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Doing Business 2017: Thailand 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 regulations affecting business operations. It provides quantitative indicators for 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.

For Thailand, the report presents data for the year 2017, comparing it with other selected economies and highlighting its performance in terms of distance to frontier (DTF) scores and ease of doing business rankings. The report also includes a gender dimension in several indicators, reflecting the differences in processes for men and women.

Main Points

• Ease of Doing Business (EDB) Ranking: Thailand ranked 46th in 2017, with no change from 2016.
• Distance to Frontier (DTF) Score: Thailand's DTF score was 72.53, showing a slight improvement from 71.65 in 2016.
• Methodology Updates: This edition includes:
  • Postfiling processes in the paying taxes indicator.
  • A gender component in four indicators: starting a business, registering property, enforcing contracts, and labor market regulation.
  • A new pilot indicator on selling to the government.
  • Data collection for Somalia, expanding the total number of economies to 190.
• Comparative Economies: Data is provided for Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, and Timor-Leste for each indicator.

Key Indicators and Performance

Starting a Business

• Rank: 78 (2017), 93 (2016)
• DTF Score: 87.01 (2017), 85.03 (2016)
• Procedures (Men/Women): 5 (2017), 5 (2016)
• Time (Men/Women): 25.5 days (2017), 27.5 days (2016)
• Cost (Men/Women): 6.6% of income per capita (2017), 6.7% (2016)
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 99.96)

Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank: 42 (2017), 38 (2016)
• DTF Score: 75.65 (2017), 75.64 (2016)
• Procedures: 17 (2017), 17 (2016)
• Time: 103 days (2017), 103 days (2016)
• Cost: 0.1% of warehouse value (2017), 0.1% (2016)
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 87.40)

Getting Electricity

• Rank: 37 (2017), 34 (2016)
• DTF Score: 83.22 (2017), 83.21 (2016)
• Procedures: 5 (2017), 5 (2016)
• Time: 37 days (2017), 37 days (2016)
• Cost: 42.5% of income per capita (2017), 45.9% (2016)
• Best Performer: Korea, Rep. (Rank 1, DTF 99.88)

Registering Property

• Rank: 68 (2017), 67 (2016)
• DTF Score: 68.34 (2017), 68.20 (2016)
• Procedures: 4 (2017), 4 (2016)
• Time: 6 days (2017), 6 days (2016)
• Cost: 7.4% of property value (2017), 7.5% (2016)
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 94.46)

Getting Credit

• Rank: 82 (2017), 97 (2016)
• DTF Score: 50.00 (2017), 45.00 (2016)
• Strength of Legal Rights Index: 3.0 (2017), 3.0 (2016)
• Depth of Credit Information Index: 7.0 (2017), 6.0 (2016)
• Credit Registry Coverage: 0.0% (2017), 0.0% (2016)
• Credit Bureau Coverage: 53.0% (2017), 60.2% (2016)
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 100.00)

Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank: 27 (2017), 25 (2016)
• DTF Score: 66.67 (2017), 66.67 (2016)
• Strength of Minority Investor Protection Index: 6.7 (2017), 6.7 (2016)
• Conflict of Interest Regulation Index: 8.0 (2017), 8.0 (2016)
• Shareholder Governance Index: 5.3 (2017), 5.3 (2016)
• Best Performer: New Zealand (Rank 1, DTF 83.33)

Paying Taxes

• Rank: 109 (2017), 106 (2016)
• DTF Score: 68.68 (2017), 68.76 (2016)
• Payments (per year): 21 (2017), 21 (2016)
• Time (hours per year): 266 (2017), 264 (2016)
• Total Tax Rate (% of profit): 32.6 (2017), 32.6 (2016)
• Postfiling Index: 47.3 (2017)
• Best Performer: United Arab Emirates (Rank 1, DTF 99.44)

Trading Across Borders

• Rank: 56 (2017), 54 (2016)
• DTF Score: 84.10 (2017), 84.10 (2016)
• Time to Export (Border Compliance): 51 hours (2017), 51 hours (2016)
• Cost to Export (Border Compliance): $223 (2017), $223 (2016)
• Time to Export (Documentary Compliance): 11 hours (2017), 11 hours (2016)
• Cost to Export (Documentary Compliance): $97 (2017), $97 (2016)
• Time to Import (Border Compliance): 50 hours (2017), 50 hours (2016)
• Cost to Import (Border Compliance): $233 (2017), $233 (2016)
• Time to Import (Documentary Compliance): 4 hours (2017), 4 hours (2016)
• Cost to Import (Documentary Compliance): $43 (2017), $43 (2016)
• Best Performer: 10 Economies (Rank 1, DTF 100.00)

Enforcing Contracts

• Rank: 51 (2017), 51 (2016)
• DTF Score: 64.54 (2017), 64.54 (2016)
• Time (days): 440 (2017), 440 (2016)
• Cost (% of claim): 19.5 (2017), 19.5 (2016)
• Quality of Judicial Processes Index: 7.5 (2017), 7.5 (2016)
• Best Performer: Korea, Rep. (Rank 1, DTF 84.15)

Resolving Insolvency

• Rank: 23 (2017), 26 (2016)
• DTF Score: 77.08 (2017), 75.41 (2016)
• Recovery Rate (cents on the dollar): 67.7 (2017), 67.5 (2016)
• Time (years): 1.5 (2017), 1.5 (2016)
• Cost (% of estate): 18.0 (2017), 18.0 (2016)
• Strength of Insolvency Framework Index: 13.0 (2017), 12.5 (2016)
• Best Performer: Finland (Rank 1, DTF 93.89)

Key Information

• Gender Dimension: The report introduces a gender component in several indicators, measuring the differences in procedures, time, and cost for men and women.
• Methodology: The DTF score is used to measure the absolute distance to regulatory best practices, while the EDB ranking compares economies relative to each other.
• Data Sources: The data is based on the Doing Business database, with the latest data as of June 1, 2016, except for paying taxes, which covers January–December 2015.
• Regional Context: Thailand is part of the East Asia & Pacific region, classified as an upper middle-income economy.
• Comparative Analysis: The report provides comparative data for other economies, enabling policymakers to understand Thailand's position relative to its peers.

Conclusion

Thailand's business environment shows improvements in some areas, such as starting a business and getting electricity, but remains relatively high in others, like paying taxes and resolving insolvency. The inclusion of a gender dimension adds depth to the analysis, highlighting potential disparities in the regulatory environment for men and women. The report serves as a valuable tool for policymakers to identify regulatory bottlenecks and guide reforms.