Haiti Doing Business 2015: Economy Profile
Summary — This report presents the Doing Business indicators for Haiti. It benchmarks Haiti against other economies and the regional average, providing rankings and distance to frontier scores on various business-related topics. The data is current as of June 1, 2014.
Key Findings
- Haiti ranks 180 out of 189 economies in the ease of doing business.
- Starting a business in Haiti requires 12 procedures, takes 97 days, and costs 246.7% of income per capita.
- Dealing with construction permits in Haiti requires 8 procedures, takes 71 days, and costs 16.4% of the warehouse value.
- Getting electricity in Haiti requires 4 procedures, takes 60 days, and costs 3495.8% of income per capita.
- Registering property in Haiti requires 5 procedures, takes 312 days, and costs 7.1% of the property value.
Full Description
The Doing Business report sheds light on the ease or difficulty for a local entrepreneur to open and run a small to medium-size business while complying with regulations. It measures and tracks changes in regulations affecting 11 areas in the life cycle of a business, including starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, resolving insolvency, and labor market regulation. This economy profile presents the Doing Business indicators for Haiti, comparing it to other selected economies and providing data for each indicator. The data in this report are current as of June 1, 2014 (except for the paying taxes indicators, which cover the period January–December 2013).