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Norway - Doing Business 2016 Summary

Core Content

Doing Business 2016 is an annual report by the World Bank that evaluates the regulatory environment for businesses across 189 economies. It measures and tracks changes in regulations affecting 11 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 provides aggregate rankings and distance to frontier (DTF) scores to assess the ease of doing business. Norway is ranked 9th in the overall ease of doing business ranking in 2016, showing a slight decline from its 2015 rank of 8. Its DTF score in 2016 is 81.61, a small increase from 81.53 in 2015.

Key Indicators

Starting a Business

• Rank (2016): 24
• DTF Score (2016): 94.29
• Procedures: 4.0
• Time (days): 4.0
• Cost (% of income per capita): 0.9
• Paid-in min. capital (% of income per capita): 4.8
• Best performer: New Zealand (rank 1, DTF score 99.96)

Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank (2016): 26
• DTF Score (2016): 78.01
• Procedures: 11.0
• Time (days): 110.5
• Cost (% of warehouse value): 0.6
• Building quality control index (0-15): 9.5
• Best performer: Singapore (rank 1, DTF score 92.97)

Getting Electricity

• Rank (2016): 18
• DTF Score (2016): 87.46
• Procedures: 4.0
• Time (days): 66.0
• Cost (% of income per capita): 11.5
• Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff index (0-8): 7.0
• Best performer: Korea, Rep. (rank 1, DTF score 99.88)

Registering Property

• Rank (2016): 13
• DTF Score (2016): 87.67
• Procedures: 1.0
• Time (days): 3.0
• Cost (% of property value): 2.5
• Quality of the land administration index (0-30): 20.5
• Best performer: New Zealand (rank 1, DTF score 94.46)

Getting Credit

• Rank (2016): 70
• DTF Score (2016): 55
• Strength of legal rights index (0-12): 5.0
• Depth of credit information index (0-8): 6.0
• Credit registry coverage (% of adults): 0.0
• Credit bureau coverage (% of adults): 100.0
• Best performer: New Zealand (rank 1, DTF score 100)

Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank (2016): 14
• DTF Score (2016): 71.67
• Strength of minority investor protection index (0-10): 7.2
• Extent of conflict of interest regulation index (0-10): 7.0
• Extent of shareholder governance index (0-10): 7.3
• Best performer: Singapore (rank 1, DTF score 83.33)

Paying Taxes

• Rank (2016): 14
• DTF Score (2016): 91.36
• Payments (number per year): 4.0
• Time (hours per year): 83.0
• Total tax rate (% of profit): 39.5
• Best performer: United Arab Emirates (rank 1, DTF score 99.44)

Trading Across Borders

• Rank (2016): 45
• DTF Score (2016): 87.82
• Time to export: Border compliance (hours): 62
• Cost to export: Border compliance (USD): 125
• Time to export: Documentary compliance (hours): 62
• Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD): 0
• Time to import: Border compliance (hours): 2
• Cost to import: Border compliance (USD): 125
• Time to import: Documentary compliance (hours): 2
• Cost to import: Documentary compliance (USD): 0
• Best performer: Denmark (rank 1, DTF score 100)

Enforcing Contracts

• Rank (2016): 8
• DTF Score (2016): 77.14
• Time (days): 280.0
• Cost (% of claim): 9.9
• Quality of judicial processes index (0-18): 10.0
• Best performer: Singapore (rank 1, DTF score 84.91)

Resolving Insolvency

• Rank (2016): 6
• DTF Score (2016): 85.71
• Recovery rate (cents on the dollar): 92.5
• Time (years): 0.9
• Cost (% of estate): 1.0
• Strength of insolvency framework index (0-16): 11.5
• Best performer: Finland (rank 1, DTF score 93.81)

Main Points

• Norway is ranked 9th in the ease of doing business index, with a DTF score of 81.61.
• The report includes detailed comparisons with other economies (comparator economies) and highlights the number of procedures, time, and cost involved in each business-related activity.
• The methodology was updated in 2016, with new indicators added to reflect changes in regulatory quality and efficiency.
• Norway's regulatory environment is among the best globally, with most indicators showing strong performance.
• Some indicators, such as "starting a business" and "registering property," show slight improvements or stability compared to previous years.
• The labor market regulation indicators are not included in the aggregate ease of doing business ranking but are presented in the economy profile.

Key Information

• Region: OECD high-income economy
• Income category: High income
• Population: 5,136,475
• GNI per capita (US$): 103,050
• Methodology updates: The report includes new indices for building regulations, electricity supply reliability, and judicial processes.
• Comparisons: Norway is compared with comparator economies such as Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
• Best performers: New Zealand and Singapore are highlighted as top performers in several indicators.

Notes

• The DTF score provides an absolute measure of how far an economy is from the best regulatory practices.
• Rankings are relative, while DTF scores reflect the absolute distance to the frontier.
• The report excludes labor market regulation from the overall ranking but includes it in the economy profile.
• The data in the report is current as of June 1, 2015, except for the paying taxes indicators, which cover the period January–December 2014.
• The methodology has limitations, as it does not cover all aspects of the business environment, such as macroeconomic conditions or infrastructure quality.