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Doing Business 2016: Slovenia Summary

Core Content Overview

The Doing Business 2016 report provides an analysis of regulatory quality and efficiency for domestic firms across 189 economies. It evaluates 11 key areas in the business life cycle, 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. Slovenia is ranked 29th in the overall ease of doing business and has a distance to frontier (DTF) score of 75.62, an increase of 1.93 from the previous year (DB2015 DTF: 73.69). The report highlights Slovenia's performance in these areas and compares it with other economies, including comparator countries and the global best performers.

Key Indicators and Performance

Starting a Business

• Rank: 18 (DB2016), 14 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 94.53 (DB2016), 94.39 (DB2015)
• Procedures: 2.0
• Time (days): 6.0
• Cost (% of income per capita): 0.0
• Paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita): 41.8 (DB2016), 44.1 (DB2015)

Slovenia performs well in starting a business, with minimal procedures, time, and cost. It ranks better than most comparator economies, including Albania, Hungary, and Italy, and is close to the global best performer, New Zealand.

Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank: 71 (DB2016), 68 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 71.11 (DB2016), 71.02 (DB2015)
• Procedures: 12.0
• Time (days): 224.5
• Cost (% of warehouse value): 2.7
• Building quality control index (0-15): 12.5

Slovenia has a relatively high number of procedures and time for construction permits compared to other economies, but it is still among the better performers. It ranks better than Albania, Hungary, and Italy but worse than the global best performer, Singapore.

Getting Electricity

• Rank: 35 (DB2016), 15 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 82.89 (DB2016), 89.12 (DB2015)
• Procedures: 5.0
• Time (days): 38.0
• Cost (% of income per capita): 113.2
• Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff index (0-8): 6.0

Slovenia has improved its ranking in getting electricity, though it still lags behind the global best performer, Korea, Rep. It has a moderate number of procedures and time, but electricity costs remain relatively high.

Registering Property

• Rank: 36 (DB2016), 42 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 76.63 (DB2016), 74.83 (DB2015)
• Procedures: 5.0
• Time (days): 49.5
• Cost (% of property value): 2.0
• Quality of land administration index (0-30): 23.0

Slovenia performs well in property registration, with a low number of procedures and cost, and a high DTF score. It ranks better than most comparator economies, including Hungary and Italy, and is close to the global best performer, New Zealand.

Getting Credit

• Rank: 126 (DB2016), 118 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 35 (DB2016), 35 (DB2015)
• Strength of legal rights index (0-12): 3.0
• Depth of credit information index (0-8): 4.0
• Credit registry coverage (% of adults): 3.1
• Credit bureau coverage (% of adults): 100.0

Slovenia has a relatively low ranking in getting credit, indicating challenges in accessing credit. It has a low DTF score, suggesting room for improvement in credit information systems and legal protections.

Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank: 7 (DB2016), 7 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 75 (DB2016), 75 (DB2015)
• Strength of minority investor protection index (0-10): 7.5
• Extent of conflict of interest regulation index (0-10): 7.3
• Extent of shareholder governance index (0-10): 7.7

Slovenia ranks highly in protecting minority investors, performing better than most comparator economies. It is close to the global best performer, Singapore, and has strong legal frameworks in place.

Paying Taxes

• Rank: 35 (DB2016), 34 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 83.74 (DB2016), 83.74 (DB2015)
• Payments (number per year): 10.0
• Time (hours per year): 245.0
• Total tax rate (% of profit): 31.0

Slovenia has a moderate ranking in paying taxes, with a relatively low DTF score. It has fewer payments and a lower tax rate than most comparator economies, but still lags behind the global best performer, the United Arab Emirates.

Trading Across Borders

• Rank: 1 (DB2016), 1 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 100 (DB2016), 100 (DB2015)
• Time to export: Border compliance (hours): 0
• Cost to export: Border compliance (USD): 0
• Time to export: Documentary compliance (hours): 1
• Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD): 0
• Time to import: Border compliance (hours): 0
• **Cost to import: Border compliance (USD)****: 0
• Time to import: Documentary compliance (hours): 1
• Cost to import: Documentary compliance (USD): 0

Slovenia ranks first in trading across borders, indicating an efficient and low-cost process for both exports and imports. It matches the global best performer, Denmark, in all key indicators.

Enforcing Contracts

• Rank: 117 (DB2016), 127 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 53.9 (DB2016), 50.89 (DB2015)
• Time (days): 1,160.0
• Cost (% of claim): 12.7
• Quality of judicial processes index (0-18): 11.0

Slovenia has a poor ranking in enforcing contracts, with a low DTF score. It has a high time and cost to enforce contracts compared to comparator economies and the global best performer, Singapore.

Resolving Insolvency

• Rank: 12 (DB2016), 41 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 83.39 (DB2016), 62.91 (DB2015)
• Recovery rate (cents on the dollar): 88.2
• Time (years): 0.8
• Cost (% of estate): 4.0
• Strength of insolvency framework index (0-16): 11.5

Slovenia performs well in resolving insolvency, with a high DTF score and low cost. It ranks better than most comparator economies, including Hungary and Italy, and is close to the global best performer, Finland.

Methodology and Key Updates

• The methodology for Doing Business 2016 includes updates to five indicator sets, such as the addition of the building quality control index for construction permits, price of electricity consumption and reliability of electricity supply for getting electricity, and the quality and efficiency of judicial processes for enforcing contracts.
• The labor market regulation indicators are not included in the overall ease of doing business ranking, but the data are presented in the economy profile.
• The trading across borders indicators now use a more relevant case study based on an economy's comparative advantage for exports and the highest trade value for imports.
• The protecting minority investors indicators have been updated to include regulations for limited companies, not just privately held joint stock companies.

Conclusion

Slovenia maintains a strong position in several areas of the business environment, particularly in starting a business, registering property, and trading across borders, where it ranks among the top performers. However, it faces challenges in enforcing contracts and getting credit, where it lags behind other economies. The report highlights the importance of continuous regulatory reform to improve business conditions and align with global best practices.