This economy profile for Doing Business2016 presents the 11 Doing Business indicators for Benin. Toallow for useful comparison, the profile also provides datafor other selected economies (comparator economies) for eachindicator. Doing Business 2016 is the 13th edition in aseries of annual reports measuring the regulations thatenhance business activity and those that constrain it.Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business; for2015 Benin ranks 158. A high ease of doing business rankingmeans the regulatory environment is more conducive to thestarting and operation of a local firm. Doing Businesspresents quantitative indicators on business regulations andthe protection of property rights that can be comparedacross 189 economies from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe and overtime. Doing Business sheds light on how easy or difficult itis for a local entrepreneur to open and run a small tomedium-size business when complying with relevantregulations. It measures and tracks changes in regulationsaffecting 11 areas in the life cycle of a business: startinga business, dealing with construction permits, gettingelectricity, registering property, getting credit,protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading acrossborders, enforcing contracts, resolving insolvency and labormarket regulation. The data in this report are current as ofJune 1, 2015 (except for the paying taxes indicators, whichcover the period from January to December 2014).