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01 Doing Business

02 World Development Indicators

11 Africa Development Indicators

12 Education Statistics

13 Enterprise Surveys

14 Gender Statistics

15 Global Economic Monitor

18 IDA Results Measurement System

19 Millennium Development Goals

20 Quarterly Public Sector Debt

22 Quarterly External Debt Statistics SDDS

23 Quarterly External Debt Statistics GDDS

27 Global Economic Prospects

28 Global Findex database

29 The Atlas of Social Protection: Indicators of Resilience and Equity

30 Exporter Dynamics Database – Indicators at Country-Year Level

32 Global Financial Development

33 G20 Financial Inclusion Indicators

34 Global Partnership for Education

35 Sustainable Energy for All

37 LAC Equity Lab

40 Population estimates and projections

41 Country Partnership Strategy for India (FY2013 - 17)

43 Adjusted Net Savings

45 Indonesia Database for Policy and Economic Research

46 Sustainable Development Goals

57 WDI Database Archives

59 Wealth Accounts

60 Economic Fitness

61 PPPs Regulatory Quality

63 Human Capital Index

64 Worldwide Bureaucracy Indicators

65 Health Equity and Financial Protection Indicators

66 Logistics Performance Index

69 Global Financial Inclusion and Consumer Protection Survey

70 Economic Fitness 2

71 International Comparison Program (ICP) 2005

73 Global Financial Inclusion and Consumer Protection Survey (Internal)

75 Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) Data

78 ICP 2017

79 PEFA_GRPFM

80 Gender Disaggregated Labor Database (GDLD)

81 International Debt Statistics: DSSI

82 Global Public Procurement

86 Global Jobs Indicators Database (JOIN)

87 Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR)

88 Food Prices for Nutrition

89 Identification for Development (ID4D) Data

91 PEFA_CRPFM

92 Disability Data Hub (DDH)

93 FPN Datahub Archive

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01 Doing Business

ENF.CONT.COEN.ATDR - Enforcing contracts: Alternative dispute resolution (0-3) (DB16-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The alternative dispute resolution evaluates two aspects: (i) whether domestic commercial arbitration is regulated by law, all disputes can be submitted to arbitration and valid arbitration clauses are usually enforced by courts; and (ii) whet

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ENF.CONT.COEN.ATFE.PR - Enforcing contracts: Attorney fees (% of claim)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The attorney fees are the fees that plaintiff must advance to a local attorney in the standardized case, regardless of final reimbursement.

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ENF.CONT.COEN.COST.ZS - Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The cost to enforce contracts is recorded as a percentage of the claim value, assumed to be equivalent to 200% of income per capita or $5,000, whichever is greater. Three types of costs are recorded: average attorney fees, court costs and enfo

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ENF.CONT.COEN.COST.ZS.DFRN - Enforcing contracts: Cost (% of claim) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for cost to enforce contracts benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best r

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ENF.CONT.COEN.CSMG - Enforcing contracts: Case management (0-6) (DB16-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The case management evaluates six aspects of the court case management system: (i) whether there are regulations setting time standards for key court events; (ii) whether there are regulations on adjournments and continuances; (iii) whether pe

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ENF.CONT.COEN.CTAU - Enforcing contracts: Court automation (0-4) (DB17-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The court automation evaluates four aspects: (i) whether the initial complaint can be filed electronically; (ii) whether the initial complaint can be served electronically; (iii) whether court fees can be paid electronically; and (iv) whether

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ENF.CONT.COEN.CTFE.PR - Enforcing contracts: Court fees (% of claim)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The court fees include all costs that plaintiff must advance to the court, regardless of the final cost borne by plaintiff. Court costs include the fees that the parties must pay to obtain an expert opinion, regardless of whether they are paid

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ENF.CONT.COEN.CTSP.DB1719 - Enforcing contracts: Court structure and proceedings (0-5) (DB17-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The court structure and proceedings evaluates five aspects of the court system: (i) whether a specialized commercial court, division or section is available; (ii) whether a small claims court and/or simplified procedure for small claims is ava

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ENF.CONT.COEN.DB0415.DFRN - Enforcing contracts (DB04-15 methodology) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for enforcing contracts is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time and cost for resolving a commercial dispute through a local first-instance court. The score is computed based on t

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ENF.CONT.COEN.DB1719.DFRN - Enforcing contracts (DB17-20 methodology) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for enforcing contracts is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the time and cost for resolving a commercial dispute through a local first-instance court, as well as the quality of judicial processes

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ENF.CONT.COEN.ENFE.PR - Enforcing contracts: Enforcement fees (% of claim)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The enforcement fees are all costs that plaintiff must advance to enforce the judgment through a public sale of defendant’s movable assets, regardless of the final cost borne by plaintiff.

