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Distance to Frontier

This measure shows the distance of each economy to the “frontier,” which represents the highest performance observed on each of the indicators across all economies included in Doing Business since each indicator was included in Doing Business. An economy’s distance to frontier is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the lowest performance and 100 the frontier. For example, a score of 75 in DB 2012 means an economy was 25 percentage points away from the frontier constructed from the best performances across all economies and across time. A score of 80 in DB 2013 would indicate the economy is improving. In this way the distance to frontier measure complements the yearly ease of doing business ranking, which compares economies with one another at a point in time. Read about this measure (PDF, 79KB).  

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Afghanistan.... 31.1 31.2 34.6 34.2 38.2 37.8 37.9 37.9
Albania.... 50.8 51.2 52.0 61.7 63.2 63.5 58.7 59.1
Algeria.... 47.7 48.4 50.0 50.0 50.9 50.8 51.4 52.1
Angola.... 34.1 36.7 37.9 39.5 41.9 42.0 45.1 45.1
Antigua and Barbuda.... 61.8 62.3 62.6 62.0 62.4 62.1 61.8 61.3
Argentina.... 52.2 54.8 54.8 54.8 54.6 54.9 54.8 53.3
Armenia.... 58.4 60.5 62.9 62.3 63.2 64.0 66.6 70.6
Australia.... 78.8 79.5 79.5 79.2 79.6 80.2 80.0 80.7
Austria.... 75.8 76.3 76.2 75.7 75.5 75.8 75.8 77.2
Azerbaijan.... 49.9 51.7 51.3 60.8 61.3 62.0 62.7 62.8
Bahamas, The........ 60.9 60.9 60.9 62.7 62.3 62.5
Bahrain........ 70.7 71.0 70.9 70.4 70.7 70.8
Bangladesh.... 50.7 50.9 51.3 53.3 54.2 55.7 55.7 55.7
Barbados................ 59.6 59.7
Belarus.... 43.6 44.5 47.0 54.5 57.1 59.7 64.7 67.1
Belgium.... 72.5 72.7 73.5 73.8 74.6 74.4 74.8 75.0
Belize.... 60.2 60.4 60.6 60.7 60.8 60.8 61.4 61.5
Benin.... 37.8 39.0 40.3 38.9 40.0 41.7 44.2 45.8
Bhutan.... 45.6 49.4 50.3 50.5 50.5 49.5 52.5 52.6
Bolivia.... 47.0 47.9 47.8 48.1 48.3 48.5 48.7 48.7
Bosnia and Herzegovina.... 50.3 51.0 51.4 53.3 55.8 56.1 57.4 58.6
Botswana.... 61.5 61.7 61.7 64.6 65.3 65.7 65.8 66.2
Brazil.... 47.0 48.5 47.9 48.4 48.6 48.1 47.8 47.5
Brunei Darussalam...... 54.2 54.2 54.3 54.8 55.2 55.2 57.0
Bulgaria.... 61.0 62.5 64.8 64.9 66.2 66.3 65.7 66.0
Burkina Faso.... 30.4 34.1 36.8 41.1 44.6 45.7 48.7 49.0
Burundi.... 34.0 33.8 35.2 35.2 36.2 36.3 41.6 46.6
Cambodia.... 40.7 41.5 42.0 49.3 48.7 49.4 49.6 51.8
Cameroon.... 39.1 40.5 41.1 40.5 41.1 43.2 45.8 46.2
Canada.... 83.3 83.5 83.5 83.3 83.5 84.7 83.8 83.5
Cape Verde.... 50.7 50.6 50.9 51.1 52.3 55.0 57.8 58.1
Central African Republic.... 29.7 29.3 29.4 29.4 29.8 30.0 36.3 35.5
Chad.... 26.4 27.1 27.1 27.5 27.1 26.8 30.5 31.2
