Economy Rankings

Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1 – 183, with first place being the best. A high ranking on the ease of doing business index means the regulatory environment is conducive to the operation of business. This index averages the country's percentile rankings on 10 topics, made up of a variety of indicators, giving equal weight to each topic. The rankings are from the Doing Business 2010 report, covering the period June 2008 through May 2009.

Ranking Methodology

Explanation of how the Ease of Doing Business Index and the sub-indices are calculated. (PDF, 51KB)

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Economy	Ease of Doing Business Rank	Starting a Business	Dealing with Construction Permits	Employing Workers	Registering Property	Getting Credit	Protecting Investors	Paying Taxes	Trading Across Borders	Enforcing Contracts	Closing a Business
Malaysia	23	88	109	61	86	1	4	24	35	59	57
United Kingdom	5	16	16	35	23	2	10	16	16	23	9
South Africa	34	67	52	102	90	2	10	23	148	85	76
Singapore	1	4	2	1	16	4	2	5	1	13	2
New Zealand	2	1	5	15	3	4	1	9	26	10	17
Hong Kong, China	3	18	1	6	75	4	3	3	2	3	13
United States	4	8	25	1	12	4	5	61	18	8	15
Australia	9	3	62	1	34	4	57	47	27	16	14
Latvia	27	51	78	128	58	4	57	45	22	15	88
Israel	29	34	120	90	147	4	5	83	11	99	41
Bulgaria	44	50	119	53	56	4	41	95	106	87	78
Serbia	88	73	174	94	105	4	73	136	69	97	102
Kenya	95	124	34	78	125	4	93	164	147	126	79
Guatemala	110	156	150	127	24	4	132	108	119	103	93
Denmark	6	28	10	9	47	15	27	13	6	28	7
Ireland	7	9	30	27	79	15	5	6	21	37	6
Japan	15	91	45	40	54	15	16	123	17	20	1
Korea, Rep.	19	53	23	150	71	15	73	49	8	5	12
Switzerland	21	71	35	16	15	15	165	21	39	29	38
Germany	25	84	18	158	57	15	93	71	14	7	35
Austria	28	122	54	60	39	15	132	102	24	11	20
Azerbaijan	38	17	158	33	9	15	20	108	177	26	84
Kyrgyz Republic	41	14	40	47	19	15	12	156	154	54	140
Slovak Republic	42	66	56	81	11	15	109	119	113	61	39
Romania	55	42	91	113	92	15	41	149	46	55	91
Peru	56	112	116	112	28	15	20	86	91	114	99
Namibia	66	123	38	43	134	15	73	97	151	41	55
Poland	72	117	164	76	88	15	41	151	42	75	85
Albania	82	46	173	105	70	15	15	138	66	91	183
Canada	8	2	29	17	35	30	5	28	38	58	4
Georgia	11	5	7	9	2	30	41	64	30	41	95
Iceland	14	33	31	56	13	30	73	31	73	2	16
Finland	16	30	47	132	27	30	57	71	4	8	5
Puerto Rico	35	15	148	22	124	30	16	104	105	97	30
Hungary	47	39	88	77	61	30	119	122	70	14	58
Panama	77	27	68	177	65	30	109	173	10	119	75
Trinidad and Tobago	81	65	82	45	170	30	20	56	49	169	183
Zambia	90	94	151	116	94	30	73	36	157	87	83
Vietnam	93	116	69	103	40	30	172	147	74	32	127
India	133	169	175	104	93	30	41	169	94	182	138
Honduras	141	144	74	168	91	30	165	145	114	175	118
Ukraine	142	134	181	83	141	30	109	181	139	43	145
Norway	10	35	65	114	8	43	20	17	9	4	3
Belgium	22	31	46	48	167	43	16	73	43	21	8
Estonia	24	37	20	161	13	43	57	38	3	49	61
Lithuania	26	99	64	119	4	43	93	51	28	17	36
Netherlands	30	70	104	123	29	43	109	33	13	30	10
France	31	22	17	155	159	43	73	59	25	6	42
Macedonia, FYR	32	6	137	58	63	43	20	26	62	64	115
Armenia	43	21	72	62	5	43	93	153	102	62	49
Botswana	45	83	122	71	44	43	41	18	150	79	27
Fiji	54	104	58	31	43	43	41	81	116	65	122
Spain	62	146	53	157	48	43	93	78	59	52	19
Kazakhstan	63	82	143	38	31	43	57	52	182	34	54