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ENF.CONT.COEN.ENJU.DY - Enforcing contracts: Enforcement of judgment (days)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The time for enforcement of judgment captures the time from the moment the time to appeal has elapsed until the money is recovered by the winning party.

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ENF.CONT.COEN.FLSR.DY - Enforcing contracts: Filing and service (days)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The time for filing and service captures the time from the moment plaintiff decides to sue until defendant is served.

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ENF.CONT.COEN.PROC.NO - Enforcing contracts: Procedures (number)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The procedures to enforce contracts records the list of procedural steps compiled for each economy that traces the chronology of a commercial dispute before the relevant court. A procedure is defined as any interaction, required by law or comm

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ENF.CONT.COEN.PROC.NO.DFRN - Enforcing contracts: Procedures (number) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for procedures to enforce contracts benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the

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ENF.CONT.COEN.QUJP.DB16.DFRN - Enforcing contracts: Quality of the judicial processes index (0-19) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for quality of judicial processes index benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100

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ENF.CONT.COEN.QUJP.XD - Enforcing contracts: Quality of the judicial processes index (0-18) (DB17-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The quality of judicial processes index is the sum of the court structure and proceedings, case management, court automation and alternative dispute resolution. The index is computed based on the methodology in the DB17-20 studies.

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ENF.CONT.COEN.RK.DB19 - Rank: Enforcing contracts (1=most business-friendly regulations)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The ranking of economies on the ease of enforcing contracts is determined by sorting their scores for enforcing contracts.

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ENF.CONT.COEN.TRJU.DY - Enforcing contracts: Trial and judgment (days)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The time for trial and judgment captures the time from the moment defendant is served until the time to appeal has elapsed.

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ENF.CONT.DURS.DY - Enforcing contracts: Time (days)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The time to enforce contracts is recorded in calendar days, counted from the moment plaintiff decides to file the lawsuit in court until payment. The average duration of the following three different stages of dispute resolution is recorded: (

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ENF.CONT.DURS.DY.DFRN - Enforcing contracts: Time (days) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for time to enforce contracts benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best r

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IC.BUS.EASE.DFRN.DB1014 - Global: Ease of doing business score (DB10-14 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The ease of doing business score is the simple average of the scores for each of the Doing Business topics: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority

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IC.BUS.EASE.DFRN.DB16 - Global: Ease of doing business score (DB15 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The ease of doing business score is the simple average of the scores for each of the Doing Business topics: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority

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IC.BUS.EASE.DFRN.XQ.DB1719 - Global: Ease of doing business score (DB17-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The ease of doing business score is the simple average of the scores for each of the Doing Business topics: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority

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IC.CNST.LIR.XD.02.DB1619 - Dealing with construction permits: Liability and insurance regimes index (0-2) (DB16-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The liability and insurance regimes index evaluates the stringency of latent defect liability and insurance regimes. It has two components: (i) whether any parties involved in the construction process are held legally liable for latent defects

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IC.CNST.PC.XD.04.DB1619 - Dealing with construction permits: Professional certifications index (0-4) (DB16-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The professional certifications index evaluates professional certi?cation requirements. It has two components: (i) the qualification requirements of the professional responsible for verifying that the architectural plans or drawings are in com

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IC.CNST.PRMT.BQCI.015.DB1619.DFRN - Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index (0-15) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for the building quality control index benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulator

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IC.CNST.PRMT.COST.WRH.VAL - Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The cost records all official costs associated with completing the procedures to legally build a warehouse, including the costs associated with obtaining land use approvals and preconstruction design clearances; receiving inspections before, d

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IC.CNST.PRMT.COST.WRH.VAL.DFRN - Dealing with construction permits: Cost (% of Warehouse value) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.

