Doing Business 2016: Chad Economy Profile Summary
Core Content
The Doing Business 2016 report evaluates the regulatory environment for small to medium-sized businesses across 189 economies, including Chad. It measures and tracks changes in regulations affecting 11 key areas of the business life cycle, such as starting a business, getting electricity, registering property, and resolving insolvency. The report provides a comprehensive ranking and distance to frontier (DTF) score for each indicator, offering insights into the ease of doing business.
Main Indicators and Rankings
Ease of Doing Business Ranking
- Chad DB2016 Rank: 183
- Chad DB2015 Rank: 182
- Change in Rank: -1
- Chad DTF Score (2016): 38.22
- Chad DTF Score (2015): 37.83
- Change in DTF: +0.39
Key Business Regulation Indicators
| Indicator |
Chad DB2016 |
Chad DB2015 |
Cameroon DB2016 |
Central African Republic DB2016 |
France DB2016 |
Mali DB2016 |
Niger DB2016 |
Nigeria DB2016 |
Global Best Performer DB2016 |
| Starting a Business (Rank) |
185 |
184 |
137 |
189 |
32 |
172 |
134 |
139 |
New Zealand (1) |
| Starting a Business (DTF) |
41.92 |
41.86 |
77.41 |
31.36 |
93.14 |
66.05 |
77.62 |
77.13 |
New Zealand (99.96) |
| Procedures (number) |
9.0 |
9.0 |
5.0 |
10.0 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
6.0 |
8.7 |
5 Economies (7.00) |
| Time (days) |
60.0 |
60.0 |
15.0 |
22.0 |
4.0 |
8.5 |
15.0 |
30.8 |
New Zealand (0.50) |
| Indicator |
Chad DB2016 |
Chad DB2015 |
Cameroon DB2016 |
Central African Republic DB2016 |
France DB2016 |
Mali DB2016 |
Niger DB2016 |
Nigeria DB2016 |
Global Best Performer DB2016 |
| Dealing with Construction Permits (Rank) |
133 |
132 |
159 |
155 |
40 |
152 |
178 |
175 |
Singapore (1) |
| Dealing with Construction Permits (DTF) |
62.23 |
62.23 |
54.79 |
57.04 |
75.46 |
57.98 |
45.37 |
49.61 |
Singapore (92.97) |
| Procedures (number) |
13.0 |
13.0 |
15.0 |
15.0 |
9.0 |
13.0 |
15.0 |
16.1 |
14 Economies (3.00) |
| Time (days) |
221.0 |
221.0 |
150.0 |
200.0 |
4.0 |
124.0 |
115.0 |
106.3 |
Singapore (26.00) |
| Cost (% of warehouse value) |
7.9 |
7.9 |
14.4 |
4.3 |
4.7 |
7.6 |
16.1 |
24.4 |
Qatar (0.00) |
| Building quality control index (0-15) |
11.5 |
11.5 |
10.0 |
6.0 |
13.0 |
4.5 |
4.0 |
6.8 |
4 Economies (28.50) |
| Indicator |
Chad DB2016 |
Chad DB2015 |
Cameroon DB2016 |
Central African Republic DB2016 |
France DB2016 |
Mali DB2016 |
Niger DB2016 |
Nigeria DB2016 |
Global Best Performer DB2016 |
| Getting Electricity (Rank) |
181 |
179 |
113 |
186 |
20 |
151 |
169 |
182 |
Korea, Rep. (1) |
| Getting Electricity (DTF) |
33.53 |
33.48 |
60.95 |
24.64 |
85.78 |
48.95 |
40.89 |
30.91 |
Korea, Rep. (99.88) |
| Procedures (number) |
6.0 |
6.0 |
4.0 |
7.0 |
5.0 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
9.0 |
14 Economies (3.00) |
| Time (days) |
67.0 |
67.0 |
64.0 |
98.0 |
71.0 |
120.0 |
115.0 |
181.2 |
Korea, Rep. (18.00) |
| Cost (% of income per capita) |
7,660.5 |
7,677.5 |
1,582.9 |
15,326.1 |
41.3 |
3,498.9 |
6,284.3 |
437.7 |
Japan (0.00) |
| Indicator |
Chad DB2016 |
Chad DB2015 |
Cameroon DB2016 |
Central African Republic DB2016 |
France DB2016 |
Mali DB2016 |
Niger DB2016 |
Nigeria DB2016 |
Global Best Performer DB2016 |
| Registering Property (Rank) |
155 |
163 |
175 |
167 |
85 |
140 |
126 |
181 |
New Zealand (1) |
| Registering Property (DTF) |
45.73 |
41.94 |
38.17 |
41.88 |
64.94 |
50.08 |
52.99 |
31.43 |
New Zealand (94.46) |
| Procedures (number) |
6.0 |
6.0 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
8.0 |
