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Oman - Doing Business 2016 Summary

Core Content

The Doing Business 2016 report provides a comprehensive analysis of the regulatory environment for small to medium-sized businesses in Oman and other economies. It measures and benchmarks regulations across 11 key areas of the business lifecycle, 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 highlights the ease of doing business and the distance to frontier (DTF) score, which measures how close an economy is to the best regulatory practices globally.

Main Points

• Ease of Doing Business Ranking: Oman ranked 70th in 2016, up from 77th in 2015, indicating a slight improvement in the regulatory environment.
• Distance to Frontier (DTF) Score: Oman's DTF score was 65.4 in 2016, up from 63.67 in 2015, showing progress toward best practices.
• Comparative Analysis: Oman is compared with other economies in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and globally, including Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Key Indicators

Starting a Business

• Rank: 149 (2016), 121 (2015)
• DTF Score: 74.98 (2016), 79.29 (2015)
• Procedures: 5
• Time (days): 7
• Cost (% of income per capita): 3.2 (2016), 2.4 (2015)
• Paid-in Minimum Capital (% of income per capita): 273.7 (2016), 206.3 (2015)

Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank: 46 (2016), 40 (2015)
• DTF Score: 74.92 (2016), 75.2 (2015)
• Procedures: 12
• Time (days): 157.0 (2016), 157.0 (2015)
• Cost (% of warehouse value): 0.9 (2016), 0.7 (2015)
• Building Quality Control Index (0-15): 10.5 (2016), 10.5 (2015)

Getting Electricity

• Rank: 60 (2016), 124 (2015)
• DTF Score: 76.27 (2016), 57.57 (2015)
• Procedures: 6
• Time (days): 62.0 (2016), 62.0 (2015)
• Cost (% of income per capita): 64.9 (2016), 48.9 (2015)
• Reliability of Supply and Transparency of Tariff Index (0-8): 6.0 (2016), 0.0 (2015)

Registering Property

• Rank: 33 (2016), 32 (2015)
• DTF Score: 77.37 (2016), 77.37 (2015)
• Procedures: 2
• Time (days): 16.0 (2016), 16.0 (2015)
• Cost (% of property value): 3.0 (2016), 3.0 (2015)
• Quality of Land Administration Index (0-30): 13.5 (2016), 13.5 (2015)

Getting Credit

• Rank: 126 (2016), 118 (2015)
• DTF Score: 35 (2016), 35 (2015)
• Strength of Legal Rights Index (0-12): 1.0 (2016), 1.0 (2015)
• Depth of Credit Information Index (0-8): 6.0 (2016), 6.0 (2015)
• Credit Registry Coverage (% of adults): 23.3 (2016), 20.6 (2015)
• Credit Bureau Coverage (% of adults): 0.0 (2016), 0.0 (2015)

Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank: 134 (2016), 133 (2015)
• DTF Score: 43.33 (2016), 43.33 (2015)
• Strength of Minority Investor Protection Index (0-10): 4.3 (2016), 4.3 (2015)
• Extent of Conflict of Interest Regulation Index (0-10): 5.3 (2016), 5.3 (2015)
• Extent of Shareholder Governance Index (0-10): 3.3 (2016), 3.3 (2015)

Paying Taxes

• Rank: 10 (2016), 10 (2015)
• DTF Score: 92.91 (2016), 92.91 (2015)
• Payments (number per year): 14.0 (2016), 14.0 (2015)
• Time (hours per year): 68.0 (2016), 68.0 (2015)
• Total Tax Rate (% of profit): 22.9 (2016), 22.9 (2015)

Trading Across Borders

• Rank: 69 (2016), 76 (2015)
• DTF Score: 79.35 (2016), 76.39 (2015)
• Time to Export: Border Compliance (hours): 53 (2016), 77 (2015)
• Cost to Export: Border Compliance (USD): 223 (2016), 223 (2015)
• Time to Export: Documentary Compliance (hours): 31 (2016), 31 (2015)
• Cost to Export: Documentary Compliance (USD): 107 (2016), 107 (2015)
• Time to Import: Border Compliance (hours): 70 (2016), 94 (2015)
• Cost to Import: Border Compliance (USD): 354 (2016), 354 (2015)
• Time to Import: Documentary Compliance (hours): 24 (2016), 24 (2015)
• Cost to Import: Documentary Compliance (USD): 20 (2016), 20 (2015)

Enforcing Contracts

• Rank: 70 (2016), 70 (2015)
• DTF Score: 60.62 (2016), 60.62 (2015)
• Time (days): 598.0 (2016), 598.0 (2015)
• Cost (% of claim): 13.5 (2016), 13.5 (2015)
• Quality of Judicial Processes Index (0-18): 6.5 (2016), 6.5 (2015)

Resolving Insolvency

• Rank: 105 (2016), 108 (2015)
• DTF Score: 39.28 (2016), 39.02 (2015)
• Recovery Rate (cents on the dollar): 38.1 (2016), 37.7 (2015)
• Time (years): 4.0 (2016), 4.0 (2015)
• Cost (% of estate): 3.5 (2016), 3.5 (2015)
• Strength of Insolvency Framework Index (0-16): 6.0 (2016), 6.0 (2015)

Methodology Notes

• The DTF score measures the absolute distance of an economy from the best regulatory practices on each indicator, ranging from 0 (worst performance) to 100 (frontier).
• The ease of doing business ranking is based on the DTF scores and is used to compare economies relative to one another.
• The report excludes labor market regulation from the aggregate ranking and DTF score, but includes it in the economy profile.
• Methodological changes in 2016 included expanding the focus of several indicators, such as the inclusion of the quality of building regulation and the reliability of electricity supply, and adjusting the scope of labor market regulation to include more aspects of job quality.

Conclusion

Oman's business environment has seen some improvements in the 2016 report, particularly in the DTF score, but it still lags behind many of its regional and global peers. The report provides a valuable tool for policymakers to understand regulatory challenges and identify areas for reform.