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IC.CNST.PRMT.DFRN.DB0615 - Dealing with construction permits (DB06-15 methodology) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for dealing with construction permits is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time, cost to deal with construction permits, as well as the building quality control index that evaluate

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IC.CNST.PRMT.DFRN.DB1619 - Dealing with construction permits (DB16-20 methodology) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for dealing with construction permits is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time, cost to deal with construction permits, as well as the building quality control index that evaluate

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IC.CNST.PRMT.PROC.NO - Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The number of procedures records all interactions of the building company’s employees or any party acting on its behalf with external parties, including government agencies, notaries, the land registry, the cadastre, utility companies and pu

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IC.CNST.PRMT.PROC.NO.DFRN - Dealing with construction permits: Procedures (number) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for the number procedures benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance

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IC.CNST.PRMT.QBR.XD.02.DB1619 - Dealing with construction permits: Quality of building regulations index (0-2) (DB16-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The quality of building regulations index evaluates the accessibility and transparency of building regulations. It has two components: (i) whether building regulations are easily accessible; and (ii) whether the requirements for obtaining a bu

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IC.CNST.PRMT.QCAC.XD.DB1619 - Dealing with construction permits: Quality control after construction index (0-3) (DB16-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The quality control after construction index evaluates quality control after the construction process. It has two components: (i) whether a final inspection is mandated by law to verify that the building was built in accordance with the approv

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IC.CNST.PRMT.QCBC.XD.01.DB1619 - Dealing with construction permits: Quality control before construction index (0-1) (DB16-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The quality control before construction index evaluates quality control in the review of the building plans. The index measures whether by law, a licensed architect or engineer is part of the committee or team that reviews and approves buildin

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IC.CNST.PRMT.QCDC.XD.03.DB1619 - Dealing with construction permits: Quality control during construction index (0-3) (DB16-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The quality control during construction index evaluates quality control during the construction process. It has two components: (i) whether inspections are mandated by law during the construction process; (ii) whether inspections during constr

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IC.CNST.PRMT.RK - Rank: Dealing with construction permits (1=most business-friendly regulations)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The ranking of economies on the ease of dealing with construction permits is determined by sorting their scores for dealing with construction permits.

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IC.CNST.PRMT.TM.DY - Dealing with construction permits: Time (days)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The time captures the median duration that local experts indicate is necessary to complete a procedure in practice. It is calculated in calendar days. The time estimates of all procedures are added to calculate the total time required to compl

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IC.CNST.PRMT.TM.DY.DFRN - Dealing with construction permits: Time (days) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for time benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.

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IC.CRED.ACC.ACES.DB0514 - Getting Credit total score (DB05-14 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The total score for getting credit is the sum of the strength of legal rights index and the depth of credit information index, based on the methodology in the DB05-14 studies.

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IC.CRED.ACC.ACES.DB1519 - Getting Credit total score (DB15-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The total score for getting credit is the sum of the strength of legal rights index and the depth of credit information index, based on the methodology in the DB15-20 studies.

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IC.CRED.ACC.CRD.DB0514.DFRN - Getting credit (DB05-14 methodology) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for getting credit benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator set. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulato

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IC.CRED.ACC.CRD.DB1519.DFRN - Getting credit (DB15-20 methodology) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for getting credit benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator set. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulato

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IC.CRED.ACC.CRD.RK - Rank: Getting credit (1=most business-friendly regulations)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The ranking of economies on the ease of getting credit is determined by sorting their scores for getting credit.

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IC.CRED.ACC.DPTH.CISI.XD.06.DB0514 - Getting credit: Depth of credit information index (0-6) (DB05-14 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The depth of credit information index measures the coverage, scope and accessibility of credit information available through credit reporting service providers such as credit bureaus or credit registries. The index ranges from 0 to 8 based on

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IC.CRED.ACC.DPTH.CISI.XD.06.DB0514.DFRN - Getting credit: Depth of credit information index (0-6) (DB05-14 methodology) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for the depth of credit information benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the

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IC.CRED.ACC.DPTH.CISI.XD.08.DB1519 - Getting credit: Depth of credit information index (0-8) (DB15-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The depth of credit information index measures the coverage, scope and accessibility of credit information available through credit reporting service providers such as credit bureaus or credit registries. The index ranges from 0 to 8 based on

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IC.CRED.ACC.DPTH.CISI.XD.08.DB1519.DFRN - Getting credit: Depth of credit information index (0-8) (DB15-20 methodology) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for the depth of credit information benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the

