Age of the establishment (years)
Average number of visits or required meetings with tax officials (for affected firms)
Average time to clear exports through customs (days)
Bribery incidence (% of firms experiencing at least one bribe payment request)
Bribery index (% of gift or informal payment requests during public transactions)
Burden of customs procedure, WEF (1=extremely inefficient to 7=extremely efficient)
Business extent of disclosure index (0=less disclosure to 10=more disclosure)
Capacity utilization (%)
Commercial service exports (current US$)
Commercial service imports (current US$)
Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports)
Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports)
Cost of business start-up procedures (% of GNI per capita)
Cost of business start-up procedures, female (% of GNI per capita)
Cost of business start-up procedures, male (% of GNI per capita)
Cost to build a warehouse (% of income per capita)
Cost to enforce a contract (% of claim)
Cost to export (US$ per container)
Cost to export, border compliance (US$)
Cost to export, documentary compliance (US$)
Cost to get electricity(% of income per capita)
Cost to import (US$ per container)
Cost to import, border compliance (US$)
Cost to import, documentary compliance (US$)
Cost to register property (% of property value)
Days of inventory of main input
Days to clear direct exports through customs
Days to clear imports from customs
Days to obtain a construction-related permit
Days to obtain an electrical connection (upon application)
Days to obtain an import license
Days to obtain an operating license
Documents to import (number)
Duration of a typical electrical outage (hours)
Ease of doing business score (0 = lowest performance to 100 = best performance)
Ease of shareholder suits index (0 to 10)
Export value index (2000 = 100)
Export volume index (2000 = 100)
Extent of director liability index (0 to 10)
Firms competing against unregistered firms (% of firms)
Firms expected to give gifts in meetings with tax officials (% of firms)
Firms formally registered when operations started (% of firms)
Firms offering formal training (% of firms)
Firms using banks to finance working capital (% of firms)
Firms with female participation in ownership (% of firms)
Firms with female top manager (% of firms)
Food exports (% of merchandise exports)
Food imports (% of merchandise imports)
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)
High-technology exports (current US$)
If a generator is used, average proportion of electricity from a generator (%)
If the establishment pays for security, average security costs (% of annual sales)
If there were losses, average losses due to theft and vandalism (% of annual sales)
If there were outages, average duration of a typical electrical outage (hours)
If there were visits, average number of visits or required meetings with tax officials
Import value index (2000 = 100)
Import volume index (2000 = 100)
Informal payments to public officials (% of firms)
Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports)
Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports)
International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports)
International tourism, expenditures (current US$)
International tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items (current US$)
International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$)
International tourism, number of arrivals
International tourism, receipts (% of total exports)
International tourism, receipts (current US$)
International tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$)
International tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$)
Internationally-recognized quality certification (% of firms)
Labor tax and contributions (% of commercial profits)
Logistics performance index: Ability to track and trace consignments (1=low to 5=high)
Logistics performance index: Competence and quality of logistics services (1=low to 5=high)
Logistics performance index: Ease of arranging competitively priced shipments (1=low to 5=high)
Logistics performance index: Efficiency of customs clearance process (1=low to 5=high)
Logistics performance index: Frequency with which shipments reach consignee within scheduled or expected time (1=low to 5=high)
Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high)
Logistics performance index: Quality of trade and transport-related infrastructure (1=low to 5=high)
Losses due to electrical outages (% of annual sales)
Losses due to theft and vandalism (% of annual sales of affected firms)
Losses due to theft and vandalism against the firm (% of annual sales)
Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)
Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports)
Merchandise exports (current US$)
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)
Merchandise imports (current US$)
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)
Minimum paid-in capital required to start a business (% of income per capita)
Net barter terms of trade index (2000 = 100)
Number of electrical outages in a typical month
Number of permanent full-time workers
Number of permanent non-production workers
Number of permanent production workers
Number of permanent skilled production workers
Number of permanent unskilled production workers
Number of temporary workers
Number of visits or required meetings with tax officials
Number of years firm operated without formal registration
Other taxes payable by businesses (% of commercial profits)
Percent of firms choosing access to finance as their biggest obstacle
Percent of firms choosing access to land as their biggest obstacle
Percent of firms choosing business licensing and permits as their biggest obstacle
Percent of firms choosing corruption as their biggest obstacle
Percent of firms choosing courts as their biggest obstacle
Percent of firms choosing crime, theft and disorder as their biggest obstacle
Percent of firms choosing customs and trade regulations as their biggest obstacle
Percent of firms choosing electricity as their biggest obstacle
Percent of firms choosing inadequately educated workforce as their biggest obstacle
Percent of firms choosing labor regulations as their biggest obstacle
Percent of firms choosing political instability as their biggest obstacle
Percent of firms choosing practices of the informal sector as their biggest obstacle
Percent of firms choosing tax administration as their biggest obstacle
Percent of firms choosing tax rates as their biggest obstacle
Percent of firms choosing transportation as their biggest obstacle
Percent of firms competing against unregistered or informal firms
Percent of firms expected to give gifts in meetings with tax officials
Percent of firms expected to give gifts to get a construction permit
Percent of firms expected to give gifts to get an electrical connection
Percent of firms expected to give gifts to get an import license
Percent of firms expected to give gifts to get an operating license