Montenegro	71	85	160	46	131	43	27	145	47	133	44
Czech Republic	74	113	76	25	62	43	93	121	53	82	116
El Salvador	84	121	128	106	46	43	119	134	61	50	81
Kosovo	113	164	176	34	68	43	172	50	132	157	28
Uruguay	114	132	140	64	165	43	93	159	131	96	46
Swaziland	115	158	24	55	158	43	180	54	158	130	68
Saudi Arabia	13	13	33	73	1	61	16	7	23	140	60
Colombia	37	74	32	63	51	61	5	115	97	152	32
Mexico	51	90	37	136	99	61	41	106	74	81	24
Rwanda	67	11	89	30	38	61	27	59	170	40	183
Pakistan	85	63	105	146	119	61	27	143	78	158	56
China	89	151	180	140	32	61	93	125	44	18	65
Croatia	103	101	144	163	109	61	132	39	96	45	82
Bosnia and Herzegovina	116	160	136	111	139	61	93	129	63	124	63
Argentina	118	138	169	101	115	61	109	142	110	46	86
Costa Rica	121	127	129	110	49	61	165	154	60	132	101
Thailand	12	55	13	52	6	71	12	88	12	24	48
Sweden	18	43	19	117	20	71	57	42	7	51	18
United Arab Emirates	33	44	27	50	7	71	119	4	5	134	143
Cyprus	40	25	77	93	64	71	93	37	15	107	21
Taiwan, China	46	29	97	153	30	71	73	92	33	90	11
Chile	49	69	66	72	42	71	41	45	56	69	114
Vanuatu	59	110	22	75	104	71	73	20	141	73	52
Mongolia	60	78	103	44	25	71	27	69	155	36	110
Bahamas, the	68	61	100	42	149	71	109	42	37	120	31
Turkey	73	56	133	145	36	71	57	75	67	27	121
Dominica	83	38	25	80	113	71	27	68	86	167	183
Dominican Republic	86	107	92	97	112	71	57	70	36	86	146
Sri Lanka	105	41	168	96	148	71	73	166	65	137	45
Egypt, Arab Rep.	106	24	156	120	87	71	73	140	29	148	132
Bangladesh	119	98	118	124	176	71	20	89	107	180	108
Paraguay	124	100	106	179	79	71	57	110	152	104	119
Mauritius	17	10	42	36	66	87	12	12	19	66	73
Bahrain	20	63	14	13	22	87	57	13	32	117	26
St. Lucia	36	36	12	20	76	87	27	40	103	165	47
Portugal	48	60	111	171	52	87	41	80	19	25	22
Slovenia	53	26	59	162	108	87	20	84	84	60	40
Kuwait	61	137	81	24	89	87	27	11	109	113	69
Tunisia	69	47	107	108	59	87	73	118	40	77	34
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	70	45	3	57	137	87	27	62	52	102	183
Jamaica	75	19	49	39	122	87	73	174	104	128	23
St. Kitts and Nevis	76	86	8	19	153	87	27	100	53	114	183
Italy	78	75	85	99	98	87	57	136	50	156	29
Belize	80	147	4	23	128	87	119	57	117	168	25
Grenada	91	52	15	49	162	87	27	82	79	162	183
Moldova	94	77	161	141	17	87	109	101	140	22	90
Lebanon	108	108	125	66	111	87	93	34	95	121	124
Greece	109	140	50	147	107	87	154	76	80	89	43
Nicaragua	117	95	138	84	143	87	93	165	99	67	70
Russian Federation	120	106	182	109	45	87	93	103	162	19	92
Nigeria	125	108	162	37	178	87	57	132	146	94	94
Morocco	128	76	99	176	123	87	165	126	72	108	67
Brazil	129	126	113	138	120	87	73	150	100	100	131
Tanzania	131	120	178	131	145	87	93	120	108	31	113
Malawi	132	128	163	92	101	87	73	24	172	142	130
Ecuador	138	163	86	160	69	87	132	77	125	101	134
Cambodia	145	173	145	134	116	87	73	58	127	141	183
Angola	169	165	123	178	173	87	57	139	171	181	144
Antigua and Barbuda	50	59	21	54	103	113	27	128	53	71	64
Tonga	52	32	35	11	121	113	109	30	51	55	103
Belarus	58	7	44	32	10	113	109	183	129	12	74
Luxembourg	64	72	43	170	131	113	119	15	31	1	50
Ghana	92	135	153	133	33	113	41	79	83	47	106
Brunei Darussalam	96	153	75	4	183	113	119	22	48	160	37
Uganda	112	129	84	7	149	113	132	66	145	116	53
Indonesia	122	161	61	149	95	113	41	127	45	146	142
Nepal	123	87	131	148	26	113	73	124	161	122	105
