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Doing Business 2018 Summary: Qatar

Core Content

The Doing Business 2018 report by the World Bank Group provides an objective assessment of business regulations and their enforcement across 190 economies, including Qatar. It evaluates the regulatory environment for local firms through 11 key indicators, covering areas such as 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 highlights the ease of doing business, using the Distance to Frontier (DTF) metric, which measures how far an economy is from the best practices observed globally.

Key Indicators and Their Measurement

Indicator	Description
Starting a business	Procedures, time, cost, and paid-in minimum capital to start a limited liability company
Dealing with construction permits	Procedures, time, and cost to complete all formalities to build a warehouse and the quality of the construction permitting system
Getting electricity	Procedures, time, and cost to get connected to the electrical grid, reliability of supply, and transparency of tariffs
Registering property	Procedures, time, and cost to transfer a property and the quality of the land administration system
Getting credit	Movable collateral laws and credit information systems
Protecting minority investors	Rights of minority shareholders in related-party transactions and corporate governance
Paying taxes	Payments, time, and total tax rate for a firm to comply with tax regulations
Trading across borders	Time and cost to export and import products
Enforcing contracts	Time and cost to resolve a commercial dispute and the quality of judicial processes
Resolving insolvency	Time, cost, outcome, and recovery rate for a commercial insolvency
Labor market regulation	Flexibility in employment regulation and aspects of job quality

Qatar's Economy Profile

Region: Middle East & North Africa
Income Category: High income
Population: 2,569,804
GNI Per Capita (US$): 67,630
City Covered: Doha
DTF Score: 12.0 (on a scale of 0–100, where 100 is the best performance)
Ease of Doing Business Ranking: 68th out of 190 economies

Starting a Business in Qatar

Procedure for Men: 8 procedures, taking 8.5 days and costing 6.7% of income per capita
Procedure for Women: 9 procedures, taking 9.5 days and costing 6.7% of income per capita
Paid-in Minimum Capital: 0% of income per capita (no minimum capital required)
Comparison:
- Middle East & North Africa: 7.7 procedures, 18.6 days, 18.7% of income per capita
- OECD High Income: 4.9 procedures, 8.5 days, 3.1% of income per capita
- Overall Best Performer: New Zealand (1 procedure, 0.5 days, 0% of income per capita)

Key Procedures for Starting a Business in Qatar

Obtain husband's permission to leave the house (women only)
Reserve a unique company name at the Ministry of Economy and Commerce (online, <1 day, QAR 1,000)
Open a bank account and deposit the capital (1 day, no charge)
Obtain approval of the Commercial Companies Control Department on the articles of association (1 day, QAR 1,500)
Validate the Articles of Association at the Ministry of Justice (1 day, QAR 24 for first 2 shareholders + QAR 9 for each additional shareholder)
Register with the Commercial Registry and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (1 day, simultaneous with previous procedure, QAR 2,200 + QAR 500–5,000)
Obtain trade and signage licenses from the Municipality of Doha (1 day, simultaneous with previous procedure, QAR 10,020 + QAR 50 per square meter)
Register for taxes and obtain a Tax Identification Number (TIN) (1 day, no charge)

Dealing with Construction Permits in Qatar

Procedures: 16 procedures
Time: 58 days
Cost: 2.0% of warehouse value
Building Quality Control Index: 12.0 (out of 15, where 15 is the best performance)
Comparison:
- Middle East & North Africa: 16.2 procedures, 132.1 days, 4.3% of warehouse value
- OECD High Income: 12.5 procedures, 154.6 days, 1.6% of warehouse value
- Overall Best Performer: Denmark (7 procedures, 27.5 days, 0.10% of warehouse value)

Key Procedures for Dealing with Construction Permits in Qatar

Submitting all relevant documents and obtaining clearances, licenses, permits, and certificates
Submitting all required notifications and receiving inspections
Obtaining utility connections for water and sewerage
Registering and selling the warehouse after completion

Methodology Highlights

The report uses a standardized business model to ensure comparability across economies.
The standardized business is a 100% domestically owned limited liability company with 5 owners, no legal entities, and a paid-in minimum capital of 10 times income per capita.
For women, the report includes a specific procedure for obtaining a husband's permission to leave the house.
All procedures are measured in terms of number, time (in calendar days), and cost (as a percentage of income per capita or warehouse value).
Online procedures are counted as 0.5 days.
The DTF score is the average of the scores from each component indicator.
The ease of doing business ranking is based on the DTF score, sorted from lowest to highest performance.

About the Doing Business Project

Launched in 2002, the project evaluates business regulations for small and medium-sized firms.
It covers 11 indicator sets and provides data for 190 economies, including subnational cities.
The data are based on case studies and legal analysis, and the methodology is publicly available.
The project encourages regulatory reforms by providing measurable benchmarks and rankings.

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