Economy Profile of Haiti: Doing Business 2018 Indicators
Summary — This report provides an economy profile of Haiti based on the Doing Business 2018 indicators. It covers various aspects of business regulations and their enforcement, including starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, and getting credit.
Key Findings
- Haiti ranks 181 out of 190 economies in the ease of doing business.
- Starting a business in Haiti requires 12 procedures, 97 days, and 200.2% of income per capita.
- Dealing with construction permits in Haiti requires 14 procedures, 98 days, and 21.6% of warehouse value.
- Getting electricity in Haiti requires 4 procedures, 60 days, and 3522% of income per capita.
Full Description
The Doing Business project provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 190 economies. This report focuses on Haiti, presenting quantitative indicators on regulation for starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, and resolving insolvency. The report also measures features of labor market regulation, though these are not included in the aggregate distance to frontier score or ranking on the ease of doing business. The data is collected for Port-au-Prince.