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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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 20 DB 2012 Rank 20 Change in Rank 0
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 82.3 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 82.3 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Uruguay Latin America & Caribbean 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)
5 5 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)
48 66 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)
14.3 559.0 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 The client's authorized electrician submits in person the connection application to the office of Administración Nacional de Usinas y Transmisión Eléctrica (UTE) and waits for quote 15 calendar days no charge
* 2 UTE inspects the client's site to gather information in order to do the quote 1 calendar day no charge
3 The client's electrician signs an assumption of responsibility at an office of Administración Nacional de Usinas y Transmisión Eléctrica (UTE) 1 calendar day no charge
4 The client pays the quote, signs the contract and waits for UTE to carry on the external connection works. 30 calendar days UYU 37,250.0
5 The client signs the supply contract and Administración Nacional de Usinas y Transmisión Eléctrica (UTE) installs the meter and the electricity starts flowing. 2 calendar 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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