| DOING BUSINESS IN BULGARIA | |||||
| BULGARIA | Eastern Europe & Central Asia | GNI per capita (US$) | 5,770 | ||
| Ease of doing business (rank) | 51 | Upper middle income | Population (m) | 7,6 | |
| Starting a business (rank) + | 43 | Getting credit (rank) | 6 | Trading across borders (rank) | 108 |
| Procedures (number) | 4 | Strength of legal rights index (0-10) | 8 | Documents to export (number) | 5 |
| Time (days) | 18 | Depth of credit information index (0-6) | 6 | Time to export (days) | 23 |
| Cost (% of income per capita) | 1,6 | Public registry coverage (% of adults) | 37,0 | Cost to export (US$ per container) | 1,551 |
| Minimum capital (% of income per capita) | 0 | Private bureau coverage (% of adults) | 13,1 | Documents to import (number) | 7 |
| Time to import (days) | 21 | ||||
| Dealing with construction permits (rank) | 119 | Protecting investors (rank) | 44 | Cost to import (US$ per container) | 1,666 |
| Procedures (number) | 24 | Extent of disclosure index (0-10) | 10 | Enforcing contracts (rank) | 87 |
| Time (days) | 139 | Extent of director liability index (0-10) | 1 | Procedures (number) | 39 |
| Cost (% of income per capita) | 442,3 | Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) | 7 | Time (days) | 564 |
| Strength of investor protection index (0-10) | 6 | Cost (% of claim) | 23,8 | ||
| Registering property (rank) | 62 | Paying taxes (rank) + | 85 | Closing a business (rank) | 83 |
| Procedures (number) | 8 | Payments (number per year) | 17 | Time (years) | 3,3 |
| Time (days) | 15 | Time (hours per year) | 616 | Cost (% of estate) | 9 |
| Cost (% of property value) | 3 | Total tax rate (% of proit) | 29 | Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) | 31 |
| Reforms making it easier to do business | (+) | ||||
| Reforms making it more diicult to do business | (x) | ||||