Enterprise Surveys [ESY]

Annual

Age of the establishment (years)

Annual employment growth (%)

Bribery depth (% of public transactions where a gift or informal payment was requested)

Bribery incidence (percent of firms experiencing at least one bribe payment request)

Capacity utilization (%)

Days to clear direct exports through customs

Days to clear imports from customs

Days to obtain a construction-related permit

Days to obtain an electrical connection (upon application)

Days to obtain an import license

Days to obtain an operating license

If a generator is used, average proportion of electricity from a generator (%)

If the establishment pays for security, average security costs (% of annual sales)

If there were losses, average losses due to theft and vandalism (% of annual sales)

If there were outages, average duration of a typical electrical outage (hours)

If there were outages, average losses due to electrical outages (% of annual sales)

If there were visits, average number of visits or required meetings with tax officials

Number of electrical outages in a typical month

Number of water insufficiencies in a typical month

Number of workers

Number of years firm operated without formal registration

Percent of firms buying fixed assets

Percent of firms choosing access to finance as their biggest obstacle

Percent of firms choosing access to land as their biggest obstacle

Percent of firms choosing business licensing and permits as their biggest obstacle

Percent of firms choosing corruption as their biggest obstacle

Percent of firms choosing courts as their biggest obstacle

Percent of firms choosing crime, theft and disorder as their biggest obstacle

Percent of firms choosing customs and trade regulations as their biggest obstacle

Percent of firms choosing electricity as their biggest obstacle

Percent of firms choosing inadequately educated workforce as their biggest obstacle

Percent of firms choosing labor regulations as their biggest obstacle

Percent of firms choosing political instability as their biggest obstacle

Percent of firms choosing practices of the informal sector as their biggest obstacle

Percent of firms choosing tax administration as their biggest obstacle

Percent of firms choosing tax rates as their biggest obstacle

Percent of firms choosing transportation as their biggest obstacle

Percent of firms competing against unregistered or informal firms

Percent of firms expected to give gifts in meetings with tax officials

Percent of firms expected to give gifts to get a construction permit

Percent of firms expected to give gifts to get a water connection

Percent of firms expected to give gifts to get an electrical connection

Percent of firms expected to give gifts to get an import license

Percent of firms expected to give gifts to get an operating license

Percent of firms expected to give gifts to public officials "to get things done"

Percent of firms expected to give gifts to secure government contract

Percent of firms experiencing electrical outages

Percent of firms experiencing losses due to theft and vandalism

Percent of firms experiencing water insufficiencies

Percent of firms exporting directly (at least 10% of sales)

Percent of firms exporting directly or indirectly (at least 10% of sales)

Percent of firms formally registered when they started operations in the country

Percent of firms having their own Web site

Percent of firms identifying access to finance as a major constraint

Percent of firms identifying an inadequately educated workforce as a major constraint

Percent of firms identifying business licensing and permits as a major constraint

Percent of firms identifying corruption as a major constraint

Percent of firms identifying crime, theft and disorder as a major constraint

Percent of firms identifying customs and trade regulations as a major constraint

Percent of firms identifying electricity as a major constraint

Percent of firms identifying labor regulations as a major constraint

Percent of firms identifying practices of competitors in the informal sector as a major constraint

Percent of firms identifying tax administration as a major constraint

Percent of firms identifying tax rates as a major constraint

Percent of firms identifying the courts system as a major constraint

Percent of firms identifying transportation as a major constraint

Percent of firms not needing a loan

Percent of firms offering formal training

Percent of firms owning or sharing a generator

Percent of firms paying for security

Percent of firms that introduced a new product/service

Percent of firms that introduced a process innovation

Percent of firms that spend on R&D

Percent of firms using banks to finance investments

Percent of firms using banks to finance working capital

Percent of firms using e-mail to interact with clients/suppliers

Percent of firms using material inputs and/or supplies of foreign origin

Percent of firms using supplier/customer credit to finance working capital

Percent of firms using technology licensed from foreign companies

Percent of firms visited or required to meet with tax officials

Percent of firms whose new product/service is also new to the main market

Percent of firms whose recent loan application was rejected

Percent of firms with a bank loan/line of credit

Percent of firms with a checking or savings account

Percent of firms with a female top manager

Percent of firms with an annual financial statement reviewed by external auditors

Percent of firms with an internationally-recognized quality certification

Percent of firms with at least 10% of foreign ownership

Percent of firms with at least 10% of government/state ownership

Percent of firms with female participation in ownership

Percent of firms with legal status of Sole Proprietorship

Percent of firms with majority female ownership

Products shipped to supply domestic markets that were lost due to theft (% of product value)

Proportion of investment financed by banks (%)

Proportion of investment financed internally (%)

Proportion of loans requiring collateral (%)

Proportion of permanent full-time non-production workers that are female (%)

Proportion of permanent full-time production workers that are female (%)

Proportion of permanent full-time workers that are female (%)

Proportion of permanent workers (out of all workers)

Proportion of private domestic ownership in a firm (%)

Proportion of production workers (out of all permanent workers)

Proportion of products lost to breakage or spoilage during shipping to domestic markets (%)

Proportion of skilled workers (out of all production workers) (%)

Proportion of temporary workers (out of all workers)

Proportion of total inputs that are of foreign origin (%)

Proportion of total sales that are exported directly (%)

Proportion of workers offered formal training (%)

Proportion of working capital financed by banks (%)

Real annual labor productivity growth (%)

Real annual sales growth (%)

Senior management time spent dealing with the requirements of government regulation (%)

Value of collateral needed for a loan (% of the loan amount)

Value of gift expected to secure a government contract (% of contract value)

Years of the top manager's experience working in the firm's sector

Afghanistan

Albania

Angola

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Bahamas, The

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

Benin

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cabo Verde

Cambodia

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Congo, Dem. Rep.

Congo, Rep.

Costa Rica

Cote d'Ivoire

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt, Arab Rep.

El Salvador

Eritrea

Estonia

Eswatini

Ethiopia

Fiji

Gabon

Gambia, The

Georgia

Ghana

Greece

Grenada

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Honduras

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Iraq

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kosovo

Kyrgyz Republic

Lao PDR

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Mali

Malta

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Micronesia, Fed. Sts.

Moldova

Mongolia

Montenegro

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

Namibia

Nepal

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

North Macedonia

Pakistan

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russian Federation

Rwanda

Samoa

Senegal

Serbia

Sierra Leone

Slovak Republic

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

South Africa

South Sudan

Sri Lanka

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Lucia

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Sudan

Suriname

Sweden

Tajikistan

Tanzania

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Togo

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

Ukraine

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

Venezuela, RB

Vietnam

West Bank and Gaza

Yemen, Rep.

Zambia

Zimbabwe