Colombia

Economy Overview

Region	Latin America & Caribbean
Income Category	Upper middle income
Population	46,300,196
GNI Per Capita (US$)	5,510.00

Doing Business 2012 Rank	Doing Business 2011 Rank	Change in Rank
42	47	5

Topic Rankings	DB 2012 Rank	DB 2011 Rank	Change in Rank
Starting a Business	65	73	8
Dealing with Construction Permits	29	29	No change
Getting Electricity	134	131	-3
Registering Property	51	54	3
Getting Credit	67	64	-3
Protecting Investors	5	5	No change
Paying Taxes	95	120	25
Trading Across Borders	87	83	-4
Enforcing Contracts	149	149	No change
Resolving Insolvency	12	29	17

This page shows summary Doing Business 2012 data for Colombia. The first table lists the overall "Ease of Doing Business" rank (out of 183 economies) and the rankings by each topic. The rest of the tables summarize the key indicators for each topic and benchmark against regional and high-income economy (OECD) averages.