West Bank and Gaza

Ease of Doing Business in

West Bank and Gaza

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for West Bank and Gaza. 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 Lower middle income
Population 4,019,433
GNI Per Capita (US$) 1,610
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
135 135 0

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
52.2 51.5 down 0.7
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 179 177 up -2
Dealing with Construction Permits 130 128 up -2
Getting Electricity 85 84 up -1
Registering Property 78 80 up 2
Getting Credit 159 165 up 6
Protecting Investors 49 46 up -3
Paying Taxes 55 55 No change
Trading Across Borders 114 116 up 2
Enforcing Contracts 93 94 up 1
Resolving Insolvency 185 185 No change

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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 85 DB 2012 Rank 84 Change in Rank down-1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 74.4 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 74.2 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up0.2
Indicator West Bank and Gaza Middle East & North Africa 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)
63 84 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)
1,549.1 1,147.1 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 The client obtains a clearance from Jerusalem municipality to apply for electricity 1 calendar day no charge
2 The client applies for electricity connection and awaits estimate for connection fees from the Jerusalem Electricity Distribution Company (JDECO) 14 calendar days ILS 420.0
* 3 The client obtains external inspection from the Jerusalem Electricity Distribution Company (JDECO) 1 calendar day USD 4,400.0
4 The client obtains external connection works and meter installation from the Jerusalem Electricity Distribution Company (JDECO) 38 calendar days ILS 71,000.0
5 The client awaits and obtains internal inspection and final connection from the Jerusalem Electricity Distribution Company (JDECO) 7 calendar days ILS 6,000.0
* 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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