcy process. The recovery rate, expressed in terms of how many cents on the dollar claimants recover from the insolvent firm, is also shown.

DB 2013 Rank 157 DB 2012 Rank 158 Change in Rank up1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 10.2 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 10.4 Improvement in DTF** (% points) down-0.2
Indicator Ukraine Eastern Europe & Central Asia OECD

The average time to close a business. Information is collected on the sequence of procedures and on whether any procedures can be carried out simultaneously.

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Time (years)
2.9 2.4 1.7

The average cost of bankruptcy proceedings. The cost of the proceedings is recorded as a percentage of the estate’s value.

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Cost (% of estate)
42 13 9
View methodology Outcome (0 as piecemeal sale and 1 as going concern)
0 0 1

The recovery rate calculates how many cents on the dollar claimants (creditors, tax authorities, and employees) recover from an insolvent firm.

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Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
8.7 36.9 70.6

** 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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