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IC.CRED.ACC.LGL.RGHT.010.XD.DB0514.DFRN - Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-10) (DB05-14 methodology) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for the strength of legal rights benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the bes

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IC.CRED.ACC.LGL.RGHT.012.XD.DB1519.DFRN - Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-12) (DB15-20 methodology) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for the strength of legal rights benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the bes

Source Organization

IC.CRED.ACC.LGL.RGHT.XD.010.DB0514 - Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-10) (DB05-14 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The strength of legal rights index measures whether certain features that facilitate lending exist within the appli­cable collateral and bankruptcy laws. The index ranges from 0 to 10 based on the methodology in the DB05-14 studies.

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IC.CRED.ACC.LGL.RGHT.XD.012.DB1519 - Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-12) (DB15-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The strength of legal rights index measures whether certain features that facilitate lending exist within the appli­cable collateral and bankruptcy laws. The index ranges from 0 to 12 based on the methodology in the DB15-20 studies.

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IC.CRED.ACC.PRVT.CRD.ZS - Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage (% of adults)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The credit bureau coverage reports the number of individuals and firms listed in a credit bureau’s database as of January 1 with information on their borrowing history from the past five years, and the number of individuals and firms that ha

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IC.CRED.ACC.PUBL.CRD.REG.COVR.ZS - Getting credit: Credit registry coverage (% of adults)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The credit registry coverage reports the number of individuals and firms listed in a credit registry’s database as of January 1 with information on their borrowing history from the past five years, and the number of individuals and firms tha

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IC.DCP.BQC.XD.015.DB1619 - Dealing with construction permits: Building quality control index (0-15) (DB16-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The building quality control index is the sum of the following six indices: quality of building regulations, quality control before construction, quality control during construction, quality control after construction, liability and insurance

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IC.ELC.ACES.DFRN.DB1015 - Getting electricity (DB10-15 methodology) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for getting electricity is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time, cost for a business to obtain a permanent electricity connection and supply for a standardized warehouse, as well

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IC.ELC.ACES.DFRN.DB1619 - Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for getting electricity is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time, cost for a business to obtain a permanent electricity connection and supply for a standardized warehouse, as well

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IC.ELC.ACES.RK.DB19 - Rank: Getting electricity (1=most business-friendly regulations)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes

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IC.ELC.ACS.COST - Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The cost is the total median cost associated with completing the procedures to connect a warehouse to electricity. It is calculated as a percentage of income per capita. All the fees and costs associated with completing the procedures to conne

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IC.ELC.ACS.COST.DFRN - Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.

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IC.ELC.COMM.TRFF.CG.01.DB1619 - Getting electricity: Communication of tariffs and tariff changes (0-1) (DB16-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The communication of tariffs and tariff changes index evaluates whether electricity tariffs are transparent. A score of 1 is assigned if effective tariffs are available online and customers are notified of a change in tariff a full billing cyc

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IC.ELC.LMTG.OUTG.01.DB1619 - Getting electricity: Financial deterrents aimed at limiting outages (0-1) (DB16-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes Th financial deterrents index evaluates whether financial deterrents exist to limit outages. A score of 1 is assigned if the utility compensates customers when outages exceed a certain cap, if the utility is fined by the regulator when outages

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IC.ELC.MONT.OUTG.01.DB1619 - Getting electricity: Mechanisms for monitoring outages (0-1) (DB16-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The mechanisms for monitoring outages index evaluates what tools are used by the distribution utility to monitor power outages. A score of 1 is assigned if the utility uses automated tools, such as an Outage/Incident Management System (OMS/IMS

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IC.ELC.OUTG.FREQ.DURS.03.DB1619 - Getting electricity: Total duration and frequency of outages per customer a year (0-3) (DB16-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The total duration and frequency of outages per customer a year index evaluates the quality of the power supply. If SAIDI and SAIFI are 12 (equivalent to an outage of one hour each month) or below, a score of 1 is assigned. If SAIDI and SAIFI

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IC.ELC.OUTG.MN.DB1619 - Getting electricity: Minimum outage time (in minutes) (DB16-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The minimum outage time is the minimum time, in minutes, considered for the calculation of the SAIDI and SAIFI indices. If the minimum outage time exceeds 5 minutes, an economy is not eligible to obtain a score on the Reliability of supply and

