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Economy Profile Summary: New Zealand

Core Content

The Doing Business 2013 report evaluates the ease of doing business in New Zealand, focusing on regulations affecting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It measures 11 key areas in the business life cycle, including starting a business, construction permits, electricity access, property registration, credit availability, investor protection, tax compliance, cross-border trade, contract enforcement, insolvency resolution, and employment regulations.

The report provides comparator economies and regional averages for each indicator to support meaningful comparison. The DB2013 rank for New Zealand is 3, indicating it is among the top-performing economies in terms of regulatory efficiency for SMEs. The rank did not change from DB2012.

Key Indicators and Performance

Indicator	New Zealand (DB2013)	New Zealand (DB2012)	Australia (DB2013)	Canada (DB2013)	Germany (DB2013)	Ireland (DB2013)	United Kingdom (DB2013)	Best Performer (DB2013)
Starting a Business	1	1	2	3	106	10	19	New Zealand (1)
Procedures (number)	1	1	2	1	9	4	6	New Zealand (1)*
Time (days)	1	1	2	5	15	10	13	Singapore (26)
Cost (% of income per capita)	0.4	0.4	0.7	0.4	4.9	0.3	0.7	Slovenia (0.0)
Paid-in Min. Capital	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	91 Economies (0.0)*

Main Findings

• Ease of Starting a Business: New Zealand ranks 1 globally, indicating it has one of the most efficient processes for starting a business. It requires 1 procedure, takes 1 day, and costs 0.4% of income per capita.
• Construction Permits: New Zealand ranks 6 globally, with 6 procedures, 89 days, and a cost of 29.8% of income per capita.
• Getting Electricity: New Zealand ranks 32, with 5 procedures, 50 days, and a cost of 76.1% of income per capita.
• Registering Property: New Zealand ranks 2, with 2 procedures, 2 days, and a cost of 0.1% of property value.
• Getting Credit: New Zealand ranks 4, with a strength of legal rights index of 10 and depth of credit information index of 5.
• Protecting Investors: New Zealand ranks 1, with a strength of investor protection index of 9.7 and extent of director liability index of 9.
• Paying Taxes: New Zealand ranks 21, with 8 payments per year and 152 hours of tax compliance per year.
• Trading Across Borders: New Zealand ranks 25, with 5 export documents, 10 days to export, and a cost of $870 per container.
• Enforcing Contracts: New Zealand ranks 17, with 216 days and a cost of 27.2% of the claim.
• Resolving Insolvency: New Zealand ranks 13, with 1.3 years to resolve and a recovery rate of 83.0 cents per dollar.

Methodology

• The ease of doing business index ranks economies based on the simple average of percentile rankings across 10 topics.
• The distance to frontier measure indicates how close an economy is to the best practices in each indicator.
• Comparative data for other economies are included to provide context for New Zealand's performance.
• The report assumes a standardized company (limited liability, located in Auckland, with 10–50 employees, and operating in general commercial or industrial activities).

Business Registration Reforms

• New Zealand has implemented reforms to streamline the process for starting a business, including online registration.
• DB2009 saw the introduction of a one-stop online registration process, which reduced the time to start a business to less than a day.
• No further reforms were recorded in subsequent years (DB2010–DB2013) as per the Doing Business methodology.

Conclusion

New Zealand maintains a high ranking in the ease of doing business, particularly in starting a business, registering property, and protecting investors. The country has made progress in reducing bureaucratic hurdles and improving regulatory efficiency. However, there is still room for improvement in areas such as getting credit and trading across borders. The report highlights the importance of comparative analysis and continuous reform to maintain and enhance the business environment.