Management time dealing with officials (% of management time) - Business environment - Private Sector & Trade - World Development Indicators

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Time dealing with officials is the percentage of management time in a given week spent on requirements imposed by government regulations (taxes, customs, labor regulations, licensing and registration).
Management time dealing with officials (% of management time) - Business environment - Private Sector & Trade - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Venezuela (2006)33.59
2Turkey (2008)27.08
3Algeria (2007)25.06
4Burkina Faso (2009)22.2
5Niger (2009)21.05
6Chad (2009)20.8
7Benin (2009)20.65
8Mexico (2006)20.49
9Russia (2009)19.93
10Brazil (2009)18.74
11Albania (2007)18.66
12China (2003)18.3
13Ecuador (2006)17.29
14Madagascar (2009)17.12
15Bhutan (2009)15.95
16Macedonia (2009)14.46
17Colombia (2006)14.27
18Argentina (2006)13.77
19Belarus (2008)13.58
20Peru (2006)13.51
21Bolivia (2006)13.48
22Hungary (2009)13.47
23Poland (2009)12.82
24Serbia (2009)12.2
25Mongolia (2009)12.08
26Lebanon (2006)11.97
27Tajikistan (2008)11.7
28Morocco (2007)11.37
29Ukraine (2008)11.33
30Bosnia and Herzegovina (2009)11.18
31Uzbekistan (2008)11.06
32Croatia (2007)10.92
33Bulgaria (2009)10.62
34Czech Republic (2009)10.37
35Panama (2006)10.34
36Syria (2003)10.31
37Armenia (2009)10.25
38Kosovo (2009)9.81
39Latvia (2009)9.72
40Costa Rica (2005)9.63
41Mauritius (2009)9.36
42Nicaragua (2006)9.33
43Lithuania (2009)9.33
44Guatemala (2006)9.21
45Romania (2009)9.2
46El Salvador (2006)9.16
47Chile (2006)9
48Egypt (2008)8.83
49Dominican Republic (2005)8.82
50Paraguay (2006)7.87
51Malaysia (2007)7.8
52Liberia (2009)7.52
53Sierra Leone (2009)7.35
54Gambia (2006)7.31
55Slovenia (2009)7.26
56Angola (2006)7.14
57Moldova (2009)7.03
58Cameroon (2009)7
59Uruguay (2006)6.98
60Philippines (2003)6.88
61Afghanistan (2008)6.81
62Montenegro (2009)6.78
63Jordan (2006)6.67
64Slovakia (2009)6.67
65India (2006)6.66
66Nepal (2009)6.51
67Jamaica (2005)6.32
68Democratic Republic of the Congo (2006)6.31
69Nigeria (2007)6.06
70Republic of the Congo (2009)6
71South Africa (2007)5.95
72Rwanda (2006)5.92
73Mauritania (2006)5.84
74West Bank and Gaza (2006)5.71
75Burundi (2006)5.7
76Lesotho (2009)5.64
77Cambodia (2007)5.64
78Estonia (2009)5.54
79Uganda (2006)5.21
80Kenya (2007)5.12
81Botswana (2006)4.96
82Kyrgyzstan (2009)4.88
83Kazakhstan (2009)4.72
84Zambia (2007)4.58
85Honduras (2006)4.55
86Swaziland (2006)4.4
87Cape Verde (2009)4.25
88Ghana (2007)4.03
89Tanzania (2006)4.01
90Indonesia (2003)3.98
91Ethiopia (2006)3.77
92Sri Lanka (2004)3.54
93Malawi (2009)3.45
94Mozambique (2007)3.33
95Bangladesh (2007)3.22
96Azerbaijan (2009)2.98
97Senegal (2007)2.9
98Guinea-Bissau (2006)2.87
99Namibia (2006)2.86
100Gabon (2009)2.81
101Togo (2009)2.73
102Guinea (2006)2.65
103Mali (2007)2.39
104Ireland (2005)2.33
105Guyana (2004)2.3
106Pakistan (2007)2.18
107Georgia (2008)2.06
108Ivory Coast (2009)1.81
109Greece (2005)1.8
110Laos (2009)1.63
111Germany (2005)1.23
112Portugal (2005)1.07
113Spain (2005)0.83
114Vietnam (2005)0.79
115Eritrea (2009)0.47
116Thailand (2006)0.43
117North Korea (2005)0.06
118South Korea (2005)0.06
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