Bolivia - Ease of doing business

New business density (new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64)

Definition: New businesses registered are the number of new limited liability corporations registered in the calendar year.

Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (http://www.doingbusiness.org/data/exploretopics/entrepreneurship).

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Year Value
2018 0.513

Time to obtain an electrical connection (days)

Definition: The average wait, in days, experienced to obtain an electrical connection from the day an establishment applies for it to the day it receives the service.

Source: World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).

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Year Value
2006 15.20
2010 21.20
2017 30.00

Power outages in firms in a typical month (number)

Definition: Power outages are the average number of power outages that establishments experience in a typical month.

Source: World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).

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Year Value
2006 0.40
2010 1.20
2017 0.60

Firms experiencing electrical outages (% of firms)

Definition: Percent of firms experiencing electrical outages during the previous fiscal year.

Source: World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).

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Year Value
2006 53.10
2010 39.60
2017 35.10

Time required to get electricity (days)

The value for Time required to get electricity (days) in Bolivia was 36.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 10 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 42.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 36.00 in 2019.

Definition: Time required to get electricity is the number of days to obtain a permanent electricity connection. The measure captures the median duration that the electricity utility and experts indicate is necessary in practice, rather than required by law, to complete a procedure.

Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).

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Year Value
2009 42.00
2010 42.00
2011 42.00
2012 42.00
2013 42.00
2014 42.00
2015 42.00
2016 42.00
2017 42.00
2018 40.00
2019 36.00

Firms that do not report all sales for tax purposes (% of firms)

Definition: Firms that do not report all sales for tax purposes are the percentage of firms that expressed that a typical firm reports less than 100 percent of sales for tax purposes; such firms are termed "informal firms."

Source: World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).

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Year Value
2006 51.36

Firms visited or required meetings with tax officials (% of firms)

Definition: Percent of firms that were visited or required to meet with tax officials.

Source: World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).

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Year Value
2006 49.60
2010 52.10
2017 52.80

Firms that spend on R&D (% of firms)

Definition: Percent of firms that spend on research and development.

Source: World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).

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Year Value
2006 34.70
2010 54.00
2017 15.80

Firms experiencing losses due to theft and vandalism (% of firms)

Definition: Percent of firms experiencing losses due to theft, robbery, vandalism or arson that occurred on the establishment's premises.

Source: World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).

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Year Value
2006 30.00
2010 30.50
2017 21.80

Firms expected to give gifts in meetings with tax officials (% of firms)

Definition: Firms expected to give gifts in meetings with tax officials is the percentage of firms that answered positively to the question "was a gift or informal payment expected or requested during a meeting with tax officials?"

Source: World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).

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Year Value
2006 19.60
2010 3.40
2017 8.70

Labor tax and contributions (% of commercial profits)

Labor tax and contributions (% of commercial profits) in Bolivia was 18.80 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 14 years was 18.80 in 2019, while its lowest value was 15.50 in 2005.

Definition: Labor tax and contributions is the amount of taxes and mandatory contributions on labor paid by the business.

Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).

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Year Value
2005 15.50
2006 15.50
2007 15.50
2008 15.50
2009 15.50
2010 15.50
2011 15.50
2012 18.80
2013 18.80
2014 18.80
2015 18.80
2016 18.80
2017 18.80
2018 18.80
2019 18.80

Other taxes payable by businesses (% of commercial profits)

Other taxes payable by businesses (% of commercial profits) in Bolivia was 64.90 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 14 years was 64.90 in 2019, while its lowest value was 64.60 in 2005.

Definition: Other taxes payable by businesses include the amounts paid for property taxes, turnover taxes, and other small taxes such as municipal fees and vehicle and fuel taxes.

Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).

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Year Value
2005 64.60
2006 64.60
2007 64.60
2008 64.60
2009 64.60
2010 64.60
2011 64.60
2012 64.60
2013 64.80
2014 64.80
2015 64.80
2016 64.80
2017 64.80
2018 64.90
2019 64.90

Profit tax (% of commercial profits)

Profit tax (% of commercial profits) in Bolivia was 0.000 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 14 years was 0.000 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 2005.

Definition: Profit tax is the amount of taxes on profits paid by the business.

Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).

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Year Value
2005 0.000
2006 0.000
2007 0.000
2008 0.000
2009 0.000
2010 0.000
2011 0.000
2012 0.000
2013 0.000
2014 0.000
2015 0.000
2016 0.000
2017 0.000
2018 0.000
2019 0.000

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Business environment