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IC.ELC.PRI.KH.DB1619 - Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) (DB16-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The price of electricity is measured in U.S. cents per kWh. A monthly electricity consumption is assumed, for which a bill is then computed for a warehouse based in the largest business city of the economy for the month of March. The bill is t

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IC.ELC.PROC.NO - Getting electricity: Procedures (number)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The number of procedures records all the procedures required in practice for businesses to obtain a new electrical connection. A procedure is defined as any interaction of the company’s employees or its main electrician or electrical enginee

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IC.ELC.PROC.NO.DFRN - Getting electricity: Procedures (number) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for the number of procedures benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performa

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IC.ELC.REGU.MONT.01.DB1619 - Getting electricity: Regulatory monitoring (0-1) (DB16-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The regulatory monitoring index evaluates whether a regulator—that is, an entity separate from the utility—monitors the utility’s performance on reliability of supply. A score of 1 is assigned if the regulator performs periodic or real-t

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IC.ELC.RSTOR.01.DB1619 - Getting electricity: Mechanisms for restoring service (0-1) (DB16-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The mechanisms for restoring service index evaluates what tools are used by the distribution utility to restore power supply. A score of 1 is assigned if the utility uses automated tools, such as an OMS/IMS or SCADA system. The index is comput

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IC.ELC.RSTT.XD.08.DB1619 - Getting electricity: Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff index (0-8) (DB16-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The reliability of supply and transparency of tariff index is calculated on the basis of the following six components: (i) duration and frequency of power outages, (ii) tools to monitor power outages, (iii) tools to restore power supply, (iv)

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IC.ELC.RSTT.XD.08.DFRN.DB1619 - Getting electricity: Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff index (0-8) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for the reliability of supply and transparency of tariff index benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance an

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IC.ELC.SAID.XD.DB1619 - Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index (SAIDI) (DB16-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The system average interruption duration index is the average total duration of outages (in hours) experienced by a customer in a year. The index is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.

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IC.ELC.SAIF.XD.DB1619 - Getting electricity: System average interruption frequency index (SAIFI) (DB16-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The system average interruption frequency index (SAIFI) is the average number of service interruptions experienced by a customer in a year. The index is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.

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IC.ELC.TIME.DFRN - Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for time benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.

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IC.REG.COST.PC.FE.ZS.DRFN - Starting a business: Cost - Women (% of income per capita) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for the cost for women benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.

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IC.REG.COST.PC.MA.ZS.DFRN - Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for the cost for men benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.

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IC.REG.DFRN.PC.DFRN - Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for the paid-in minimum capital requirement benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regu

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IC.REG.DURS.FE.DY - Starting a business: Time - Women (days)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The time for women captures the median duration that business incorporation experts indicate is necessary for five female married entrepreneurs to complete all procedures required to start and operate a business with minimum follow-up and no e

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IC.REG.DURS.FE.DY.DRFN - Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for the time for women benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.

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IC.REG.DURS.MA.DY - Starting a business: Time - Men (days)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The time for men captures the median duration that business incorporation experts indicate is necessary for five male married entrepreneurs to complete all procedures required to start and operate a business with minimum follow-up and no extra

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IC.REG.DURS.MA.DY.DFRN - Starting a business: Time - Men (days) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for the time for men benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.

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IC.REG.MIN.CAP - Starting a business: Minimum capital (% of income per capita)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The paid-in minimum capital requirement re?ects the amount that the entrepreneur needs to deposit in a bank or with a third-party before registration or up to three months after incorporation. It is calculated as percentage of income per capit

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IC.REG.PROC.FE.NO - Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The number of procedures for women records all the procedures required in practice for five female married entrepreneurs to start and operate a local limited liability company. A procedure is de?ned as any interaction of the company founders w

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IC.REG.PROC.FE.NO.DFRN - Starting a business: Procedures required - Women (number) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for the number of procedures for women benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulator

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IC.REG.PROC.MA.NO - Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The number of procedures for men records all the procedures required in practice for five male married entrepreneurs to start and operate a local limited liability company. A procedure is de?ned as any interaction of the company founders with

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IC.REG.PROC.MA.NO.DFRN - Starting a business: Procedures required - Men (number) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for the number of procedures for men benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the

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IC.REG.PRRT.COST.PRT.VAL - Registering property: Cost (% of property value)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The cost is the total of official costs associated with completing the procedures to transfer the property, expressed as a percentage of the property value, assumed to be equiva­lent to 50 times income per capita. It is calculted as a percent

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IC.REG.PRRT.COST.PRT.VAL.DFRN - Registering property: Cost (% of property value) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.