5.0 |
4.0 |
12.1 |
4 Economies (1.00) |
| Time (days) |
44.0 |
44.0 |
86.0 |
75.0 |
49.0 |
29.0 |
35.0 |
69.6 |
3 Economies (1.00) |
| Cost (% of property value) |
12.7 |
15.2 |
18.9 |
11.1 |
6.1 |
11.9 |
9.0 |
10.5 |
Saudi Arabia (0.00) |
| Quality of land administration index (0-30) |
9.0 |
9.0 |
8.0 |
3.0 |
24.5 |
8.0 |
4.0 |
6.3 |
3 Economies (28.50) |
| Indicator |
Chad DB2016 |
Chad DB2015 |
Cameroon DB2016 |
Central African Republic DB2016 |
France DB2016 |
Mali DB2016 |
Niger DB2016 |
Nigeria DB2016 |
Global Best Performer DB2016 |
| Getting Credit (Rank) |
133 |
128 |
126 |
133 |
79 |
133 |
133 |
59 |
New Zealand (1) |
| Getting Credit (DTF) |
30 |
30 |
35 |
30 |
50 |
30 |
30 |
60 |
New Zealand (100) |
| Strength of legal rights index (0-12) |
6.0 |
6.0 |
6.0 |
6.0 |
4.0 |
6.0 |
6.0 |
6.8 |
3 Economies (12.00) |
| Depth of credit information index (0-8) |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
6.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
6.0 |
26 Economies (8.00) |
| Credit registry coverage (% of adults) |
2.4 |
2.1 |
6.5 |
3.3 |
45.1 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
Portugal (100.00) |
| Credit bureau coverage (% of adults) |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
6.7 |
22 Economies (100.00) |
| Indicator |
Chad DB2016 |
Chad DB2015 |
Cameroon DB2016 |
Central African Republic DB2016 |
France DB2016 |
Mali DB2016 |
Niger DB2016 |
Nigeria DB2016 |
Global Best Performer DB2016 |
| Trading Across Borders (Rank) |
168 |
167 |
185 |
144 |
1 |
82 |
158 |
182 |
Denmark (1) |
| Trading Across Borders (DTF) |
38.19 |
38.19 |
15.99 |
52.88 |
100 |
73.98 |
44.35 |
18.05 |
Denmark (100) |
| Time to export: Border compliance (hours) |
99 |
99 |
202 |
161 |
0 |
48 |
48 |
159 |
15 Economies (0.00) |
| Cost to export: Border compliance (USD) |
319 |
319 |
983 |
280 |
0 |
17 |
543 |
786 |
18 Economies (0.00) |
| Time to export: Documentary compliance (hours) |
87 |
87 |
66 |
48 |
1 |
48 |
51 |
131 |
Jordan (0.00) |
| Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD) |
188 |
188 |
306 |
60 |
0 |
33 |
204 |
250 |
20 Economies (0.00) |
| Time to import: Border compliance (hours) |
218 |
218 |
271 |
74 |
0 |
86 |
114 |
298 |
19 Economies (0.00) |
| Cost to import: Border compliance (USD) |
669 |
669 |
1,407 |
726 |
0 |
298 |
762 |
1,077 |
28 Economies (0.00) |
| Time to import: Documentary compliance (hours) |
338 |
338 |
163 |
120 |
1 |
77 |
192 |
173 |
21 Economies (1.00) |
| Cost to import: Documentary compliance (USD) |
500 |
500 |
849 |
500 |
0 |
375 |
757 |
564 |
30 Economies (0.00) |
| Indicator |
Chad DB2016 |
Chad DB2015 |
Cameroon DB2016 |
Central African Republic DB2016 |
France DB2016 |
Mali DB2016 |
Niger DB2016 |
Nigeria DB2016 |
Global Best Performer DB2016 |
| Enforcing Contracts (Rank) |
156 |
156 |
159 |
177 |
14 |
149 |
154 |
143 |
Singapore (1) |
| Enforcing Contracts (DTF) |
44.58 |
44.58 |
42.69 |
33.24 |
74.89 |
45.58 |
44.63 |
48.59 |
Singapore (84.91) |
| Time (days) |
743.0 |
743.0 |
800.0 |
660.0 |
395.0 |
620.0 |
545.0 |
509.8 |
Singapore (150.00) |
| Cost (% of claim) |
45.7 |
45.7 |
46.6 |
82.0 |
17.4 |
52.0 |
52.6 |
57.7 |
Iceland (9.00) |
| Quality of judicial processes index (0-18) |
6.5 |
6.5 |
6.5 |
6.5 |
12.0 |
6.5 |
5.0 |
7.7 |
3 Economies (15.50) |
| Resolving Insolvency (Rank) |
149 |
149 |
118 |
149 |
24 |
100 |
121 |
143 |
Finland (1) |
| Resolving Insolvency (DTF) |
28.13 |
28.13 |
36.46 |
28.13 |
76.09 |
40.35 |
36.01 |
30.68 |
Finland (93.81) |
| Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) |
0.0 |
0.0 |
15.5 |
0.0 |
77.5 |
22.7 |
14.7 |
28.0 |
Japan (92.90) |
| Time (years) |
4.0 |
4.0 |
2.8 |
4.8 |
1.9 |
3.6 |
5.0 |
2.0 |
Ireland (0.40) |
| Cost (% of estate) |
60.0 |
60.0 |
33.5 |
76.0 |
9.0 |
18.0 |
18.0 |
22.0 |
Norway (1.00) |
| Outcome (0 as piecemeal sale and 1 as going concern) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
| Strength of insolvency framework index (0-16) |
9.0 |
9.0 |
9.0 |
9.0 |
11.0 |
9.0 |
9.0 |
5.0 |
4 Economies (15.00) |
Key Findings
- Ease of Doing Business: Chad ranks 183 out of 189 economies, showing minimal improvement from 2015.
- Distance to Frontier (DTF): Chad’s DTF score increased slightly from 37.83 to 38.22, indicating a minor move toward best practices.
- Starting a Business: Chad requires 9 procedures, taking 60 days and costing 150.4% of income per capita. It is significantly worse than comparator economies like Cameroon and France.
- Dealing with Construction Permits: Chad requires 13 procedures, taking 221 days and costing 7.9% of warehouse value. It is far behind Singapore, which has the best performance.
- Getting Electricity: Chad ranks 181 and has a DTF score of 33.53. It requires 6 procedures, taking 67 days and costing 7,660.5% of income per capita. It is worse than Korea, Rep.
- Registering Property: Chad ranks 155 and has a DTF score of 45.73. It requires 6 procedures, taking 44 days and costing 12.7% of property value. It is far behind New Zealand.
- Getting Credit: Chad ranks 133 and has a DTF score of 30. It requires 0 credit bureau coverage, making it one of the worst performers globally.
- Protecting Minority Investors: Chad ranks 155 and has a DTF score of 38.33. It scores low on both the strength of minority investor protection and conflict of interest regulation.
- Paying Taxes: Chad ranks 186 and has a DTF score of 19.54. It requires 54 payments per year, taking 732 hours and costing 63.5% of profit.
- Trading Across Borders: Chad ranks 168 and has a DTF score of 38.19. It requires significant time and cost for both export and import processes.
- Enforcing Contracts: Chad ranks 156 and has a DTF score of 44.58. It requires 743 days and costs 45.7% of claims, indicating a weak judicial system.
- Resolving Insolvency: Chad ranks 149 and has a DTF score of 28.13. It takes 4 years and costs 60% of the estate to resolve insolvency, with a recovery rate of 0 cents per dollar.
Methodology Notes
- The report uses an aggregate ranking and DTF score to assess the ease of doing business.
- The DTF score measures the absolute distance from best practices, while the ranking reflects relative performance.
- The methodology was updated in 2016, particularly for indicators like Dealing with Construction Permits, Getting Electricity, and Registering Property.
- The Protecting Minority Investors indicator now includes limited companies, not just private joint stock companies.
- The report does not include labor market regulation in the aggregate ranking or DTF score, but provides data in the economy profile.
Conclusion
Chad faces significant challenges in its business environment, with poor performance across most indicators. The report highlights the need for regulatory reforms in areas such as starting a business, getting credit, and resolving insolvency. While there has been a slight improvement in the DTF score, the overall ranking remains low, indicating that Chad is still far from the best practices in regulatory efficiency and quality.