Cameroon vs Gabon: Closing a business, recovery rate
Closing a business, recovery rate over time
- Cameroon
- Gabon
How they compare
Gabon currently reports 15.2 cents on the dollar against 13.6 cents on the dollar in Cameroon, a difference of 1.6 cents on the dollar.
That makes Gabon's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.
Across all 8 years both countries report, Gabon has been ahead every year.
Cameroon ranks 34th and Gabon ranks 32nd of 46 countries.
Gabon has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Gabon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.94 cents on the dollar | 14.68 cents on the dollar | 1.74 cents on the dollar | Gabon |
| 2010s | 13.6 cents on the dollar | 15.2 cents on the dollar | 1.6 cents on the dollar | Gabon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher closing a business, recovery rate, Cameroon or Gabon?
- Gabon, at 15.2 cents on the dollar against 13.6 cents on the dollar in Cameroon as of 2012.
- What is the difference in closing a business, recovery rate between Cameroon and Gabon?
- 1.6 cents on the dollar, with Gabon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Gabon?
- 8 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2012.
- How do Cameroon and Gabon rank globally for closing a business, recovery rate?
- Cameroon ranks 34th and Gabon ranks 32nd of 46 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/), published as Closing a business, recovery rate (cents on the dollar). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The recovery rate is recorded as cents on the dollar recouped by creditors through the bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings. The calculation takes into account whether the business emerges from the proceedings as a going concern as well as costs and the loss in value due to the time spent closing down. If the business keeps operating, no value is lost on the initial claim, set at 100 cents on the dollar. If it does not, the initial 100 cents on the dollar are reduced to 70 cents on the dollar. Then the official costs of the insolvency procedure are deducted (1 cent for each percentage of the initial value). Finally, the value lost as a result of the time the money remains tied up in insolvency proceedings is taken into account, including the loss of value due to depreciation of the hotel furniture. Consistent with international accounting practice, the depreciation rate for furniture is taken to be 20%. The furniture is assumed to account for a quarter of the total value of assets. The recovery rate is the present value of the remaining proceeds, based on end-2006 lending rates from the International Monetary Fund’s International Financial Statistics, supplemented with data from central banks. For more information, visit http://www.doingbusiness.org/MethodologySurveys/.