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Doing Business 2016: Netherlands Summary

Core Content

Doing Business 2016 is an annual report by the World Bank that measures and tracks regulatory quality and efficiency across 189 economies. It evaluates regulations affecting 11 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. The report provides data and analysis to help policymakers understand the impact of regulatory reforms on economic outcomes.

Key Indicators and Rankings

• Ease of Doing Business Rank: 28 (DB2016), down from 25 (DB2015).
• Distance to Frontier (DTF) Score: 75.94 (DB2016), slightly lower than 76.02 (DB2015).

Main Topics and Performance

Starting a Business

• Rank: 28 (DB2016), 20 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 94.14 (DB2016), 94.08 (DB2015)
• Procedures: 4
• Time (days): 4
• Cost (% of income per capita): 4.6
• Paid-in Minimum Capital (% of income per capita): 0.0
• Best Performer: New Zealand (rank 1, DTF score 99.96)

Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank: 85 (DB2016), 79 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 69.32 (DB2016), 69.25 (DB2015)
• Procedures: 13
• Time (days): 161
• Cost (% of warehouse value): 3.7
• Building Quality Control Index (0-15): 10.0
• Best Performer: Singapore (rank 1, DTF score 92.97)

Getting Electricity

• Rank: 43 (DB2016), 41 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 81.57 (DB2016), 81.56 (DB2015)
• Procedures: 5
• Time (days): 110
• Cost (% of income per capita): 30.4
• Reliability of Supply and Transparency of Tariff Index (0-8): 8.0
• Best Performer: Korea, Rep. (rank 1, DTF score 99.88)

Registering Property

• Rank: 30 (DB2016), 29 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 80.03 (DB2016), 80.01 (DB2015)
• Procedures: 5
• Time (days): 2.5
• Cost (% of property value): 6.1
• Quality of Land Administration Index (0-30): 28.5
• Best Performer: New Zealand (rank 1, DTF score 94.46)

Getting Credit

• Rank: 79 (DB2016), 71 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 50 (DB2016), 50 (DB2015)
• Strength of Legal Rights Index (0-12): 3.0
• Depth of Credit Information Index (0-8): 7.0
• Credit Bureau Coverage (% of adults): 78.2 (DB2016), 79.4 (DB2015)
• Best Performer: New Zealand (rank 1, DTF score 100)

Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank: 66 (DB2016), 64 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 56.67 (DB2016), 56.67 (DB2015)
• Strength of Minority Investor Protection Index (0-10): 5.7
• Extent of Conflict of Interest Regulation Index (0-10): 4.7
• Extent of Shareholder Governance Index (0-10): 6.7
• Best Performer: Singapore (rank 1, DTF score 83.33)

Paying Taxes

• Rank: 26 (DB2016), 23 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 85.81 (DB2016), 86.76 (DB2015)
• Payments (number per year): 9
• Time (hours per year): 123
• Total Tax Rate (% of profit): 41.0
• Best Performer: United Arab Emirates (rank 1, DTF score 99.44)

Trading Across Borders

• Rank: 1 (DB2016), 1 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 100 (DB2016), 100 (DB2015)
• Time to Export (Border Compliance, hours): 0
• Cost to Export (Border Compliance, USD): 0
• Time to Export (Documentary Compliance, hours): 1
• Cost to Export (Documentary Compliance, USD): 0
• Time to Import (Border Compliance, hours): 0
• Cost to Import (Border Compliance, USD): 0
• Time to Import (Documentary Compliance, hours): 1
• Cost to Import (Documentary Compliance, USD): 0
• Best Performer: Denmark (rank 1, DTF score 100)

Enforcing Contracts

• Rank: 91 (DB2016), 91 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 58.09 (DB2016), 58.09 (DB2015)
• Time (days): 514
• Cost (% of claim): 23.9
• Quality of Judicial Processes Index (0-18): 6.0
• Best Performer: Singapore (rank 1, DTF score 84.91)

Resolving Insolvency

• Rank: 11 (DB2016), 11 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 83.77 (DB2016), 83.77 (DB2015)
• Recovery Rate (cents on the dollar): 88.9
• Time (years): 1.1
• Cost (% of estate): 3.5
• Strength of Insolvency Framework Index (0-16): 11.5
• Best Performer: Finland (rank 1, DTF score 93.81)

Methodology Changes

• Starting a Business: Excluded from the labor market regulation aggregate ranking.
• Dealing with Construction Permits: Includes an index of building regulation quality and implementation.
• Getting Electricity: Includes a measure of electricity price and reliability index.
• Registering Property: Includes an index of land administration system quality.
• Enforcing Contracts: Includes an index of judicial process quality and efficiency.
• Protecting Minority Investors: Updated to include limited companies rather than privately held joint stock companies.
• Trading Across Borders: Case study updated to reflect comparative advantage and highest trade value.

Key Findings

• The Netherlands maintains a high ranking in the ease of doing business, with a DTF score of 75.94.
• The country has a strong performance in starting a business, getting electricity, and resolving insolvency.
• It has a relatively low cost and time for starting a business, and its procedures are minimal.
• The country excels in the quality of its land administration system and judicial processes.
• There is a notable improvement in the DTF score for the Netherlands compared to previous years, though its rank has slightly declined.

Additional Notes

• The report does not include labor market regulation in the aggregate ranking.
• The data is current as of June 1, 2015, except for paying taxes which cover January–December 2014.
• The methodology has limitations and does not cover all aspects of the business environment.