Economy Rankings – Nigeria

Doing business is easiest in Jigawa, Gombe and Borno among 36 Nigerian states and Abuja, the capital, according to Doing Business in Nigeria 2010. The Ease of Doing Business Index for Nigeria averages each city’s percentile rankings on four topics, giving equal weight to each.

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Economy	Ease of Doing Business Rank ▲	Starting a Business	Dealing with Construction Permits	Registering Property	Enforcing Contracts
Jigawa	1	17	1	5	4
Gombe	2	4	13	1	12
Borno	3	11	14	2	5
Kebbi	4	3	8	16	3
Kogi	5	2	6	10	25
Yobe	6	13	22	5	2
Katsina	7	25	15	8	1
Kano	8	26	3	4	23
Zamfara	9	15	18	3	13
Bauchi	10	21	7	12	10
Taraba	11	6	21	5	18
Sokoto	12	23	2	21	16
Benue	13	10	11	11	29
Kwara	14	19	5	15	25
Plateau	15	4	24	13	20
Niger	16	9	10	19	23
FCT	17	1	35	9	17
Nasarawa	18	12	27	18	8
Adamawa	19	20	4	25	32
Akwa Ibom	20	7	29	17	28
Edo	21	16	26	32	6
Kaduna	22	14	33	23	7
Osun	23	30	9	36	11
Ondo	24	33	19	34	9
Lagos	25	8	35	27	15
Oyo	26	24	23	33	20
Rivers	27	29	15	37	22
Bayelsa	28	37	25	23	14
Delta	29	31	20	28	27
Enugu	30	21	34	14	36
Ebonyi	31	28	28	21	32
Abia	32	18	30	30	30
Cross River	33	35	17	20	37
Ekiti	34	32	12	29	35
Anambra	35	27	31	30	31
Imo	36	33	32	25	34
Ogun	37	36	37	35	18

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