OECD members - 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).

See also:

Year Value
2014 3.23
2015 3.39
2016 3.57
2017 3.58
2018 3.68

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/).

See also:

Year Value
2020 46.74

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/).

See also:

Year Value
2020 0.291

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/).

See also:

Year Value
2020 25.85

Time required to get electricity (days)

The value for Time required to get electricity (days) in OECD members was 73.79 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 10 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 96.34 in 2010 and a minimum value of 73.79 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/).

See also:

Year Value
2009 96.34
2010 96.34
2011 94.83
2012 93.91
2013 89.30
2014 83.30
2015 80.17
2016 78.86
2017 77.47
2018 75.08
2019 73.79

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/).

See also:

Year Value
2002 47.78
2003 33.66
2004 64.64
2005 41.81
2006 41.41

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/).

See also:

Year Value
2020 21.83

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/).

See also:

Year Value
2020 16.80

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/).

See also:

Year Value
2020 15.25

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/).

See also:

Year Value
2020 1.23

Labor tax and contributions (% of commercial profits)

Labor tax and contributions (% of commercial profits) in OECD members was 23.72 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 14 years was 25.74 in 2005, while its lowest value was 23.26 in 2017.

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/).

See also:

Year Value
2005 25.74
2006 25.35
2007 25.18
2008 25.16
2009 24.98
2010 24.76
2011 24.62
2012 24.69
2013 24.08
2014 24.21
2015 23.92
2016 23.87
2017 23.26
2018 23.41
2019 23.72

Other taxes payable by businesses (% of commercial profits)

Other taxes payable by businesses (% of commercial profits) in OECD members was 2.77 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 14 years was 3.58 in 2005, while its lowest value was 2.77 in 2019.

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/).

See also:

Year Value
2005 3.58
2006 3.25
2007 3.11
2008 2.99
2009 3.09
2010 2.86
2011 3.17
2012 3.52
2013 2.93
2014 2.91
2015 2.93
2016 2.88
2017 2.90
2018 2.90
2019 2.77

Profit tax (% of commercial profits)

Profit tax (% of commercial profits) in OECD members was 15.15 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 14 years was 17.89 in 2005, while its lowest value was 14.27 in 2012.

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

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

See also:

Year Value
2005 17.89
2006 16.75
2007 16.74
2008 16.21
2009 15.48
2010 15.19
2011 14.37
2012 14.27
2013 15.83
2014 15.99
2015 15.63
2016 15.50
2017 15.56
2018 15.33
2019 15.15

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Business environment