Zambia

Ease of Doing Business in

Zambia

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Zambia. 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 Sub-Saharan Africa
Income Category Lower middle income
Population 13,474,959
GNI Per Capita (US$) 1,160
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
94 90 down -4

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
60.6 60.2 down 0.4
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 74 68 up -6
Dealing with Construction Permits 151 148 up -3
Getting Electricity 151 148 up -3
Registering Property 96 96 No change
Getting Credit 12 9 up -3
Protecting Investors 82 79 up -3
Paying Taxes 47 49 up 2
Trading Across Borders 156 156 No change
Enforcing Contracts 89 87 up -2
Resolving Insolvency 99 100 up 1

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Trading Across Borders

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The costs and procedures involved in importing and exporting a standardized shipment of goods are detailed under this topic. Documents associated with every official procedure are counted - starting from the final contractual agreement between the two parties, and ending with the delivery of the goods.

DB 2013 Rank 156 DB 2012 Rank 156 Change in Rank 0
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 25.3 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 27.1 Improvement in DTF** (% points) down-1.8
Indicator Zambia Sub-Saharan Africa OECD

The total number of documents required per shipment to export goods. Documents required for clearance by government ministries, customs authorities, port and container terminal authorities, health and technical control agencies and banks are taken into account.

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Documents to export (number)
6 8 4

The time necessary to comply with all procedures required to export goods. If a procedure can be accelerated for an additional cost, the fastest legal procedure is chosen.

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Time to export (days)
44 31 10

The cost associated with all procedures required to export goods. Includes the costs for documents, administrative fees for customs clearance and technical control, customs broker fees, terminal handling charges and inland transport.

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Cost to export (US$ per container)
2,765 1,990 1,028

The total number of documents required per shipment to import goods. Documents required for clearance by government ministries, customs authorities, port and container terminal authorities, health and technical control agencies and banks are taken into account.

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Documents to import (number)
8 9 5

The time necessary to comply with all procedures required to import goods. If a procedure can be accelerated for an additional cost, the fastest legal procedure is chosen.

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Time to import (days)
56 37 10

The cost associated with all procedures required to import goods, including for documents, administrative fees for customs clearance and technical control, customs broker fees, terminal handling charges and inland transport.

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Cost to import (US$ per container)
3,560 2,567 1,080
Nature of Export Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 27 230
Customs clearance and technical control 4 150
Ports and terminal handling 4 285
Inland transportation and handling 9 2,100
Totals 44 2,765
Nature of Import Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 26 365
Customs clearance and technical control 6 245
Ports and terminal handling 11 450
Inland transportation and handling 13 2,500
Totals 56 3,560
Export documents
Bill of Lading
Certificate of Origin
Commercial invoice
Customs export declaration (CE20 Form)
Export permit
Transit entry documents (South Africa & Zimbabwe)
Import documents
Bill of Lading
Certificate of origin
Commercial invoice
Customs import declaration (CE 20 Declaration)
Import permit
Packing list
Road Manifest
Transit documents

** 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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