Investor Presentaiton
Pakistan's Ranking in Each Factor
There are total ten indicators through which an economy's performance is measured by the Doing
Business Index of World Bank. In case of Pakistan, some indicators fall under Federal jurisdiction while
others are dealt by the provincial government. Karachi (65% weightage) and Lahore (35% weightage),
the largest metropolitan cities are being taken to gauge the ease in doing business in Pakistan.
Mainly the indicators i.e. Starting a Business, Dealing with Construction Permits, Registering Property,
Enforcing Contracts and Getting Electricity fall under provincial jurisdiction but many of their activities
and procedures go through Federal machinery.
INDICATORS
2020
2019
2018
Starting a Business
72
130
142
Dealing with Construction Permits
112
166
141
Getting Electricity
123
167
167
Registering Property
151
161
170
Getting Credit
119
112
105
Protecting Minority Investors
28
26
20
Paying Taxes
161
173
172
Trading Across Borders
111
142
171
Enforcing Contracts
156
156
156
Resolving Insolvency
58
53
82
Source: Doing Business, World Bank, 2020
Protecting Minority Investors is the best performing indicator of Pakistan where Pakistan stands at
28th in 2020. Resolving Insolvency has improved from 82nd place to 58th place. Another crucial indicator
which is said to be the face of a country's doing business environment is Starting a Business. Pakistan
was able to score 72nd place in 2020 which was 142nd in 2018. Other indicators like Dealing with
Construction Permits, Getting Electricity, Trading across Borders and Getting Credit have also been
improving gradually but consistently. The overall performance of bringing reforms in the economy is
quite encouraging in all indicators, showing that Pakistan has embarked on a right direction.
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