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Doing Business 2017: Denmark Summary

Core Content

Doing Business 2017 is a World Bank Group flagship report that evaluates the ease of doing business across 190 economies, focusing on regulatory reforms and their impact on economic performance. It measures 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.

The report introduces a gender dimension in several indicators, assessing the differences in procedures, time, and cost between male and female entrepreneurs. It also expands the scope of the paying taxes indicator by including postfiling processes such as tax refunds, audits, and appeals. Additionally, it introduces a new pilot indicator on selling to the government and includes data for Somalia for the first time.

Key Indicators for Denmark

Ease of Doing Business Ranking (2017)

• DB2017 Rank: 3
• DB2016 Rank: 2 (adjusted for methodological changes)
• Change in Rank: -1 (improved slightly)

Distance to Frontier (DTF) Score (2017)

• DB2017 DTF: 84.87
• DB2016 DTF: 84.85
• Change in DTF: +0.02 (minimal improvement)

Comparators

• Finland: 84.63 (DTF), 70 (Rank)
• Germany: 84.63 (DTF), 32 (Rank)
• Iceland: 84.63 (DTF), 15 (Rank)
• Norway: 84.63 (DTF), 9 (Rank)
• Sweden: 84.63 (DTF), 19 (Rank)
• United Kingdom: 84.63 (DTF), 6 (Rank)

Main Business Areas and Performance

Starting a Business

• Rank: 24 (DB2017), 22 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 94.07 (DB2017), 94.04 (DB2016)
• Procedures (Men/Women): 4 (both)
• Time (Days): 3 (both)
• Cost (% of income per capita): 0.2 (both)
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 99.96)

Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank: 6 (DB2017), 6 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 84.69 (DB2017), 84.63 (DB2016)
• Procedures (Number): 7 (both)
• Time (Days): 64.0 (both)
• Cost (% of warehouse value): 1.8 (both)
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 87.40)

Getting Electricity

• Rank: 14 (DB2017), 12 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 90.20 (DB2017), 90.19 (DB2016)
• Procedures (Number): 4 (both)
• Time (Days): 38.0 (both)
• Cost (% of income per capita): 109.4 (DB2017), 112.8 (DB2016)
• Best Performer: Korea, Rep. (Rank 1, DTF 99.88)

Registering Property

• Rank: 12 (DB2017), 9 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 89.88 (DB2017), 89.88 (DB2016)
• Procedures (Number): 3 (both)
• Time (Days): 4.0 (both)
• Cost (% of property value): 0.6 (both)
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 94.46)

Getting Credit

• Rank: 32 (DB2017), 29 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 70.00 (DB2017), 70.00 (DB2016)
• Strength of Legal Rights Index: 8.0 (both)
• Depth of Credit Information Index: 6.0 (both)
• Credit Registry Coverage: 0.0 (both)
• Credit Bureau Coverage: 7.4 (DB2017), 7.7 (DB2016)
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 100.00)

Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank: 19 (DB2017), 15 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 71.67 (DB2017), 71.67 (DB2016)
• Strength of Minority Investor Protection Index: 7.2 (both)
• Conflict of Interest Regulation Index: 6.7 (both)
• Shareholder Governance Index: 7.7 (both)
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 83.33)

Paying Taxes

• Rank: 7 (DB2017), 7 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 92.11 (DB2017), 92.11 (DB2016)
• Payments (Number per Year): 10.0 (both)
• Time (Hours per Year): 130.0 (both)
• Total Tax Rate (% of profit): 25.0 (DB2017), 24.5 (DB2016)
• Postfiling Index: 92.6 (DB2017)
• Best Performer: United Arab Emirates (Rank 1, DTF 99.44)

Trading Across Borders

• Rank: 1 (DB2017), 1 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 100.00 (DB2017), 100.00 (DB2016)
• Time to Export (Border Compliance): 0 (both)
• Cost to Export (Border Compliance): 0 (both)
• Time to Export (Documentary Compliance): 1 (both)
• Cost to Export (Documentary Compliance): 0 (both)
• Time to Import (Border Compliance): 0 (both)
• Cost to Import (Border Compliance): 0 (both)
• Best Performer: 10 Economies (Rank 1, DTF 100.00)

Enforcing Contracts

• Rank: 24 (DB2017), 25 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 71.23 (DB2017), 71.23 (DB2016)
• Time (Days): 380.0 (both)
• Cost (% of claim): 23.3 (both)
• Quality of Judicial Processes Index: 11.0 (both)
• Best Performer: Korea, Rep. (Rank 1, DTF 84.15)

Resolving Insolvency

• Rank: 8 (DB2017), 9 (DB2016)
• DTF Score: 84.86 (DB2017), 84.78 (DB2016)
• Recovery Rate (cents on the dollar): 88.0 (both)
• Time (Years): 1.0 (both)
• Cost (% of estate): 4.0 (both)
• Strength of Insolvency Framework Index: 12.0 (both)
• Best Performer: Finland (Rank 1, DTF 93.89)

Key Points and Findings

• Denmark is ranked 3rd in the overall ease of doing business in 2017, a slight improvement from its 2016 rank of 2.
• The distance to frontier score is 84.87, indicating Denmark is close to the best practices but still has room for improvement.
• Gender considerations are now included in several indicators, revealing that procedures, time, and cost for women are largely similar to those for men.
• Paying taxes has been expanded to include postfiling processes, such as tax refunds and appeals.
• Trading across borders is among the best in the world, with Denmark ranked 1st and having a DTF score of 100.
• Enforcing contracts and resolving insolvency are areas where Denmark performs well but still lags behind some top performers.

Conclusion

Doing Business 2017 highlights that Denmark maintains a strong and efficient regulatory environment for businesses, particularly in areas such as trading across borders and paying taxes. However, there are still opportunities for improvement in other areas like enforcing contracts and resolving insolvency. The inclusion of a gender dimension adds new insights into how regulations affect different groups of entrepreneurs, supporting more inclusive policy reforms.