Chile.... 66.1 67.4 67.4 66.8 66.8 68.3 70.0 69.7
China.... 46.3 51.9 53.3 56.7 58.4 59.3 59.5 60.6
Colombia.... 54.9 55.3 58.3 61.3 66.4 67.8 70.2 70.2
Comoros.... 41.3 40.8 40.8 40.7 40.9 41.2 43.2 44.7
Congo, Dem. Rep..... 29.8 30.1 30.1 30.2 30.5 34.1 34.9 35.1
Congo, Rep..... 32.5 32.9 33.0 32.5 33.7 32.2 33.8 36.0
Costa Rica.... 50.2 50.2 52.1 53.6 54.0 53.6 54.9 57.0
Côte d'Ivoire.... 35.9 41.4 41.9 41.9 41.9 42.0 45.0 45.4
Croatia.... 50.6 52.1 57.4 58.9 61.3 62.5 63.3 63.4
Cyprus............ 67.1 68.6 70.0 70.2
Czech Republic.... 57.8 59.2 60.8 59.8 61.2 65.9 66.4 67.6
Denmark.... 79.8 81.0 82.9 82.9 83.0 84.4 84.6 84.7
Djibouti.... 38.1 38.3 40.7 41.9 42.0 42.2 41.7 42.5
Dominica.... 61.4 61.3 61.8 62.0 62.1 62.0 62.1 62.3
Dominican Republic.... 51.7 52.8 55.5 58.9 61.6 61.2 60.6 60.5
Ecuador.... 51.2 53.5 53.5 54.2 55.2 55.2 55.4 55.1
Egypt, Arab Rep..... 41.3 42.5 50.1 53.8 56.5 57.3 57.3 57.6
El Salvador.... 53.8 55.3 56.1 58.1 58.2 58.0 58.2 58.1
Equatorial Guinea.... 37.8 43.9 43.7 43.7 43.8 43.7 45.9 46.0
Eritrea.... 27.9 28.5 28.0 29.2 30.1 30.4 30.6 30.9
Estonia.... 73.5 73.6 74.5 74.2 74.2 74.5 74.0 73.6
Ethiopia.... 48.8 51.5 51.9 52.3 51.4 52.6 53.1 54.3
Fiji.... 66.5 66.6 66.5 65.8 65.8 66.1 66.0 64.9
Finland.... 79.8 79.9 79.9 79.7 80.0 80.7 81.6 81.6
France.... 62.8 66.6 68.1 69.6 70.4 71.0 71.0 71.4
Gabon.... 48.3 48.5 48.6 47.8 47.8 47.8 50.0 49.3
Gambia, The.... 47.6 49.1 49.1 49.3 49.3 49.3 49.2 50.0
Georgia.... 49.2 62.0 66.3 70.7 73.8 76.5 79.1 80.7
Germany.... 77.8 78.1 78.1 77.1 77.6 77.5 77.7 77.3
Ghana.... 53.8 55.9 59.8 60.9 61.4 65.8 65.9 66.6
Greece.... 55.1 57.4 57.3 59.5 60.1 58.5 59.4 62.0
Grenada.... 57.3 57.3 57.4 57.2 57.6 58.7 58.7 58.7
Guatemala.... 50.4 52.7 53.7 56.5 59.8 59.7 59.8 60.9
Guinea.... 35.6 34.3 36.9 36.5 36.3 35.6 39.1 41.1
Guinea-Bissau.... 32.8 33.6 33.7 33.3 35.2 36.4 44.4 45.1
Guyana.... 56.8 57.0 57.2 57.1 58.1 58.4 58.3 58.3
Haiti.... 37.0 37.4 37.9 38.4 39.9 40.7 40.2 40.6
Honduras.... 50.9 52.3 54.4 55.8 56.2 56.0 56.9 57.5
Hong Kong SAR, China.... 84.0 85.8 85.8 87.2 89.1 89.5 89.5 89.5
Hungary.... 62.5 63.1 63.6 65.2 65.1 67.1 66.6 66.9
Iceland.... 77.5 78.1 78.6 78.5 77.7 77.9 79.1 79.2
India.... 41.4 43.3 45.6 46.5 47.8 48.9 51.7 51.9
Indonesia.... 47.9 48.5 51.2 52.7 54.6 54.9 55.5 55.7
Iran, Islamic Rep..... 50.0 50.3 50.2 50.6 53.0 54.2 54.0 55.0
Iraq.... 44.3 43.8 43.4 42.5 43.7 43.4 43.3 44.0
Ireland.... 83.8 84.1 84.1 84.2 84.7 84.3 83.8 84.6
Israel.... 69.7 69.8 70.1 70.8 70.9 71.5 71.4 72.1
Italy.... 64.4 64.1 64.0 64.3 64.7 64.6 65.0 65.8
Jamaica.... 60.2 60.6 60.7 61.5 62.0 62.8 63.1 64.8
Japan.... 76.9 78.1 77.9 77.7 77.7 77.9 77.9 77.8
Jordan.... 50.8 52.6 53.8 56.3 58.2 58.3 59.0 59.0
