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Figure – Starting a Business in Ethiopia and comparator economies – Ranking and DTF

DB 2018 Distance to Frontier (DTF)

Note: The ranking of economies on the ease of starting a business is determined by sorting their distance to frontier scores for starting a business. These scores are the simple average of the distance to frontier scores for each of the component indicators.

Figure – Starting a Business in Ethiopia – Procedure, Time and Cost

* This symbol is shown beside procedure numbers that take place simultaneously with the previous procedure.

Note: Online procedures account for 0.5 days in the total time calculation. For economies that have a different procedure list for men and women, the graph shows the time for women. For more information on methodology, see the Doing Business website (http://www.doingbusiness.org/en/methodology). For details on the procedures reflected here, see the summary below.

Details – Starting a Business in Ethiopia – Procedure, Time and Cost

Applies to women only.

Takes place simultaneously with previous procedure.

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Figure – Dealing with Construction Permits in Ethiopia and comparator economies – Ranking and DTF

DB 2018 Distance to Frontier (DTF)

Note: The ranking of economies on the ease of dealing with construction permits is determined by sorting their distance to frontier scores for dealing with construction permits. These scores are the simple average of the distance to frontier scores for each of the component indicators.

Figure – Dealing with Construction Permits in Ethiopia – Procedure, Time and Cost

* This symbol is shown beside procedure numbers that take place simultaneously with the previous procedure.

Note: Online procedures account for 0.5 days in the total time calculation. For economies that have a different procedure list for men and women, the graph shows the time for women. For more information on methodology, see the Doing Business website (http://www.doingbusiness.org/en/methodology). For details on the procedures reflected here, see the summary below.

Figure – Dealing with Construction Permits in Ethiopia and comparator economies – Measure of Quality

Details – Dealing with Construction Permits in Ethiopia – Procedure, Time and Cost

Applies to women only.

Takes place simultaneously with previous procedure.

Details – Dealing with Construction Permits in Ethiopia – Measure of Quality

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Figure – Getting Electricity in Ethiopia and comparator economies – Ranking and DTF

DB 2018 Distance to Frontier (DTF)

Note: The ranking of economies on the ease of getting electricity is determined by sorting their distance to frontier scores for getting electricity. These scores are the simple average of the distance to frontier scores for each of the component indicators.

Figure – Getting Electricity in Ethiopia – Procedure, Time and Cost

* This symbol is shown beside procedure numbers that take place simultaneously with the previous procedure.

Note: Online procedures account for 0.5 days in the total time calculation. For economies that have a different procedure list for men and women, the graph shows the time for women. For more information on methodology, see the Doing Business website (http://www.doingbusiness.org/en/methodology). For details on the procedures reflected here, see the summary below.

Figure – Getting Electricity in Ethiopia and comparator economies – Measure of Quality

Details – Getting Electricity in Ethiopia – Procedure, Time and Cost

Applies to women only.

Takes place simultaneously with previous procedure.

Details – Getting Electricity in Ethiopia – Measure of Quality

Note:

If the duration and frequency of outages is 100 or less, the economy is eligible to score on the Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff index.

If the duration and frequency of outages is not available, or is over 100, the economy is not eligible to score on the index.

If the minimum outage time considered for SAIDI/SAIFI is over 5 minutes, the economy is not eligible to score on the index.

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Figure – Registering Property in Ethiopia and comparator economies – Ranking and DTF

DB 2018 Distance to Frontier (DTF)

Note: The ranking of economies on the ease of registering property is determined by sorting their distance to frontier scores for registering property. These scores are the simple average of the distance to frontier scores for each of the component indicators.

Figure – Registering Property in Ethiopia – Procedure, Time and Cost

* This symbol is shown beside procedure numbers that take place simultaneously with the previous procedure.

Note: Online procedures account for 0.5 days in the total time calculation. For economies that have a different procedure list for men and women, the graph shows the time for women. For more information on methodology, see the Doing Business website (http://www.doingbusiness.org/en/methodology). For details on the procedures reflected here, see the summary below.

Figure – Registering Property in Ethiopia and comparator economies – Measure of Quality

Details – Registering Property in Ethiopia – Procedure, Time and Cost

Applies to women only.

Takes place simultaneously with previous procedure.

Details – Registering Property in Ethiopia – Measure of Quality

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Figure – Getting Credit in Ethiopia and comparator economies – Ranking and DTF

DB 2018 Distance to Frontier (DTF)

Note: The ranking of economies on the ease of getting credit is determined by sorting their distance to frontier scores for getting credit. These scores are the distance to frontier score for the sum of the strength of legal rights index and the depth of credit information index.