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IC.REG.PRRT.DFRN.DB0515 - Registering property (DB05-15 methodology) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for registering property is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time, cost to transfer property between two local companies, as well as the quality of land administration index that

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IC.REG.PRRT.DFRN.DB1719 - Registering property (DB17-20 methodology) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for registering property is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time, cost to transfer property between two local companies, as well as the quality of land administration index that

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IC.REG.PRRT.DURS.TM - Registering property: Time (days)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The number of procedures records all the procedures necessary for a business (the buyer) to purchase a property from another business (the seller) and to transfer the property title to the buyer’s name so that the buyer can use the property

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IC.REG.PRRT.DURS.TM.DRFN - Registering property: Time (days) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for the number of procedures benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performa

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IC.REG.PRRT.EQACCS.XD.08.DB1619 - Registering property: Equal access to property rights index (-2-0) (DB17-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The equal access to property rights index evaluates whether married or unmarried women have equal access to property rights. It has two components: (i) whether unmarried men and unmar­ried women have equal ownership rights to property; and (i

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IC.REG.PRRT.GEO.COVR.XD.08.DB1619 - Registering property: Geographic coverage index (0-8) (DB16-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The geographic coverage index assesses the extent to which the land registry and cadastre provide complete geographic coverage of privately held land parcels. It has four components: (i) how complete the coverage of the land registry is at the

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IC.REG.PRRT.LAND.DISP.XD.08.DB1619 - Registering property: Land dispute resolution index (0-8) (DB16-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The land dispute resolution index measures the accessibility of conflict resolution mechanisms and the extent of liability for entities or agents recording land transactions. It has eight components: (i) whether the law requires that all prope

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IC.REG.PRRT.PROC.NO - Registering property: Procedures (number)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The time captures the median duration that property lawyers, notaries or registry officials indicate is necessary to complete a procedure. It is calculated in calendar days. The time estimates of all procedures are added to calculate the total

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IC.REG.PRRT.PROC.NO.DFRN - Registering property: Procedures (number) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for time benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.

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IC.REG.PRRT.QUAL.LNDADM.XD.030.DB16 - Registering property: Quality of land administration index (0-30) (DB17-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The quality of land administration index is the sum of the reliability of infrastructure, transparency of information, geographic coverage, land dispute resolution and equal access to property rights. The score is computed based on the methodo

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IC.REG.PRRT.QUAL.LNDADM.XD.030.DB16.DFRN - Registering property: Quality of land administration index (0-30) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for the quality of land administration index benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best reg

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IC.REG.PRRT.REG.RK.DB19 - Rank: Registering property (1=most business-friendly regulations)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The ranking of economies on the ease of registering property is determined by sorting their scores for registering property.

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IC.REG.PRRT.RELI.INFR.XD.09.DB1619 - Registering property: Reliability of infrastructure index (0-8) (DB16-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The reliability of infrastructure index assesses whether the land registry and cadaster have adequate infrastructure to guarantee high standards and reduce the risk of errors. It has six components: (i) how land titles are kept at the registry

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IC.REG.PRRT.TRAP.INFO.XD.06.DB1619 - Registering property: Transparency of information index (0-6) (DB16-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The transparency of information index evaluates whether the land administration system makes land-related information publicly available. It has ten components: (i) whether information on land ownership is made publicly available; (ii) whether

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IC.REG.STRT.BUS.DFRN - Starting a business - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for starting a business is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time and cost for an entrepreneur to start and formally operate a business, as well as the paid-in minimum capital requ

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IC.REG.STRT.BUS.RK.DB19 - Rank: Starting a business (1=most business-friendly regulations)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The ranking of economies on the ease of starting a business is determined by sorting their scores for starting a business.

