Zimbabwe

Ease of Doing Business in

Zimbabwe

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Zimbabwe. 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 Low income
Population 12,754,378
GNI Per Capita (US$) 640
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
172 170 down -2

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
38.7 39.1 down -0.4
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 143 145 up 2
Dealing with Construction Permits 170 169 up -1
Getting Electricity 157 165 up 8
Registering Property 85 84 up -1
Getting Credit 129 127 up -2
Protecting Investors 128 124 up -4
Paying Taxes 134 127 up -7
Trading Across Borders 167 172 up 5
Enforcing Contracts 111 112 up 1
Resolving Insolvency 169 155 up -14

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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 157 DB 2012 Rank 165 Change in Rank up8
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 52.9 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 45.0 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up7.9
Indicator Zimbabwe Sub-Saharan 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)
6 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)
106 133 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)
3,917.2 4,736.9 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit application to ZETDC and await way leave approvals and quotation 40 calendar days no charge
* 2 Await external site inspection by ZETDC 1 calendar day no charge
3 The customer purchases material for external connection works 19 calendar days no charge
* 4 Await internal wiring inspection from ZETDC 4 calendar days no charge
5 Await installation of the transformer by ZETDC 9 calendar days USD 24,947.8
6 Await meter installation and electricity starts flowing by ZETDC 38 calendar days USD 122.5
* 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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