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Doing Business 2016: Lebanon Summary

Core Content

The Doing Business report evaluates the ease of doing business in 189 economies, focusing on regulatory quality and efficiency. It measures 11 key areas in the business life cycle, including starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, resolving insolvency, and labor market regulation. Lebanon's performance in these areas is analyzed alongside comparator economies to provide a comprehensive view of its regulatory environment.

Key Indicators and Performance

The report presents both rankings and distance to frontier (DTF) scores for each indicator. Lebanon's DTF scores and rankings are compared with other Middle Eastern and North African countries as well as global best performers.

Starting a Business

• Rank (DB2016): 114
• Rank (DB2015): 108
• DTF Score (DB2016): 82.68
• DTF Score (DB2015): 82.77
• Procedures: 6
• Time (days): 15
• Cost (% of income per capita): 34.0
• Paid-in Minimum Capital (% of income per capita): 33.2
• Comparator Economies: Egypt (73), Jordan (88), Saudi Arabia (130), Syria (127), Turkey (94), UAE (60)
• Best Performer: New Zealand (1)

Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank (DB2016): 130
• Rank (DB2015): 129
• DTF Score (DB2016): 62.44
• DTF Score (DB2015): 62.45
• Procedures: 18
• Time (days): 244
• Cost (% of warehouse value): 4.4
• Building Quality Control Index (0-15): 13.0
• Comparator Economies: Egypt (113), Jordan (103), Saudi Arabia (17), Syria (189), Turkey (98), UAE (2)
• Best Performer: Singapore (1)

Getting Electricity

• Rank (DB2016): 116
• Rank (DB2015): 111
• DTF Score (DB2016): 60.18
• DTF Score (DB2015): 60.18
• Procedures: 5
• Time (days): 75
• Cost (% of income per capita): 93.9
• Reliability of Supply and Transparency of Tariff Index (0-8): 0.0
• Comparator Economies: Egypt (144), Jordan (56), Saudi Arabia (24), Syria (120), Turkey (36), UAE (4)
• Best Performer: Korea, Rep. (1)

Registering Property

• Rank (DB2016): 103
• Rank (DB2015): 99
• DTF Score (DB2016): 60.02
• DTF Score (DB2015): 61.1
• Procedures: 8
• Time (days): 34
• Cost (% of property value): 5.9
• Quality of Land Administration Index (0-30): 16.0
• Comparator Economies: Egypt (111), Jordan (98), Saudi Arabia (31), Syria (136), Turkey (52), UAE (10)
• Best Performer: New Zealand (1)

Getting Credit

• Rank (DB2016): 109
• Rank (DB2015): 105
• DTF Score (DB2016): 40
• DTF Score (DB2015): 40
• Strength of Legal Rights Index (0-12): 2.0
• Depth of Credit Information Index (0-8): 6.0
• Credit Bureau Coverage (% of adults): 0.0
• Comparator Economies: Egypt (79), Jordan (185), Saudi Arabia (79), Syria (167), Turkey (79), UAE (97)
• Best Performer: New Zealand (1)

Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank (DB2016): 134
• Rank (DB2015): 133
• DTF Score (DB2016): 43.33
• DTF Score (DB2015): 43.33
• Strength of Minority Investor Protection Index (0-10): 4.3
• Extent of Conflict of Interest Regulation Index (0-10): 5.0
• Extent of Shareholder Governance Index (0-10): 3.7
• Comparator Economies: Egypt (122), Jordan (163), Saudi Arabia (99), Syria (88), Turkey (20), UAE (49)
• Best Performer: Singapore (1)

Paying Taxes

• Rank (DB2016): 45
• Rank (DB2015): 44
• DTF Score (DB2016): 81.69
• DTF Score (DB2015): 81.69
• Payments (number per year): 20
• Time (hours per year): 183
• Total Tax Rate (% of profit): 30.3
• Comparator Economies: Egypt (151), Jordan (52), Saudi Arabia (3), Syria (119), Turkey (61), UAE (1)
• Best Performer: United Arab Emirates (1)

Trading Across Borders

• Rank (DB2016): 147
• Rank (DB2015): 147
• DTF Score (DB2016): 50.61
• DTF Score (DB2015): 50.61
• Time to Export: Border Compliance (hours): 96
• Cost to Export: Border Compliance (USD): 410
• Time to Export: Documentary Compliance (hours): 72
• Cost to Export: Documentary Compliance (USD): 200
• Time to Import: Border Compliance (hours): 180
• Cost to Import: Border Compliance (USD): 695
• Comparator Economies: Egypt (157), Jordan (50), Saudi Arabia (150), Syria (173), Turkey (62), UAE (101)
• Best Performer: Denmark (1)

Enforcing Contracts

• Rank (DB2016): 135
• Rank (DB2015): 134
• DTF Score (DB2016): 49.85
• DTF Score (DB2015): 49.85
• Time (days): 721
• Cost (% of claim): 30.8
• Quality of Judicial Processes Index (0-18): 6.0
• Comparator Economies: Egypt (155), Jordan (126), Saudi Arabia (86), Syria (157), Turkey (36), UAE (18)
• Best Performer: Singapore (1)

Resolving Insolvency

• Rank (DB2016): 134
• Rank (DB2015): 135
• DTF Score (DB2016): 33.07
• DTF Score (DB2015): 33.03
• Recovery Rate (cents on the dollar): 32.4
• Time (years): 3.0
• Cost (% of estate): 15.0
• Strength of Insolvency Framework Index (0-16): 5.0
• Comparator Economies: Egypt (119), Jordan (146), Saudi Arabia (189), Syria (157), Turkey (124), UAE (91)
• Best Performer: Finland (1)

Methodology Changes in 2016

• Starting a Business: No changes, but includes additional data on procedures and time.
• Dealing with Construction Permits: Added index for building regulation quality and implementation.
• Getting Electricity: Added price of electricity and reliability and tariff transparency index.
• Registering Property: Added index for land administration system quality.
• Enforcing Contracts: Added index for judicial processes quality and efficiency.
• Trading Across Borders: Updated to reflect comparative advantage in exports and import partner selection.
• Protecting Minority Investors: Updated to include limited companies rather than just joint stock companies.

Notes

• The report excludes labor market regulation from the aggregate ease of doing business ranking.
• Data is current as of June 1, 2015, except for paying taxes, which covers 2014.
• The methodology is continuously updated to reflect changes in regulatory practices and data availability.
• The DTF score provides an absolute measure of how far an economy is from best practice, while the ranking compares economies relative to each other.