United Arab Emirates

Ease of Doing Business in

United Arab Emirates

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for the United Arab Emirates. 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 High income
Population 7,890,924
GNI Per Capita (US$) 40,760
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
26 29 down 3

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
70.6 69.5 down 1.1
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 22 46 up 24
Dealing with Construction Permits 13 14 up 1
Getting Electricity 7 10 up 3
Registering Property 12 12 No change
Getting Credit 83 80 up -3
Protecting Investors 128 124 up -4
Paying Taxes 1 7 up 6
Trading Across Borders 5 5 No change
Enforcing Contracts 104 108 up 4
Resolving Insolvency 101 105 up 4

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Dealing with Construction Permits

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Shown below are the procedures, time, and costs to build a warehouse, including obtaining necessary licenses and permits, completing required notifications and inspections, and obtaining utility connections.

DB 2013 Rank 13 DB 2012 Rank 14 Change in Rank up1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 87.2 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 87.2 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator United Arab Emirates Middle East & North Africa OECD

The total number of procedures required to build a warehouse. A procedure is any interaction of the company’s employees or managers with external parties.

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Procedures (number)
14 17 14

The total number of days required to build a warehouse. The measure captures the median duration that local experts indicate is necessary to complete a procedure in practice.

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Time (days)
46 151 143

Cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. Only official costs are recorded.

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Cost (% of income per capita)
9.2 305.2 78.7
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Request and obtain all No Objection Certificates online through the Road and Transport Authority 14 days no charge
2 Reuest and obtain Civil defense approval 1 day no charge
3 Request and obtain building permit online from the Building Department oft Dubai Municipality 10 days AED 11,203
4 Request and receive foundation (concrete) work inspection from the Building and Housing Department of Dubai Municipality 1 day no charge
5 Request and receive inspection from the Civil Defense (Fire Department) 1 day no charge
6 Request and receive final inspection from the Building Department of Dubai municipality 1 day AED 100
* 7 Obtain building completion certificate from the Building Department of Dubai Municipality 1 day no charge
* 8 Obtain building occupancy permit from the Building Department of Dubai Municipality 1 day no charge
* 9 Obtain inspection and approval from DEWA for septic tank instalation 1 day no charge
* 10 Obtain inspection and approval from DEWA for final water supply 1 day no charge
* 11 Obtain final water connection from DEWA 14 days no charge
* 12 Build septic tank 3 days AED 4,000
* 13 Apply for phone connection from Etisalat 1 day AED 180
* 14 Receive inspection and obtain phone connection from Etisalat 10 days no charge
* 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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