Percent of firms expected to give gifts to public officials "to get things done"
Percent of firms expected to give gifts to secure government contract
Percent of firms exporting directly (at least 1% of sales)
Percent of firms exporting directly or indirectly (at least 1% of sales)
Percent of firms formally registered when they started operations in the country
Percent of firms having their own Web site
Percent of firms identifying access to finance as a major constraint
Percent of firms identifying an inadequately educated workforce as a major constraint
Percent of firms identifying business licensing and permits as a major constraint
Percent of firms identifying corruption as a major constraint
Percent of firms identifying crime, theft and disorder as a major constraint
Percent of firms identifying customs and trade regulations as a major constraint
Percent of firms identifying electricity as a major constraint
Percent of firms identifying labor regulations as a major constraint
Percent of firms identifying practices of competitors in the informal sector as a major constraint
Percent of firms identifying tax administration as a major constraint
Percent of firms identifying tax rates as a major constraint
Percent of firms identifying the courts system as a major constraint
Percent of firms identifying transportation as a major constraint
Percent of firms not needing a loan
Percent of firms offering formal training
Percent of firms owning or sharing a generator
Percent of firms paying for security
Percent of firms using banks to finance investments
Percent of firms using banks to finance working capital
Percent of firms using e-mail to interact with clients/suppliers
Percent of firms using material inputs and/or supplies of foreign origin
Percent of firms using technology licensed from foreign companies
Percent of firms with a bank loan/line of credit
Percent of firms with a checking or savings account
Percent of firms with a female top manager
Percent of firms with an annual financial statement reviewed by external auditors
Percent of firms with an internationally-recognized quality certification
Percent of firms with female participation in ownership
Percent of firms with legal status of Limited Partnership
Percent of firms with legal status of Partnership
Percent of firms with legal status of privately held Limited Liability Company
Percent of firms with legal status of publicly listed company
Percent of firms with legal status of Sole Proprietorship
Power outages in firms in a typical month (number)
Procedures required to connect to electricity (number)
Procedures to build a warehouse (number)
Procedures to register property (number)
Products shipped to supply domestic markets that were lost due to theft (% of product value)
Profit tax (% of commercial profits)
Proportion of a firm held by the largest owner(s) (%)
Proportion of electricity from a generator (%)
Proportion of government/state ownership in a firm (%)
Proportion of investment financed by banks (%)
Proportion of investment financed by equity or stock sales (%)
Proportion of investment financed by supplier credit (%)
Proportion of investment financed internally (%)
Proportion of loans requiring collateral (%)
Proportion of permanent full-time non-production workers that are female (%)
Proportion of permanent full-time workers that are female (%)
Proportion of private domestic ownership in a firm (%)
Proportion of private foreign ownership in a firm (%)
Proportion of products lost to breakage or spoilage during shipping to domestic markets (%)
Proportion of total inputs that are of domestic origin (%)
Proportion of total inputs that are of foreign origin (%)
Proportion of total sales that are domestic sales (%)
Proportion of total sales that are exported directly (%)
Proportion of total sales that are exported indirectly (%)
Proportion of unskilled workers (out of all production workers) (%)
Proportion of workers offered formal training (%)
Proportion of working capital financed by supplier credit (%)
Proportion of working capital financed by banks (%)
Resolving insolvency: cost (% of estate)
Resolving insolvency: recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
Security costs (% of annual sales)
Senior management time spent dealing with the requirements of government regulation (%)
Share of tariff lines with international peaks, all products (%)
Share of tariff lines with international peaks, manufactured products (%)
Share of tariff lines with international peaks, primary products (%)
Share of tariff lines with specific rates, all products (%)
Share of tariff lines with specific rates, manufactured products (%)
Share of tariff lines with specific rates, primary products (%)
Start-up procedures to register a business (number)
Start-up procedures to register a business, female (number)
Start-up procedures to register a business, male (number)
Strength of investor protection index (0 to 10)
Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, all products (%)
Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, manufactured products (%)
Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, primary products (%)
Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, all products (%)
Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, manufactured products (%)
Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, primary products (%)
Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products (%)
Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, manufactured products (%)
Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products (%)
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%)
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products (%)
Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products (%)
Tax payments (number)
Time required to build a warehouse (days)
Time required to enforce a contract (days)
Time required to obtain an operating license (days)
Time required to register property (days)
Time required to start a business (days)
Time required to start a business, female (days)
Time required to start a business, male (days)
Time spent dealing with the requirements of government regulations (% of senior management time)
Time to export, border compliance (hours)
Time to export, documentary compliance (hours)
Time to import, border compliance (hours)
Time to import, documentary compliance (hours)
Time to prepare and pay taxes (hours)
Time to resolve insolvency (years)
Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit)
Trade: Cost to export (US$ per container)
Trade: Cost to import (US$ per container)
Trade: Time to export (day)
Trade: Time to import (days)
Transport services (% of commercial service exports)
Transport services (% of commercial service imports)
Travel services (% of commercial service exports)
Travel services (% of commercial service imports)
Value of collateral needed for a loan (% of the loan amount) WB
Value of gift expected to secure a government contract (% of contract value)
Years of the top manager's experience working in the firm's sector