Kazakhstan.... 51.0 54.3 54.7 56.8 57.5 59.9 62.6 63.0
Kenya.... 55.6 56.9 59.5 60.2 59.0 59.2 59.3 59.0
Kiribati.... 56.4 56.7 56.6 57.1 57.5 57.4 57.4 57.4
Korea, Rep..... 74.5 75.0 76.0 76.9 79.8 80.0 81.5 82.5
Kosovo............ 54.1 53.9 53.9 59.6
Kuwait.... 59.7 59.9 60.7 60.8 61.0 61.1 62.1 61.8
Kyrgyz Republic.... 46.8 48.7 49.5 56.4 61.8 62.4 61.8 61.5
Lao PDR.... 37.6 38.6 40.6 41.3 42.4 45.0 45.3 45.8
Latvia.... 68.3 71.3 71.4 71.3 71.8 72.5 76.1 76.5
Lebanon.... 54.9 56.1 56.7 57.8 58.4 58.7 59.1 59.0
Lesotho.... 48.0 48.8 49.9 50.4 50.7 51.8 52.1 55.4
Liberia...... 35.0 35.1 39.4 45.4 45.4 48.5 50.1
Lithuania.... 72.4 72.8 72.6 72.6 72.9 73.2 74.3 74.2
Luxembourg...... 65.8 65.8 65.7 65.7 66.1 66.1 66.1
Macedonia, FYR.... 57.2 59.5 61.3 64.0 68.0 68.4 74.3 74.6
Madagascar.... 43.3 43.5 47.0 50.6 53.0 52.2 53.3 53.5
Malawi.... 45.3 44.1 45.7 48.2 50.2 50.7 51.0 49.9
Malaysia.... 71.7 71.7 71.9 74.0 74.2 75.7 78.4 79.1
Maldives.... 57.9 57.9 57.9 57.7 61.3 62.8 63.0 60.8
Mali.... 34.9 37.2 39.6 40.8 44.6 47.5 49.7 50.7
Malta................ 59.7 59.7
Marshall Islands.... 51.3 51.4 51.4 51.2 51.2 53.9 53.9 53.9
Mauritania.... 35.1 36.8 38.5 40.9 40.6 43.0 45.1 43.1
Mauritius.... 62.7 64.1 66.6 68.2 70.9 71.4 71.4 73.6
Mexico.... 62.5 66.3 67.0 66.2 68.2 70.4 71.6 71.9
Micronesia, Fed. Sts..... 42.1 42.3 43.8 43.7 43.6 43.4 43.6 43.6
Moldova.... 55.9 56.4 57.4 57.2 59.3 59.2 62.6 63.5
Mongolia.... 59.4 59.7 60.1 59.8 60.6 60.3 61.0 62.0
Montenegro...... 59.0 59.3 61.5 63.9 63.8 65.3 68.0
Morocco.... 52.2 55.2 55.7 56.2 58.6 59.4 62.8 62.3
Mozambique.... 43.6 45.4 49.5 51.2 52.4 53.4 53.4 53.6
Namibia.... 62.2 62.3 62.2 62.6 62.7 63.0 62.2 61.9
Nepal.... 54.4 54.4 54.8 54.8 59.2 57.5 58.3 58.4
Netherlands.... 73.9 74.4 75.5 75.2 75.3 75.3 76.1 77.4
New Zealand.... 89.6 89.5 89.5 89.7 89.8 90.1 90.1 90.5
Nicaragua.... 51.0 53.4 53.7 53.9 54.1 54.3 57.1 57.7
Niger.... 31.9 35.3 36.9 36.7 37.9 38.2 41.3 41.3
Nigeria.... 45.3 48.7 49.8 50.1 50.3 53.7 54.0 54.3
Norway.... 82.3 82.5 82.2 81.6 81.7 81.9 81.9 82.8
Oman.... 61.6 61.7 61.7 62.9 64.4 64.6 66.3 67.4
Pakistan.... 57.3 58.5 58.7 59.3 59.6 59.3 59.3 59.3
Palau.... 53.8 53.5 53.5 53.5 53.6 53.6 53.9 53.4
Panama.... 61.8 61.9 62.4 62.6 63.0 62.5 62.8 63.0
Papua New Guinea.... 53.7 54.0 54.0 54.1 54.3 56.3 56.3 56.8
Paraguay.... 51.8 52.8 56.5 57.5 57.4 58.2 58.4 58.3
Peru.... 60.7 64.2 64.3 64.5 66.5 68.4 69.5 70.8
Philippines.... 50.4 50.4 50.3 50.7 50.7 51.3 51.4 51.7
Poland.... 57.1 58.4 59.1 59.1 62.4 64.2 63.8 69.4
Portugal.... 66.3 68.3 68.9 68.6 70.5 72.3 73.9 75.2
Puerto Rico (U.S.) .... 68.1 67.7 68.7 68.2 68.2 69.0 69.8 70.6
Qatar........ 68.2 67.1 68.3 67.7 69.3 69.7
Romania.... 60.0 63.9 66.1 66.1 66.3 65.6 65.4 67.1
