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Doing Business 2016: Namibia Economy Profile Summary

Core Content

The Doing Business report measures and tracks regulatory quality and efficiency across 11 key areas of the business life cycle in 189 economies. It provides a comprehensive assessment of how easy or difficult it is for entrepreneurs to start and operate a business, with a focus on reducing bureaucratic hurdles and improving regulatory frameworks. The report also includes a distance to frontier (DTF) score, which benchmarks the performance of each economy against the best practices in the world.

Main Topics and Indicators Covered

• 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
• Labor Market Regulation

Key Information

Economy Overview

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Income Category: Upper middle income
• Population: 2,347,988
• GNI per capita (US$): 5,820
• DB2016 Rank: 101
• DB2015 Rank: 101 (adjusted for methodology changes)
• DB2016 DTF Score: 60.17
• DB2015 DTF Score: 59.72
• Change in DTF: +0.45

Methodology Changes in Doing Business 2016

• Starting a Business: No major changes, but data is compared to the 2010 benchmark.
• Dealing with Construction Permits: Added index for the quality and implementation of building regulations.
• Getting Electricity: Added measure for electricity price and reliability index.
• Registering Property: Added index for the quality of the land administration system.
• Enforcing Contracts: Added index for the quality and efficiency of judicial processes.
• Trading Across Borders: Updated case study to reflect the economy's comparative advantage and trade partners.
• Protecting Minority Investors: Adjusted to include limited companies and fine-tuned the shareholder governance index.

Business Environment Highlights

Starting a Business

• Rank: 164 (DB2016), 154 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 68.92 (DB2016), 68.67 (DB2015)
• Procedures: 10
• Time (days): 66
• Cost (% of income per capita): 11.1
• Best Performer: New Zealand (rank 1, DTF score 99.96)

Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank: 66 (DB2016), 57 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 72.24 (DB2016), 73.21 (DB2015)
• Procedures: 10
• Time (days): 137
• Cost (% of warehouse value): 0.5
• Best Performer: Singapore (rank 1, DTF score 92.97)

Getting Electricity

• Rank: 76 (DB2016), 72 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 71.89 (DB2016), 71.71 (DB2015)
• Procedures: 6
• Time (days): 37
• Cost (% of income per capita): 338.7
• Best Performer: Republic of Korea (rank 1, DTF score 99.88)

Registering Property

• Rank: 174 (DB2016), 172 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 38.61 (DB2016), 38.47 (DB2015)
• Procedures: 8
• Time (days): 52
• Cost (% of property value): 13.7
• Best Performer: New Zealand (rank 1, DTF score 94.46)

Getting Credit

• Rank: 59 (DB2016), 61 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 60 (DB2016), 55 (DB2015)
• Procedures: 7
• Time (hours per year): 302
• Total Tax Rate (% of profit): 21.3
• Best Performer: New Zealand (rank 1, DTF score 100)

Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank: 66 (DB2016), 64 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 56.67 (DB2016), 56.67 (DB2015)
• Strength of minority investor protection index: 5.7
• Best Performer: Singapore (rank 1, DTF score 83.33)

Paying Taxes

• Rank: 93 (DB2016), 88 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 73.63 (DB2016), 73.57 (DB2015)
• Time (hours per year): 302
• Total tax rate (% of profit): 21.3
• Best Performer: United Arab Emirates (rank 1, DTF score 99.44)

Trading Across Borders

• Rank: 118 (DB2016), 118 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 61.47 (DB2016), 61.47 (DB2015)
• Time to export: Border compliance (hours): 120
• Cost to export: Border compliance (USD): 745
• Best Performer: Denmark (rank 1, DTF score 100)

Enforcing Contracts

• Rank: 103 (DB2016), 103 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 56.03 (DB2016), 56.03 (DB2015)
• Time (days): 460
• Cost (% of claim): 35.8
• Best Performer: Singapore (rank 1, DTF score 84.91)

Resolving Insolvency

• Rank: 97 (DB2016), 95 (DB2015)
• DTF Score: 42.22 (DB2016), 42.4 (DB2015)
• Recovery rate (cents on the dollar): 34.9
• Time (years): 2.5
• Best Performer: Finland (rank 1, DTF score 93.81)

Summary of Key Findings

• Namibia's ease of doing business rank (DB2016): 101
• DTF score (DB2016): 60.17
• No significant change in rank from DB2015 (101)
• Improvement in DTF score from DB2015 (59.72) by 0.45 points
• Namibia's performance in most indicators is moderate, with room for improvement in areas such as getting electricity, registering property, and resolving insolvency.
• Namibia is among the better performers in the region for starting a business and dealing with construction permits.
• The best performers globally in the indicators are typically economies like New Zealand, Singapore, and Denmark, which have streamlined processes and low costs.

Data Sources and Notes

• The data is current as of June 1, 2015, except for the paying taxes indicators, which cover the period January–December 2014.
• The report does not include labor market regulation in the aggregate ease of doing business ranking, but the data is still presented.
• The DTF score measures the absolute distance from the best performance in each indicator, while the ease of doing business ranking compares economies relative to one another.
• The methodology changes in 2016 have improved the comprehensiveness and relevance of the indicators, particularly in areas like construction permits, electricity, and judicial processes.

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2016 report provides a detailed overview of Namibia's regulatory environment for businesses, highlighting areas where the country performs well and where it lags behind. While Namibia maintains a stable rank, there are opportunities for improvement in the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of business-related regulations. The report serves as a valuable tool for policymakers to identify key areas for reform and benchmark against global best practices.