Uruguay

Ease of Doing Business in

Uruguay

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Uruguay. 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 Latin America & Caribbean
Income Category Upper middle income
Population 3,368,595
GNI Per Capita (US$) 11,860
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
89 87 down -2

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
59.6 58.0 down 1.6
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 39 31 up -8
Dealing with Construction Permits 158 155 up -3
Getting Electricity 20 20 No change
Registering Property 164 166 up 2
Getting Credit 70 67 up -3
Protecting Investors 100 98 up -2
Paying Taxes 140 164 up 24
Trading Across Borders 104 107 up 3
Enforcing Contracts 102 103 up 1
Resolving Insolvency 54 51 up -3

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Enforcing Contracts

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The ease or difficulty of enforcing commercial contracts is measured below. This is determined by following the evolution of a payment dispute and tracking the time, cost, and number of procedures involved from the moment a plaintiff files the lawsuit until actual payment.

DB 2013 Rank 102 DB 2012 Rank 103 Change in Rank up1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 52.6 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 52.7 Improvement in DTF** (% points) down-0.1
Indicator Uruguay Latin America & Caribbean OECD

The time to resolve a dispute, counted from the moment the plaintiff files the lawsuit in court until payment. This includes both the days when actions take place and the waiting periods between.

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Time (days)
725 727 510

The cost in court fees and attorney fees, where the use of attorneys is mandatory or common, expressed as a percentage of the debt value.

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Cost (% of claim)
19.0 30.8 20.1

The average number of procedures to enforce a contract. The list of procedural steps compiled for each economy traces the chronology of a commercial dispute before the relevant court.

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Procedures (number)
41 40 31
Indicator
Time (days) 725
Filing and service 35
Trial and judgment 420
Enforcement of judgment 270
Cost (% of claim) 19
Attorney cost (% of claim) 14
Court cost (% of claim) 1.8
Enforcement Cost (% of claim) 3.2
Procedures (number) 41
* 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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