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Summary of Doing Business 2016: Serbia

Core Content

The Doing Business 2016 report measures and ranks the regulatory quality and efficiency for domestic firms across 11 key areas of the business life cycle. It provides a comprehensive overview of the ease of doing business in Serbia, comparing it with other economies and highlighting changes in regulations and their economic implications.

Main Topics Covered

• Starting a Business:

  • Serbia's rank: 65 (DB2016), 62 (DB2015)
  • DTF Score: 88.94 (DB2016), 88.91 (DB2015)
  • Number of procedures: 6
  • Time (days): 12
  • Cost (% of income per capita): 6.6
  • Best performer: New Zealand (rank 1, DTF score 99.96)

• Dealing with Construction Permits:

  • Serbia's rank: 139 (DB2016), 178 (DB2015)
  • DTF Score: 61.47 (DB2016), 43.52 (DB2015)
  • Number of procedures: 18
  • Time (days): 272
  • Cost (% of warehouse value): 3.6
  • Best performer: Singapore (rank 1, DTF score 92.97)

• Getting Electricity:

  • Serbia's rank: 63 (DB2016), 61 (DB2015)
  • DTF Score: 75.98 (DB2016), 75.9 (DB2015)
  • Number of procedures: 4
  • Time (days): 131
  • Cost (% of income per capita): 428.6
  • Best performer: Korea, Rep. (rank 1, DTF score 99.88)

• Registering Property:

  • Serbia's rank: 73 (DB2016), 72 (DB2015)
  • DTF Score: 66.95 (DB2016), 67.06 (DB2015)
  • Number of procedures: 6
  • Time (days): 54
  • Cost (% of property value): 2.8
  • Best performer: New Zealand (rank 1, DTF score 94.46)

• Getting Credit:

  • Serbia's rank: 59 (DB2016), 52 (DB2015)
  • DTF Score: 60 (DB2016), 60 (DB2015)
  • Number of procedures: Not specified
  • Time (hours per year): 244.3
  • Cost (% of profit): 39.7
  • Best performer: New Zealand (rank 1, DTF score 100)

• Protecting Minority Investors:

  • Serbia's rank: 81 (DB2016), 81 (DB2015)
  • DTF Score: 55 (DB2016), 55 (DB2015)
  • Strength of minority investor protection: 5.5
  • Best performer: Singapore (rank 1, DTF score 83.33)

• Paying Taxes:

  • Serbia's rank: 143 (DB2016), 165 (DB2015)
  • DTF Score: 61.87 (DB2016), 48.9 (DB2015)
  • Number of payments per year: 42
  • Time (hours per year): 244.3
  • Total tax rate (% of profit): 39.7
  • Best performer: United Arab Emirates (rank 1, DTF score 99.44)

• Trading Across Borders:

  • Serbia's rank: 23 (DB2016), 23 (DB2015)
  • DTF Score: 95.08 (DB2016), 95.08 (DB2015)
  • Time to export: 4 hours (border compliance), 2 hours (documentary compliance)
  • Cost to export: $47 (border compliance), $66 (documentary compliance)
  • Time to import: 3 hours (border compliance), 3 hours (documentary compliance)
  • Cost to import: $52 (border compliance), $71 (documentary compliance)
  • Best performer: Denmark (rank 1, DTF score 100)

• Enforcing Contracts:

  • Serbia's rank: 73 (DB2016), 73 (DB2015)
  • DTF Score: 60.26 (DB2016), 60.26 (DB2015)
  • Time (days): 635
  • Cost (% of claim): 34.0
  • Quality of judicial processes: 11.0
  • Best performer: Singapore (rank 1, DTF score 84.91)

• Resolving Insolvency:

  • Serbia's rank: 50 (DB2016), 49 (DB2015)
  • DTF Score: Not specified
  • Best performer: Finland (rank 1)

Key Information

• Region: Europe & Central Asia
• Income Category: Upper middle income
• Population: 7,129,428
• GNI per capita (US$): 5,820
• DB2016 Rank: 59
• DB2015 Rank: 68
• Change in Rank: 9 (improvement)
• DB2016 DTF: 68.41
• DB2015 DTF: 65.25
• Change in DTF: 3.16 (improvement)

Methodology Notes

• The report includes data for 10 business regulation topics and excludes labor market regulation from the aggregate ranking.
• The distance to frontier (DTF) score is used to measure the absolute distance from the best regulatory practices, while the ease of doing business ranking compares economies relative to one another.
• The report is based on data current as of June 1, 2015, except for paying taxes, which covers January–December 2014.
• Some indicators have undergone methodological changes, affecting their comparability with previous years.

Key Observations

• Serbia has made progress in several areas, particularly in starting a business, getting electricity, and registering property.
• The DTF score increased from 65.25 in 2015 to 68.41 in 2016, indicating improved regulatory performance.
• Despite this, Serbia still lags behind many comparator economies, especially in paying taxes and enforcing contracts.
• The DTF score provides a more accurate picture of regulatory improvements than the ease of doing business ranking, which is relative.
• The labor market regulation indicators are not included in the aggregate ranking, but are presented in the economy profile.

Comparators and Benchmarks

• Serbia is compared with other economies such as Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Romania, and Slovak Republic.
• These comparator economies show varying levels of regulatory efficiency, with some (e.g., New Zealand, Denmark, Singapore) performing significantly better in key areas.

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2016 report provides a detailed analysis of Serbia's regulatory environment, highlighting both its strengths and areas for improvement. While Serbia has made progress in certain areas, it still faces significant challenges in others. The report is a valuable tool for policymakers to identify regulatory reforms and benchmark their country against global standards.