Doing Business 2015: Burundi Summary
Core Content Overview
The Doing Business 2015 report evaluates the regulatory environment for small to medium-sized businesses across 189 economies, focusing on 11 key areas. This summary highlights Burundi's performance in these areas, its ranking, and how it compares to other economies.
Key Indicators and Rankings
| Indicator |
Burundi DB2015 |
Burundi DB2014 |
Comparator Economies |
| Starting a Business (Rank) |
18 |
20 |
New Zealand (1), Rwanda (112) |
| Starting a Business (DTF Score) |
94.25 |
93.74 |
New Zealand (99.96) |
| Procedures (number) |
3.0 |
3.0 |
14 Economies (5.0), 4 Economies (3.0) |
| Time (days) |
5.0 |
5.0 |
Singapore (0.5), 3 Economies (1.0) |
| Cost (% of income per capita) |
13.4 |
17.5 |
Slovenia (0.0), 12 Economies (3.0) |
| Dealing with Construction Permits (Rank) |
133 |
146 |
Hong Kong SAR, China (1) |
| Dealing with Construction Permits (DTF Score) |
64.16 |
60.16 |
Hong Kong SAR, China (95.53) |
| Procedures (number) |
14.0 |
14.0 |
12 Economies (5.0) |
| Time (days) |
99.0 |
99.0 |
Singapore (26.0) |
| Cost (% of warehouse value) |
10.1 |
12.5 |
Japan (0.0), 4 Economies (3.0) |
| Getting Electricity (Rank) |
182 |
178 |
Korea, Rep. (1) |
| Getting Electricity (DTF Score) |
35.27 |
35.27 |
Korea, Rep. (99.83) |
| Procedures (number) |
5.0 |
5.0 |
12 Economies (3.0) |
| Time (days) |
158.0 |
158.0 |
Korea, Rep. (18.0) |
| Cost (% of income per capita) |
16,367.3 |
20,509.0 |
Japan (0.0), 4 Economies (0.0) |
| Registering Property (Rank) |
48 |
51 |
Georgia (1) |
| Registering Property (DTF Score) |
78.38 |
77.81 |
Georgia (99.88) |
| Procedures (number) |
5.0 |
5.0 |
4 Economies (1.0) |
| Time (days) |
23.0 |
26.0 |
3 Economies (1.0) |
| Cost (% of property value) |
3.2 |
3.2 |
4 Economies (0.0) |
| Getting Credit (Rank) |
171 |
169 |
New Zealand (1) |
| Getting Credit (DTF Score) |
10.00 |
10.00 |
New Zealand (100) |
| Strength of legal rights index (0-12) |
2 |
2 |
3 Economies (12) |
| Depth of credit information index (0-8) |
0 |
0 |
23 Economies (8) |
| Credit registry coverage (% of adults) |
3.9 |
0.3 |
Portugal (100.0) |
| Protecting Minority Investors (Rank) |
94 |
91 |
New Zealand (1) |
| Protecting Minority Investors (DTF Score) |
51.67 |
51.67 |
New Zealand (81.67) |
| Shareholder governance index (0-10) |
4.0 |
4.0 |
France (7.8) |
| Strength of minority investor protection index (0-10) |
5.2 |
5.2 |
New Zealand (8.2) |
| Paying Taxes (Rank) |
124 |
126 |
United Arab Emirates (1) |
| Paying Taxes (DTF Score) |
66.78 |
64.40 |
United Arab Emirates (99.44) |
| Payments (number per year) |
25.0 |
25.0 |
Hong Kong SAR, China (3.0) |
| Time (hours per year) |
274.0 |
274.0 |
Luxembourg (55.0) |
| Cost (% of income per capita) |
274.0 |
274.0 |
Luxembourg (55.0) |
| Trading Across Borders (Rank) |
169 |
171 |
Singapore (1) |
| Trading Across Borders (DTF Score) |
37.50 |
33.52 |
Singapore (96.47) |
| Documents to export (number) |
9 |
9 |
Ireland (2) |
| Time to export (days) |
32.0 |
32.0 |
5 Economies (6.0) |
| Cost to export (US$ per container) |
2,905.0 |
2,905.0 |
Timor-Leste (410.0) |
| Documents to import (number) | 9 | 9 | Ireland (2) |
| Time to import (days) | 43.0 | 46.0 | Singapore (4.0) |
| Cost to import (US$ per container) | 4,420.0 | 4,420.0 | Singapore (440.0) |
| Enforcing Contracts (Rank) |
158 |
158 |
Singapore (1) |
| Enforcing Contracts (DTF Score) |
42.15 |
42.15 |
Singapore (89.54) |
| Time (days) |
832.0 |
832.0 |
Singapore (150.0) |
| Cost (% of claim) |
38.6 |
38.6 |
Iceland (9.0) |
| Resolving Insolvency (Rank) |
144 |
142 |
Finland (1) |
| Resolving Insolvency (DTF Score) |
30.55 |
30.70 |
Finland (93.85) |
| Time (years) |
5.0 |
no practice |
Ireland (0.4) |
| Cost (% of estate) |
30.0 |
30.0 |
Norway (1.0) |
| Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) |
7.4 |
7.7 |
Japan (92.9) |
| Strength of insolvency framework index (0-16) |
8.5 |
8.5 |
5 Economies (15.0) |
Main Findings
- Ease of Doing Business (EDB) Ranking: Burundi ranks 152 out of 189 economies in 2015, a slight decline from 150 in 2014.
- Distance to Frontier (DTF) Score: Burundi's DTF score is 51.1 in 2015, up from 49.9 in 2014, indicating some progress.
- Key Challenges:
- Starting a Business: Burundi has a relatively low number of procedures and time, but high costs compared to comparator economies.
- Getting Electricity: Burundi ranks poorly (182nd), with high costs and moderate time.
- Registering Property: Burundi ranks 48th, with moderate time and cost, but still lags behind best performers like Georgia.
- Getting Credit: Burundi ranks 171st, showing very weak access to credit and low legal rights index.
- Paying Taxes: Burundi ranks 124th, with high time and cost compared to top performers like the United Arab Emirates.
- Trading Across Borders: Burundi ranks 169th, with high export and import costs and time.
- Enforcing Contracts: Burundi ranks 158th, with high time and cost, and low DTF score.
- Resolving Insolvency: Burundi ranks 144th, with high time and cost, and a low DTF score.
Methodology Changes in 2015
- The ease of doing business ranking and topic-level rankings are now based on distance to frontier scores.
- For 11 large economies, data for a second city is included in the dataset.
- The getting credit indicators have been updated to include a revised legal rights index and credit information depth index, with higher scoring thresholds.
- The protecting minority investors indicator has been expanded to include shareholder rights and corporate governance.
- The resolving insolvency indicator now includes an insolvency legal framework index.
- The paying taxes index now uses a nonlinear approach to calculate the total tax rate component.
Conclusion
The Doing Business 2015 report provides a comprehensive analysis of Burundi's regulatory environment, highlighting areas where reforms are needed to improve the business climate. While Burundi has made some progress in certain indicators, it still faces significant challenges in areas such as getting credit, enforcing contracts, and trading across borders. These findings support policy makers in identifying regulatory bottlenecks and designing reforms to enhance the ease of doing business.
