Private Sector in Zambia 214 indicators covering private sector for Zambia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Getting credit: Depth of credit information index (0-6) (DB05-14) 83.33 2013 — 31st Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-10) (DB05-14) 90 2013 unchanged 12th Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-10) 9 DB05-14 methodology 2013 unchanged 12th Getting electricity (DB10-15 methodology) - Score 57.59 2014 down 21.4% 151st Global: Ease of doing business score 62.57 DB10-14 methodology 2013 — 88th Getting electricity: Minimum outage time (in minutes) 5 DB16-20 methodology 2019 unchanged 5th Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index 51.22 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 12.3% 9th Getting electricity: System average interruption frequency index 4.91 DB16-20 methodology 2019 down 48.7% 36th Number of female sole proprietors 13,875 2024 up 119.0% 31st Share of female sole proprietors 32.8% 2024 up 8.1% 54th Number of male sole proprietors 28,445 2024 up 95.6% 25th Share of male sole proprietors 67.2% 2024 down 3.5% 25th Number of female directors 13,199 2024 up 177.1% 15th Share of female directors 30.4% 2024 up 46.5% 22nd Number of male directors 30,240 2024 up 66.1% 19th Share of male directors 69.6% 2024 down 12.2% 50th Number of female business owners 13,522 2024 up 180.0% 14th Share of female business owners 31.0% 2024 up 45.9% 20th Number of male business owners 30,057 2024 up 68.1% 17th Share of male business owners 69.0% 2024 down 12.4% 53rd Lead time to import, median case 6 days 2016 down 39.4% 6th Minimum capital for starting a business 0.0% 2012 down 100.0% 27th Enforcing contracts, cost 38.7% 2012 unchanged 25th Getting credit, legal rights index 9 2012 unchanged 3rd Cost of registering property 8.2% 2012 down 15.5% 26th Closing a business, cost 9.0% 2012 unchanged 38th Closing a business, time 2.7 years 2012 unchanged 27th Closing a business, recovery rate 29.8 cents on the dollar 2012 up 72.3% 16th Protecting investors, director liability index 6 2012 unchanged 10th Protecting investors, investor protection index 5.3 2012 unchanged 14th Protecting investors, shareholder suits index 7 2012 unchanged 7th Dealing with construction permits, cost 1,679.1% 2012 down 62.0% 6th Dealing with construction, procedures 14 number 2012 unchanged 25th Time required to deal with construction permits 196 days 2012 down 12.9% 21st ← Previous Page 4 of 4