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Jul 2014Doing Business in Nigeria
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Ease of Doing Business in
Nigeria
Doing Business 2014 data for Nigeria. The first table lists the overall Ease of Doing Business rank (from out of 189 economies) and the rankings by each of the topics. It does also lists the economy’s distance into frontier (DTF)** measurements. The rest of the tables will summarize the key indicators for each topic and benchmark against regional and high-income economy (O.E.C.D.) average.
ECONOMY OVERVIEW
| REGION | Sub-Saharan Africa |
|---|---|
| INCOME CATEGORY | Lower middle income |
| POPULATION | 168,833,776 |
| GNI PER CAPITA (US$) | 1,430 |
| CITY COVERED | Lagos |
| DOING BUSINESS 2014 RANK | DOING BUSINESS 2013 RANK*** | CHANGE IN RANK |
|---|---|---|
| 147 | 138 |  -9 |
| DOING BUSINESS 2014 DTF** (% POINTS) | DOING BUSINESS 2013 DTF** (% POINTS) | CHANGE IN DTF** (% POINTS) |
|---|---|---|
| 46.62 | 46.33 |  0.29 |
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TOPICS DB 2014 Rank DB 2013 Rank Change in Rank Starting a Business 122 114 
-8Dealing with Construction Permits 151 146
-5Getting Electricity 185 184
-1Registering Property 185 185 No change Getting Credit 13 11
-2Protecting Investors 68 67
-1Paying Taxes 170 167
-3Trading Across Borders 158 159 
1Enforcing Contracts 136 138
2Resolving Insolvency 107 107 No change
