Time to resolve insolvency (years) - Doing business - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators

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Data are as of June 2007. Time to resolve insolvency is the number of years from the filing for insolvency in court until the resolution of distressed assets. Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).

Rank	Country	Value
Time to resolve insolvency (years) - Doing business - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2008)
1	Mauritania	8
2	Angola	6.20
3	Democratic Republic of the Congo	5.20
4	Mozambique	5
5	Niger	5
6	Djibouti	5
7	Gabon	5
8	Central African Republic	4.80
9	Kenya	4.50
10	Egypt	4.20
11	Benin	4
12	Burkina Faso	4
13	Guinea	3.80
14	Mali	3.60
15	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria	3.49
16	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa	3.45
17	Sub-Saharan Africa	3.41
18	Africa	3.31
19	Zimbabwe	3.30
20	Cameroon	3.20
21	Republic of the Congo	3
22	Senegal	3
23	Liberia	3
24	Gambia	3
25	Togo	3
26	Tanzania	3
27	Ethiopia	3
28	Zambia	2.70
29	Malawi	2.60
30	Lesotho	2.60
31	Sierra Leone	2.60
32	Algeria	2.50
33	North Africa	2.45
34	Ivory Coast	2.20
35	Uganda	2.20
36	Nigeria	2
37	South Africa	2
38	Swaziland	2
39	Ghana	1.90
40	Morocco	1.80
41	Botswana	1.70
42	Mauritius	1.70
43	Namibia	1.50
44	Tunisia	1.30

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Time to resolve insolvency (years) - Doing business - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators

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