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Doing Business 2016: Bolivia Economy Profile Summary

Core Content

The Doing Business 2016 report provides an assessment of regulatory quality and efficiency for small to medium-sized businesses in Bolivia. It evaluates 11 key areas of business regulation and presents data for Bolivia alongside comparator economies and the global best performers. The report does not include labor market regulation in the aggregate ease of doing business ranking, but it does provide detailed data on this topic.

Main Topics and Indicators

1. Starting a Business

• Rank (DB2016): 178
• DTF Score (DB2016): 59.74
• Procedures: 15
• Time (days): 50.0
• Cost (% of income per capita): 57.9
• Comparator: Argentina (157), Brazil (174), Chile (62), New Zealand (1)
• Best Performer: New Zealand (99.96)

2. Dealing with Construction Permits

• Rank (DB2016): 150
• DTF Score (DB2016): 58.87
• Procedures: 12
• Time (days): 275.0
• Cost (% of warehouse value): 1.0
• Comparator: Argentina (173), Brazil (169), Chile (24), Singapore (1)
• Best Performer: Singapore (92.97)

3. Getting Electricity

• Rank (DB2016): 101
• DTF Score (DB2016): 64.88
• Procedures: 8
• Time (days): 42.0
• Cost (% of income per capita): 747.2
• Comparator: Argentina (85), Brazil (22), Chile (51), Korea, Rep. (1)
• Best Performer: Korea, Rep. (99.88)

4. Registering Property

• Rank (DB2016): 143
• DTF Score (DB2016): 49.78
• Procedures: 7
• Time (days): 91.0
• Cost (% of property value): 4.7
• Comparator: Argentina (116), Brazil (130), Chile (56), New Zealand (1)
• Best Performer: New Zealand (94.46)

5. Getting Credit

• Rank (DB2016): 126
• DTF Score (DB2016): 35
• Strength of legal rights index (0-12): 0.0
• Depth of credit information index (0-8): 7.0
• Credit bureau coverage (% of adults): 43.2
• Comparator: Argentina (79), Brazil (97), Chile (79), New Zealand (1)
• Best Performer: New Zealand (100)

6. Protecting Minority Investors

• Rank (DB2016): 144
• DTF Score (DB2016): 41.67
• Strength of minority investor protection index (0-10): 4.2
• Extent of conflict of interest regulation index (0-10): 4.0
• Extent of shareholder governance index (0-10): 4.3
• Comparator: Argentina (49), Brazil (29), Chile (36), Singapore (1)
• Best Performer: Singapore (83.33)

7. Paying Taxes

• Rank (DB2016): 189
• DTF Score (DB2016): 12.18
• Payments (number per year): 42.0
• Time (hours per year): 1,025.0
• Total tax rate (% of profit): 83.7
• Comparator: Argentina (170), Brazil (178), Chile (33), United Arab Emirates (1)
• Best Performer: United Arab Emirates (99.44)

8. Trading Across Borders

• Rank (DB2016): 124
• DTF Score (DB2016): 59.6
• Time to export: Border compliance (hours): 216
• Cost to export: Border compliance (USD): 65
• Time to export: Documentary compliance (hours): 192
• Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD): 25
• Time to import: Border compliance (hours): 114
• Cost to import: Border compliance (USD): 315
• Comparator: Argentina (143), Brazil (145), Chile (63), Denmark (1)
• Best Performer: Denmark (100)

9. Enforcing Contracts

• Rank (DB2016): 136
• DTF Score (DB2016): 49.72
• Time (days): 591.0
• Cost (% of claim): 33.2
• Quality of judicial processes index (0-18): 4.5
• Comparator: Argentina (38), Brazil (45), Chile (56), Singapore (1)
• Best Performer: Singapore (84.91)

10. Resolving Insolvency

• Rank (DB2016): 92
• DTF Score (DB2016): 43.27
• Recovery rate (cents on the dollar): 39.8
• Time (years): 1.8
• Cost (% of estate): 14.5
• Comparator: Argentina (95), Brazil (62), Chile (58), Finland (1)
• Best Performer: Finland (93.81)

Key Information

• Region: Latin America & Caribbean
• Income Category: Lower middle income
• Population: 10,847,664
• GNI per capita (US$): 2,830
• DB2016 Rank: 157
• DB2015 Rank: 155 (adjusted for methodology and data changes)
• Change in Rank: -2
• DB2016 DTF: 47.47
• DB2015 DTF: 46.99
• Change in DTF: 0.48

Methodology Notes

• The report includes updates to the methodology for five indicators and minor revisions for others.
• The distance to frontier (DTF) score measures the absolute distance to regulatory best practices.
• The ease of doing business ranking is based on DTF scores and compares economies relative to each other.
• The DTF score is normalized to a 0–100 scale, where 100 represents the best performance.
• Some indicators are not comparable across years due to changes in methodology.

Conclusion

Bolivia's business environment in 2016 is characterized by relatively high regulatory burdens, particularly in areas such as starting a business, getting credit, and paying taxes. While there are some improvements in the DTF score compared to 2015, the country still lags behind many comparator economies and the global best performers. The report highlights the importance of regulatory reform in reducing the number of procedures, time, and cost associated with business operations.