Collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy | Republic of Kosovo | United States Minor Outlying Islands | Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China | Åland Islands | Wales | Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands | Western Sahara | Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands | Department of Mayotte | Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands | Antarctica | Principality of Monaco | Republic of the Marshall Islands | Bailiwick of Jersey | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | British Indian Ocean Territory | Bailiwick of Guernsey | Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Falkland Islands | Bouvet Island | Northern Ireland | Republic of Nauru | Vatican City State | Isle of Man | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Republic of Namibia | Scotland | Territory of Norfolk Island | Territory of Christmas Island | Tokelau | England | Greenland | Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita)
The paid-in minimum capital requirement re?ects the amount that the entrepreneur needs to deposit in a bank or with a third-party before registration or up to three months after incorporation. It is calculated as percentage of income per capita. Any legal limitation of the company’s operations or decisions related to the payment of the minimum capital requirement is recorded. In case the legal minimum capital is provided per share, it is assumed 5 shareholders own the company and the legal minimum capital is multiplied by 5 shares. If an economy requires a minimum capital but allows businesses to pay only a part of it before registration, only this part is recorded. Development relevance: Where the rules are excessively burdensome, resource-constrained entrepreneurs might not have the opportunity to turn their ideas into a business. More generally, making it difficult to start a business may prevent an economy and its private sector from reaping the benefits of business formalization. In fact, a growing body of empirical research shows a positive correlation between business entry regulations and social and economic outcomes. Economies with high levels of formal entrepreneurship also benefit from higher levels of employment and enhanced economic growth. Moreover, as more businesses formalize, the tax base expands, which enables governments to spend on productivity-enhancing areas and pursue other social and economic policy objectives. Conversely, economies with overly cumbersome regulations for starting a business are associated with higher levels of informality and corruption as well as a smaller tax base. Limitations and exceptions: The Doing Business methodology has five limitations that should be considered when interpreting the data. First, for most economies the collected data refer to businesses in the largest business city and may not be representative of regulation in other parts of the economy. Second, the data often focus on a specific business form—generally a limited liability company (or its legal equivalent) of a specified size—and may not be representative of the regulation on other businesses. Third, transactions described in a standardized case scenario refer to a specific set of issues and may not represent the full set of issues that a business encounters. Fourth, the measures of time involve an element of judgment by the expert respondents. When sources indicate different estimates, the time indicators reported in Doing Business represent the median values of several responses given under the assumptions of the standardized case. Finally, the methodology assumes that a business has full information on what is required and does not waste time when completing procedures. In practice, completing a procedure may take longer if the business lacks information or is unable to follow up promptly. Alternatively, the business may choose to disregard some burdensome procedures. For both reasons the time delays reported in Doing Business would differ from the recollection of entrepreneurs reported in the World Bank Group Enterprise questionnaires or other firm-level questionnaires.. Statistical concept and methodology: Data are collected by the World Bank Group with a standardized questionnaire that uses a simple business case to ensure comparability across economies and over time—with assumptions about the legal form of the business, its size, its location and nature of its operation. Questionnaires are administered to more than 13,800 local experts, including lawyers, business consultants, accountants, freight forwarders, government officials and other professionals routinely administering or advising on legal and regulatory requirements. The Doing Business data are based on a detailed reading of domestic laws, regulations and administrative requirements as well as their implementation in practice as experienced by private firms. The report covers 190 economies—including some of the smallest and poorest economies, for which little or no data are available from other sources. The data are collected through several rounds of communication with expert respondents (both private sector practitioners and government officials), through responses to questionnaires, conference calls, written correspondence and visits by the team. Doing Business relies on four main sources of information: the relevant laws and regulations, Doing Business respondents, the governments of the economies covered and the World Bank Group regional staff.
