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Panama - Doing Business 2016 Summary

Core Content

The Doing Business 2016 report evaluates the regulatory environment for small to medium-sized businesses across 189 economies, focusing on 11 key areas. It provides a ranking and a distance to frontier (DTF) score for each indicator, measuring the ease of doing business and regulatory efficiency. Panama's performance in these areas is analyzed in the context of other comparator economies and global best practices.

Main Topics and Indicators

1. Starting a Business

• Rank (DB2016): 44
• DTF Score (DB2016): 91.95
• Procedures: 5
• Time (days): 6.0
• Cost (% of income per capita): 6.3
• Comparator Economies: Chile (62), Colombia (84), Costa Rica (121), El Salvador (125), Guatemala (101), United States (49)
• Global Best Performer: New Zealand (1)

2. Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank (DB2016): 70
• DTF Score (DB2016): 71.21
• Procedures: 16.0
• Time (days): 98.0
• Cost (% of warehouse value): 2.1
• Building Quality Control Index (0-15): 9.0
• Comparator Economies: Chile (24), Colombia (38), Costa Rica (49), El Salvador (156), Guatemala (106), United States (33)
• Global Best Performer: Singapore (1)

3. Getting Electricity

• Rank (DB2016): 32
• DTF Score (DB2016): 83.54
• Procedures: 5.0
• Time (days): 35.0
• Cost (% of income per capita): 9.4
• Reliability of Supply and Transparency of Tariff Index (0-8): 6.0
• Comparator Economies: Chile (51), Colombia (69), Costa Rica (23), El Salvador (107), Guatemala (21), United States (44)
• Global Best Performer: Korea, Rep. (1)

4. Registering Property

• Rank (DB2016): 84
• DTF Score (DB2016): 65.16
• Procedures: 7.0
• Time (days): 22.5
• Cost (% of property value): 2.4
• Quality of Land Administration Index (0-30): 11.0
• Comparator Economies: Chile (56), Colombia (54), Costa Rica (53), El Salvador (71), Guatemala (75), United States (34)
• Global Best Performer: New Zealand (1)

5. Getting Credit

• Rank (DB2016): 19
• DTF Score (DB2016): 75
• Strength of Legal Rights Index (0-12): 7.0
• Depth of Credit Information Index (0-8): 8.0
• Credit Registry Coverage (% of adults): 0.0
• Credit Bureau Coverage (% of adults): 60.7
• Comparator Economies: Chile (79), Colombia (2), Costa Rica (7), El Salvador (15), Guatemala (15), United States (2)
• Global Best Performer: New Zealand (1)

6. Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank (DB2016): 66
• DTF Score (DB2016): 56.67
• Strength of Minority Investor Protection Index (0-10): 5.7
• Extent of Conflict of Interest Regulation Index (0-10): 5.3
• Extent of Shareholder Governance Index (0-10): 6.0
• Comparator Economies: Chile (36), Colombia (14), Costa Rica (166), El Salvador (155), Guatemala (174), United States (35)
• Global Best Performer: Singapore (1)

7. Paying Taxes

• Rank (DB2016): 166
• DTF Score (DB2016): 48.6
• Payments (number per year): 52.0
• Time (hours per year): 417.0
• Total Tax Rate (% of profit): 37.2
• Comparator Economies: Chile (33), Colombia (136), Costa Rica (80), El Salvador (162), Guatemala (50), United States (53)
• Global Best Performer: United Arab Emirates (1)

8. Trading Across Borders

• Rank (DB2016): 54
• DTF Score (DB2016): 85.47
• Time to Export (Border Compliance): 24 hours
• Cost to Export (Border Compliance): $270
• Time to Export (Documentary Compliance): 6 hours
• Cost to Export (Documentary Compliance): $60
• Time to Import (Border Compliance): 24 hours
• Cost to Import (Border Compliance): $490
• Time to Import (Documentary Compliance): 6 hours
• Cost to Import (Documentary Compliance): $50
• Comparator Economies: Chile (63), Colombia (110), Costa Rica (67), El Salvador (46), Guatemala (78), United States (34)
• Global Best Performer: Denmark (1)

9. Enforcing Contracts

• Rank (DB2016): 148
• DTF Score (DB2016): 46.25
• Time (days): 686.0
• Cost (% of claim): 38.0
• Quality of Judicial Processes Index (0-18): 5.0
• Comparator Economies: Chile (56), Colombia (180), Costa Rica (124), El Salvador (109), Guatemala (173), United States (21)
• Global Best Performer: Singapore (1)

10. Resolving Insolvency

• Rank (DB2016): 132
• DTF Score (DB2016): 33.58
• Recovery Rate (cents on the dollar): 27.6
• Time (years): 2.5
• Cost (% of estate): 25.0
• Strength of Insolvency Framework Index (0-16): 6.0
• Comparator Economies: Chile (58), Colombia (30), Costa Rica (87), El Salvador (79), Guatemala (153), United States (5)
• Global Best Performer: Finland (1)

Key Information

• Panama's DB2016 Rank: 69
• Panama's DB2015 Rank: 66 (adjusted for data revisions and methodology changes)
• Panama's DTF Score (DB2016): 65.74
• Panama's DTF Score (DB2015): 65.75
• Change in DTF Score: -0.01
• Change in Rank: -3

Methodology and Notes

• The report compares Panama's performance with comparator economies and global best performers.
• The DTF score measures the absolute distance to the best regulatory practice, while the ease of doing business ranking reflects relative performance.
• Some indicators, such as labor market regulation, are excluded from the aggregate DTF score and ranking.
• Methodological updates in 2016 include changes to the indicators on construction permits, electricity, property registration, contracts, and minority investor protection.
• Data for this report is current as of June 1, 2015, except for paying taxes, which covers the period January–December 2014.

Conclusion

Panama's regulatory environment for business in 2016 shows moderate improvements in some areas, such as starting a business and getting credit, but remains relatively weak in others, including paying taxes and resolving insolvency. The report highlights the importance of understanding both the absolute and relative performance of a country's regulatory framework to guide policy reforms effectively.