Figure – Legal Rights in Ethiopia and comparator economies

Details – Legal Rights in Ethiopia

Figure – Credit Information in Ethiopia and comparator economies

Details – Credit Information in Ethiopia

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Figure – Protecting Minority Investors in Ethiopia and comparator economies – Ranking and DTF

DB 2018 Distance to Frontier (DTF)

Note: The ranking of economies on the strength of minority investor protections is determined by sorting their distance to frontier scores for protecting minority investors. These scores are the simple average of the distance to frontier scores for the extent of conflict of interest regulation index and the extent of shareholder governance index.

Figure – Protecting Minority Investors in Ethiopia and comparator economies – Measure of Quality

Details – Protecting Minority Investors in Ethiopia – Measure of Quality

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Figure – Paying Taxes in Ethiopia and comparator economies – Ranking and DTF

DB 2018 Distance to Frontier (DTF)

Note: The ranking of economies on the ease of paying taxes is determined by sorting their distance to frontier scores on the ease of paying taxes. These scores are the simple average of the distance to frontier scores for each of the four component indicators – number of tax payments. time, total tax rate and postfiling index – with a threshold and a nonlinear transformation applied to one of the component indicators, the total tax rate. The nonlinear distance to frontier for the total tax rate is equal to the distance to frontier for the total tax rate to the power of 0.8. The threshold is defined as the total tax rate at the 15th percentile of the overall distribution for all years included in the analysis up to and including Doing Business 2015, which is 26.1%. All economies with a total tax rate below this threshold receive the same score as the economy at the threshold.

Figure – Paying Taxes in Ethiopia and comparator economies – Measure of Quality

Details – Paying Taxes in Ethiopia

Details – Paying Taxes in Ethiopia Tax by Type

Details – Paying Taxes in Ethiopia – Measure of Quality

Notes: Names of taxes have been standardized. For instance income tax, profit tax, tax on company's income are all named corporate income tax in this table.
The hours for VAT include all the VAT and sales taxes applicable.
The hours for Social Security include all the hours for labor taxes and mandatory contributions in general.
The postfiling index is the average of the scores on time to comply with VAT refund, time to obtain a VAT refund, time to comply with a corporate income tax audit and time to complete a corporate income tax audit.
N/A = Not applicable.

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Figure – Trading across Borders in Ethiopia and comparator economies – Ranking and DTF

DB 2018 Distance to Frontier (DTF)

Note: The ranking of economies on the ease of trading across borders is determined by sorting their distance to frontier scores for trading across borders. These scores are the simple average of the distance to frontier scores for the time and cost for documentary compliance and border compliance to export and import (domestic transport is not used for calculating the ranking).

Figure – Trading across Borders in Ethiopia – Time and Cost

Details – Trading across Borders in Ethiopia

Details – Trading across Borders in Ethiopia – Components of Border Compliance

Details – Trading across Borders in Ethiopia – Trade Documents

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Figure – Enforcing Contracts in Ethiopia and comparator economies – Ranking and DTF

DB 2018 Distance to Frontier (DTF)

Note: The ranking of economies on the ease of enforcing contracts is determined by sorting their distance to frontier scores for enforcing contracts. These scores are the simple average of the distance to frontier scores for each of the component indicators.

Figure – Enforcing Contracts in Ethiopia – Time and Cost

Figure – Enforcing Contracts in Ethiopia and comparator economies – Measure of Quality

Details – Enforcing Contracts in Ethiopia

Details – Enforcing Contracts in Ethiopia – Measure of Quality

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Figure – Resolving Insolvency in Ethiopia and comparator economies – Ranking and DTF

DB 2018 Distance to Frontier (DTF)

Note: The ranking of economies on the ease of resolving insolvency is determined by sorting their distance to frontier scores for resolving insolvency. These scores are the simple average of the distance to frontier scores for the recovery rate and the strength of insolvency framework index.

Figure – Resolving Insolvency in Ethiopia – Time and Cost

Figure – Resolving Insolvency in Ethiopia and comparator economies – Measure of Quality

Figure – Resolving Insolvency in Ethiopia and comparator economies – Recovery Rate

Details – Resolving Insolvency in Ethiopia

Details – Resolving Insolvency in Ethiopia – Measure of Quality

Note: Even if the economy’s legal framework includes provisions related to insolvency proceedings (liquidation or reorganization), the economy receives 0 points for the strength of insolvency framework index, if time, cost and outcome indicators are recorded as “no practice”.