Russian Federation.... 51.3 52.4 55.2 54.9 56.5 55.9 57.7 58.7
Rwanda.... 38.0 39.0 41.3 45.9 60.3 63.0 64.1 64.5
Samoa.... 59.2 59.2 59.3 59.3 62.0 63.3 63.6 63.6
São Tomé and Príncipe .... 37.1 37.1 38.9 39.4 39.6 38.7 45.8 45.8
Saudi Arabia.... 61.2 61.5 67.8 69.9 70.0 72.0 71.0 71.9
Senegal.... 37.2 39.7 40.0 45.5 46.0 46.2 48.6 48.7
Serbia.... 52.2 55.0 55.6 56.2 58.3 59.1 59.5 60.6
Seychelles.... 61.0 61.9 61.8 62.0 62.3 61.9 62.8 62.9
Sierra Leone.... 38.7 39.0 38.5 44.0 45.3 47.6 51.5 53.4
Singapore.... 90.2 90.2 90.4 90.6 90.9 91.7 91.7 91.7
Slovak Republic.... 66.0 67.2 67.6 68.1 68.3 69.6 69.6 70.5
Slovenia.... 60.0 60.0 59.5 62.4 63.7 67.6 68.3 69.5
Solomon Islands.... 52.0 52.3 52.6 52.8 53.0 58.8 59.9 60.9
South Africa.... 69.6 70.0 70.9 72.0 72.2 72.6 73.5 74.6
Spain.... 69.7 69.8 69.8 69.5 69.7 70.4 72.5 72.7
Sri Lanka.... 54.8 55.0 54.2 56.5 56.5 55.1 56.0 60.4
St. Kitts and Nevis.... 56.5 56.8 56.8 57.0 57.1 57.1 56.2 56.0
St. Lucia.... 63.7 63.8 63.8 64.1 64.3 64.0 64.0 64.1
St. Vincent and the Grenadines.... 59.0 59.0 59.1 59.0 59.7 59.9 59.8 59.9
Sudan.... 47.4 48.7 46.7 46.6 50.2 50.3 50.5 50.9
Suriname.... 40.4 40.8 40.8 41.1 40.4 40.4 40.4 40.4
Swaziland.... 53.8 53.8 53.7 53.1 53.1 57.1 57.3 57.8
Sweden.... 78.0 79.6 79.5 79.4 80.7 82.4 81.9 81.5
Switzerland.... 72.5 72.7 72.7 72.2 72.2 72.2 72.3 72.4
Syrian Arab Republic.... 43.6 44.2 43.9 46.5 46.8 49.1 50.6 50.7
Taiwan, China.... 68.0 67.8 67.5 68.5 71.0 71.5 72.8 76.8
Tajikistan.... 31.3 33.0 35.0 37.5 42.0 44.1 45.1 46.5
Tanzania.... 49.6 53.0 54.2 54.4 54.2 54.5 55.6 55.4
Thailand.... 66.7 67.2 68.9 74.1 74.3 73.8 73.9 74.1
Timor-Leste.... 28.8 29.4 30.3 31.4 32.6 35.0 38.0 38.6
Togo.... 37.0 39.2 39.2 39.2 40.2 41.4 43.6 46.5
Tonga.... 61.8 60.8 61.0 61.6 62.1 62.1 63.2 63.3
Trinidad and Tobago.... 56.8 57.0 57.8 57.7 57.7 58.4 58.6 59.4
Tunisia.... 59.9 60.0 61.1 63.2 65.8 67.3 67.4 67.4
Turkey.... 59.0 59.1 62.4 63.1 63.2 63.3 63.7 64.5
Uganda.... 48.4 48.8 50.3 50.7 51.7 55.0 55.1 55.5
Ukraine.... 41.6 43.2 43.6 44.2 45.8 48.8 48.9 53.5
United Arab Emirates.... 64.0 64.3 64.1 66.2 69.1 69.4 69.5 70.6
United Kingdom.... 83.2 83.2 83.1 83.0 84.8 85.7 85.8 85.8
United States.... 84.6 84.3 84.2 85.0 84.9 85.2 85.0 84.3
Uruguay.... 50.8 53.2 53.0 55.5 54.7 54.7 58.0 59.6
Uzbekistan.... 39.5 40.5 41.7 43.8 43.8 44.2 44.2 46.7
Vanuatu.... 58.6 59.0 58.9 62.5 63.5 63.7 64.5 64.1
Venezuela, RB.... 41.3 38.0 35.8 35.0 34.9 37.4 36.8 37.6
Vietnam.... 56.2 56.2 59.0 59.8 60.1 61.0 60.7 60.9
West Bank and Gaza.... 48.9 49.5 50.6 52.0 52.2 51.6 51.5 52.2
Yemen, Rep..... 46.0 48.4 48.9 55.0 57.0 57.0 57.5 56.1
Zambia.... 53.1 53.3 54.0 54.9 57.3 59.8 60.2 60.6
Zimbabwe.... 43.1 40.3 37.8 35.8 38.4 37.1 39.1 38.7