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OTHR.TAX.PAID.ZS - Other taxes (% of profits)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The other taxes measures all other taxes and fees that are borne by the business in the second year of operation, expressed as a share of commercial pro?t. This includes property taxes, turnover taxes and other taxes (such as municipal fees an

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PAY.TAX.COIT.AU.HRS.DB1719 - Paying taxes: Time to comply with corporate income tax correction (hours) (DB17-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The time to comply with a corporate income tax correction measures the time spent preparing and submitting the correction, and the time spent preparing information for the tax officers, if, in 25% or more of cases, a company that voluntarily r

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PAY.TAX.COIT.AU.HRS.TM.DB1719.DFRN - Paying taxes: Time to comply with corporate income tax correction (hours) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for time to comply with a corporate income tax correction benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory pe

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PAY.TAX.COIT.AU.WKS.DB1719 - Paying taxes: Time to complete a corporate income tax correction (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes Time to complete a corporate income tax correction (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) measures the time to complete a review by the tax authority including a formal tax audit if in 25% or more of cases, a company that voluntarily reports an error i

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PAY.TAX.COIT.WKS.TM.DB1719.DFRN - Paying taxes: Time to complete a corporate income tax correction (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for time to complete with a corporate income tax correction benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory

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PAY.TAX.DB0616.DFRN - Paying taxes (DB06-16 methodology) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for paying taxes is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators, the payments, time and total tax and contribution rate for a company to comply with tax laws in an economy. The score is computed based on the

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PAY.TAX.DB1719.DRFN - Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for paying taxes is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators, the payments, time and total tax and contribution rate for a company to comply with tax laws in an economy, as well as the postfiling procedur

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PAY.TAX.LABR.TAX.CONTR.ZS - Paying taxes: Labor tax and contributions (% of profits)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The labor tax and contributions measures all government mandated labor contributions that are borne by the business in the second year of operation, expressed as a share of commercial pro?t.

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PAY.TAX.POST.FIL.XD.0100.DB1719.DFRN - Paying taxes: Postfiling index (0-100) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for postfiling index benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory

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PAY.TAX.PRFT.CP.ZS - Paying taxes: Profit tax (% of profits)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The profit tax measures the amount of income taxes borne by the business in the second year of operation, expressed as a share of commercial pro?t.

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PAY.TAX.PYMT.FREQ.NO - Paying taxes: Payments (number per year)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The tax payments capture the total number of taxes and contributions paid, the method of payment, the frequency of payment, and the frequency of ?ling. It includes taxes withheld by the company, such as sales tax, VAT and employee-borne labor

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PAY.TAX.PYMT.NO.DFRN - Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for tax payments benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory per

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PAY.TAX.RK.DB19 - Rank: Paying taxes (1=most business-friendly regulations)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The ranking of economies on the ease of paying taxes is determined by sorting their scores for paying taxes.

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PAY.TAX.TM - Paying taxes: Time (hours per year)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The time to comply with tax laws measures the time taken to prepare, ?le and pay three major types of taxes and contributions: the corporate income tax, value added or sales tax and labor taxes, including payroll taxes and social contributions

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PAY.TAX.TM.DFRN - Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for time to comply with tax laws benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the bes

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PAY.TAX.TOT.TAX.RT.ZS - Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The total tax and contribution rate measures the amount of taxes and mandatory contributions borne by the business in the second year of operation, expressed as a share of commercial pro?t. The total amount of taxes and contributions borne is

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PAY.TAX.TOT.TAX.RT.ZS.DRFRN - Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for total tax and contribution rate benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the

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PAY.TAX.VAT.REF.OBT.WKS.TM.DB1719 - Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The time to obtain VAT refund measures the time from purchase of the machine to the date of submission of the refund claim (this is equal to half the filing period), the length of any mandatory period that the excess output VAT must be carried

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PAY.TAX.VAT.REF.OBT.WKS.TM.DB1719.DFRN - Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for time to obtain VAT refund benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best r

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PAY.TAX.VAT.REFU.COMP.HRS.TM.DB1719 - Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20 methodology)

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The time to comply with VAT refund measures the time spent preparing and submitting the refund claim and the time spent preparing information for the tax officers, if, in 50% or more of cases, a company that requests a VAT cash refund arising

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PAY.TAX.VAT.REFU.COMP.HRS.TM.DB1719.DFRN - Paying taxes: Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score

Source 01 Doing Business

Source Notes The score for time to comply with VAT refund benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the b

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(as of 04jan2026)