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Collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy | Republic of Kosovo | United States Minor Outlying Islands | Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China | Åland Islands | Wales | Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands | Western Sahara | Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands | Department of Mayotte | Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands | Antarctica | Principality of Monaco | Republic of the Marshall Islands | Bailiwick of Jersey | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | British Indian Ocean Territory | Bailiwick of Guernsey | Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Falkland Islands | Bouvet Island | Northern Ireland | Republic of Nauru | Vatican City State | Isle of Man | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Republic of Namibia | Scotland | Territory of Norfolk Island | Territory of Christmas Island | Tokelau | England | Greenland | Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita)
126.8 2004
114.9 2005
118.6 2006
94.8 2007
80.2 2008
180.1 2009
103.4 2010
112.4 2011
104.6 2012
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0 2015
0 2016
0 2017
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Collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy | Republic of Kosovo | United States Minor Outlying Islands | Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China | Åland Islands | Wales | Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands | Western Sahara | Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands | Department of Mayotte | Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands | Antarctica | Principality of Monaco | Republic of the Marshall Islands | Bailiwick of Jersey | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | British Indian Ocean Territory | Bailiwick of Guernsey | Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Falkland Islands | Bouvet Island | Northern Ireland | Republic of Nauru | Vatican City State | Isle of Man | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Republic of Namibia | Scotland | Territory of Norfolk Island | Territory of Christmas Island | Tokelau | England | Greenland | Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita)
The paid-in minimum capital requirement re?ects the amount that the entrepreneur needs to deposit in a bank or with a third-party before registration or up to three months after incorporation. It is calculated as percentage of income per capita. Any legal limitation of the company’s operations or decisions related to the payment of the minimum capital requirement is recorded. In case the legal minimum capital is provided per share, it is assumed 5 shareholders own the company and the legal minimum capital is multiplied by 5 shares. If an economy requires a minimum capital but allows businesses to pay only a part of it before registration, only this part is recorded. Development relevance: Where the rules are excessively burdensome, resource-constrained entrepreneurs might not have the opportunity to turn their ideas into a business. More generally, making it difficult to start a business may prevent an economy and its private sector from reaping the benefits of business formalization. In fact, a growing body of empirical research shows a positive correlation between business entry regulations and social and economic outcomes. Economies with high levels of formal entrepreneurship also benefit from higher levels of employment and enhanced economic growth. Moreover, as more businesses formalize, the tax base expands, which enables governments to spend on productivity-enhancing areas and pursue other social and economic policy objectives. Conversely, economies with overly cumbersome regulations for starting a business are associated with higher levels of informality and corruption as well as a smaller tax base. Limitations and exceptions: The Doing Business methodology has five limitations that should be considered when interpreting the data. First, for most economies the collected data refer to businesses in the largest business city and may not be representative of regulation in other parts of the economy. Second, the data often focus on a specific business form—generally a limited liability company (or its legal equivalent) of a specified size—and may not be representative of the regulation on other businesses. Third, transactions described in a standardized case scenario refer to a specific set of issues and may not represent the full set of issues that a business encounters. Fourth, the measures of time involve an element of judgment by the expert respondents. When sources indicate different estimates, the time indicators reported in Doing Business represent the median values of several responses given under the assumptions of the standardized case. Finally, the methodology assumes that a business has full information on what is required and does not waste time when completing procedures. In practice, completing a procedure may take longer if the business lacks information or is unable to follow up promptly. Alternatively, the business may choose to disregard some burdensome procedures. For both reasons the time delays reported in Doing Business would differ from the recollection of entrepreneurs reported in the World Bank Group Enterprise questionnaires or other firm-level questionnaires.. Statistical concept and methodology: Data are collected by the World Bank Group with a standardized questionnaire that uses a simple business case to ensure comparability across economies and over time—with assumptions about the legal form of the business, its size, its location and nature of its operation. Questionnaires are administered to more than 13,800 local experts, including lawyers, business consultants, accountants, freight forwarders, government officials and other professionals routinely administering or advising on legal and regulatory requirements. The Doing Business data are based on a detailed reading of domestic laws, regulations and administrative requirements as well as their implementation in practice as experienced by private firms. The report covers 190 economies—including some of the smallest and poorest economies, for which little or no data are available from other sources. The data are collected through several rounds of communication with expert respondents (both private sector practitioners and government officials), through responses to questionnaires, conference calls, written correspondence and visits by the team. Doing Business relies on four main sources of information: the relevant laws and regulations, Doing Business respondents, the governments of the economies covered and the World Bank Group regional staff.
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Greenland
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