Doing Business in Montenegro 2020
| Montenegro | Ease of Doing Business Rank: 50 | Overall Score: 73.8 |
| Starting a Business (rank) | 101 |
| Score | 86.7 |
| Procedures - Men (number) | 8 |
| Time - Men (number) | 12 |
| Cost - Men (days) | 1.2 |
| Procedures - Women (days) | 8 |
| Time - Women (% of income per capita) | 12 |
| Cost - Women (% of income per capita) | 1.2 |
| Paid in minimum capital (% of income per capita) | 0 |
| Dealing with Construction Permits (rank) | 40 |
| Score | 76.1 |
| Procedures (number) | 9 |
| Time (days) | 102 |
| Cost (% of warehouse value) | 4.9 |
| Building Quality Control Index(0-15) | 10 |
| Quality of building regulations index (0-2) | 1 |
| Quality control before construction index (0-1) | 1 |
| Quality control during construction index (0-3) | 2 |
| Quality control after construction index (0-3) | 3 |
| Liability and insurance regimes index (0-2) | 1 |
| Professional certifications index (0-4) | 2 |
| Getting Electricity (rank) | 134 |
| Score | 61.2 |
| Procedures (number) | 7 |
| Time (days) | 131 |
| Cost (% of income per capita) | 144.4 |
| Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff index (0-8) | 5 |
| Total duration and frequency of outages per customer a year (0-3) | 0 |
| Mechanisms for monitoring outages (0-1) | 1 |
| Mechanisms for restoring service (0-1) | 1 |
| Regulatory monitoring (0-1) | 1 |
| Financial deterrents aimed at limiting outages (0-1) | 1 |
| Communication of tariffs and tariff changes (0-1) | 1 |
| System average interruption duration index (SAIDI) | 40.3 |
| System average interruption frequency index (SAIFI) | 25.8 |
| Minimum outage time (in minutes) | 3 |
| Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) | 14.1 |
| Registering Property (rank) | 83 |
| Score | 65.8 |
| Procedures (number) | 6 |
| Time (days) | 69 |
| Cost (% of property value) | 3.1 |
| Quality of land administration index (0-30) | 17.5 |
| Reliability of infrastructure index (0-8) | 7 |
| Transparency of information index (0-6) | 3 |
| Geographic coverage index (0-8) | 4 |
| Land dispute resolution index (0-8) | 3.5 |
| Equal access to property rights index (-2-0) | 0 |
| Getting credit (rank) | 15 |
| Score | 85 |
| Strength of legal rights index (0-12) | 12 |
| Depth of credit information index (0-8) | 5 |
| Getting Credit total score | 17 |
| Credit registry coverage (% of adults) | 41 |
| Credit bureau coverage (% of adults) | 0 |
| Protecting Minority Investors (rank) | 61 |
| Score | 62 |
| Extent of disclosure index (0-10) | 5 |
| Extent of director liability index (0-10) | 8 |
| Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) | 6 |
| Extent of shareholder rights index (0-6) | 3 |
| Extent of ownership and control index (0-7) | 3 |
| Extent of corporate transparency index (0-7) | 6 |
| Strength of minority investor protection index (0-50) | 31 |
| Paying Taxes (rank) | 75 |
| Score | 76.7 |
| Payments (number per year) | 18 |
| Time (hours per year) | 300 |
| Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) | 22.2 |
| Profit tax (% of profit) | 8.3 |
| Labor tax and contributions (% of profit) | 13.4 |
| Other taxes (% of profit) | 0.5 |
| Time to comply with VAT refund (hours) | 4 |
| Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) | 22 |
| Time to comply with a corporate income tax correction (hours) | 10 |
| Time to complete a corporate income tax correction (weeks) | 19 |
| Postfiling index (0-100) | 70.5 |
| Trading across borders (rank) | 41 |
| Score | 91.9 |
| Time to export: Documentary compliance (hours) | 5 |
| Time to import: Documentary compliance (hours) | 6 |
| Time to export: Border compliance (hours) | 8 |
| Time to import: Border compliance (hours) | 23 |
| Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD) | 26 |
| Cost to import: Documentary compliance | 60 |
| Cost to export: Border compliance (USD) | 85 |
| Cost to import: Border compliance (USD) | 306 |
| Enforcing contract (rank) | 44 |
| Score | 66.8 |
| Time (days) | 545 |
| Filing and service (days) | 60 |
| Trial and judgment (days) | 365 |
| Enforcement of judgment (days) | 120 |
| Cost (% of claim) | 25.7 |
| Attorney fees (% of claim) | 11.3 |
| Court fees (% of claim) | 6.9 |
| Enforcement fees (% of claim) | 7.5 |
| Quality of the judicial processes index (0-18) | 11.5 |
| Court structure and proceedings (0-5) | 5 |
| Case management (0-6) | 3.5 |
| Court automation (0-4) | 1 |
| Alternative dispute resolution (0-3) | 2 |
| Resolving Insolvency (rank) | 43 |
| Score | 66.1 |
| Outcome (0 as piecemeal sale and 1 as going concern) | 0 |
| Time (years) | 1.4 |
| Cost (% of estate) | 8 |
| Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) | 50.3 |
| Strength of insolvency framework index (0-16) | 12.5 |
| Commencement of proceedings index (0-3) | 2.5 |
| Management of debtor's assets index (0-6) | 6 |
| Reorganization proceedings index (0-3) | 3 |
| Creditor participation index (0-4) | 1 |