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	127	79	11	14	183	113	172	86	98	149	154
Lesotho	130	131	155	67	142	113	147	63	143	105	72
Iran, Islamic Rep.	137	48	141	137	153	113	165	117	134	53	109
Zimbabwe	159	145	178	142	84	113	119	131	167	78	156
Bolivia	161	167	101	183	135	113	132	177	121	136	62
Samoa	57	20	48	18	81	127	27	67	88	83	139
Oman	65	62	130	21	20	127	93	8	123	106	66
Jordan	100	125	92	51	106	127	119	26	71	124	96
Ethiopia	107	93	60	98	110	127	119	42	159	57	77
Mozambique	135	96	159	156	151	127	41	98	136	129	136
Philippines	144	162	111	115	102	127	132	135	68	118	153
Sierra Leone	148	58	171	166	175	127	27	161	137	144	147
Afghanistan	160	23	149	69	164	127	183	55	183	164	183
Qatar	39	68	28	68	55	135	93	2	41	95	33
Kiribati	79	119	71	29	66	135	41	10	77	80	183
Papua New Guinea	102	104	121	26	83	135	41	96	89	162	104
Algeria	136	148	110	122	160	135	73	168	122	123	51
Gambia, the	140	114	79	85	117	135	172	176	81	67	123
Liberia	149	57	135	121	174	135	147	85	112	166	148
Uzbekistan	150	92	142	95	133	135	119	178	174	44	125
Haiti	151	180	126	28	129	135	165	99	144	92	155
Sudan	154	118	139	153	37	135	154	93	142	146	183
Suriname	155	171	97	70	168	135	180	32	101	178	149
Gabon	158	152	63	165	130	135	154	107	135	150	137
Equatorial Guinea	170	178	90	182	76	135	147	163	138	72	183
Cameroon	171	174	164	126	143	135	119	170	149	174	98
Congo, Rep.	179	166	69	169	169	135	154	180	178	159	120
Central African Republic	183	159	147	144	138	135	132	179	181	171	183
Maldives	87	49	9	41	183	150	73	1	126	92	126
Marshall Islands	98	39	5	4	183	150	154	94	64	63	128
Yemen, Rep.	99	53	50	74	50	150	132	148	120	35	89
Guyana	101	97	39	87	72	150	73	113	76	75	129
Seychelles	111	81	56	130	59	150	57	34	93	70	183
Cape Verde	146	136	83	167	126	150	132	110	58	38	183
Burkina Faso	147	115	80	82	114	150	147	144	176	110	112
Mali	156	139	94	100	99	150	147	158	156	135	117
Senegal	157	102	124	172	166	150	165	172	57	151	80
Togo	165	170	152	159	155	150	147	155	87	154	97
Mauritania	166	149	154	125	74	150	147	175	163	83	150
Lao PDR	167	89	115	107	161	150	182	113	168	111	183
Côte d'Ivoire	168	172	167	129	145	150	154	152	160	127	71
Benin	172	155	134	139	126	150	154	167	128	177	133
Niger	174	157	166	173	85	150	154	141	173	138	141
Chad	178	182	73	118	136	150	132	133	169	170	183
Guinea-Bissau	181	183	114	175	177	150	132	130	115	143	183
Solomon Islands	104	111	40	65	172	167	57	48	82	108	107
Madagascar	134	12	108	152	152	167	57	74	111	155	183
West Bank and Gaza	139	176	157	135	73	167	41	28	92	111	183
Tajikistan	152	143	177	143	78	167	73	162	179	39	100
Iraq	153	175	94	59	53	167	119	53	180	139	183
Comoros	162	168	66	164	96	167	132	41	133	153	183
Guinea	173	179	170	79	163	167	172	171	130	131	111
Burundi	176	130	172	88	118	167	154	116	175	172	183
São Tomé and Principe	180	140	116	180	156	167	154	160	90	179	183
Congo, Dem. Rep.	182	154	146	174	157	167	154	157	165	172	152
Bhutan	126	80	127	12	41	177	132	90	153	33	183
Djibouti	163	177	102	151	140	177	178	65	34	161	135
Eritrea	175	181	183	86	171	177	109	110	164	48	183
Venezuela, R.B.	177	142	94	181	97	177	178	182	166	74	151
Syrian Arab Republic	143	133	132	91	82	181	119	105	118	176	87
Timor-Leste	164	150	87	89	183	181	132	19	85	183	183
Palau	97	103	54	8	18	183	172	91	124	144	59

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