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)

The following rankings are recalculated for this region - Sub-Saharan Africa

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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
Mauritius	1	1	4	3	6	8	2	1	1	8	7
South Africa	2	6	5	18	11	1	1	3	25	15	8
Botswana	3	8	22	8	4	5	5	2	27	13	1
Namibia	4	18	3	5	24	3	12	17	28	4	3
Rwanda	5	2	16	2	3	7	3	10	39	3	34
Zambia	6	10	30	19	12	4	12	6	30	16	12
Ghana	7	24	32	27	1	13	5	14	5	5	16
Kenya	8	19	2	9	20	2	15	38	24	21	10
Ethiopia	9	9	7	16	16	17	18	8	32	7	9
Seychelles	10	7	6	25	5	28	8	5	8	10	34
Uganda	11	21	15	1	31	13	21	12	22	20	2
Swaziland	12	34	1	6	37	5	46	9	31	24	4
Nigeria	13	13	36	4	46	8	8	26	23	17	13
Lesotho	14	23	34	7	27	13	27	11	21	18	6
Tanzania	15	17	44	26	29	8	15	23	9	1	19
Malawi	16	20	37	15	15	8	12	4	41	28	23
Madagascar	17	3	19	31	33	40	8	13	10	36	34
Mozambique	18	11	35	33	32	17	5	18	17	23	25
Gambia, the	19	14	12	12	18	20	44	44	4	9	22
Cape Verde	20	25	14	38	21	28	21	20	3	2	34
Burkina Faso	21	15	13	11	17	28	27	30	44	19	18
Sierra Leone	22	5	42	37	44	17	3	36	18	30	29
Liberia	23	4	26	21	43	20	27	15	11	38	30
Sudan	24	16	27	32	2	20	34	16	20	31	34
Mali	25	26	18	17	14	28	27	34	29	26	20
Senegal	26	12	24	40	39	28	43	42	2	33	11
Gabon	27	30	8	36	23	20	34	19	16	32	26
Zimbabwe	28	28	44	29	9	13	18	25	37	12	33
Comoros	29	38	9	35	13	40	21	7	15	34	34
Togo	30	39	31	34	34	28	27	32	6	35	14
Mauritania	31	29	33	22	7	28	27	43	34	14	31
Côte d'Ivoire	32	40	40	24	29	28	34	31	33	22	5
Angola	33	36	23	44	42	8	8	28	40	46	28
Equatorial Guinea	34	42	17	46	8	20	27	37	19	11	34
Cameroon	35	41	38	23	28	20	18	40	26	43	15
Benin	36	32	25	28	21	28	34	39	13	44	24
Guinea	37	43	41	10	38	40	44	41	14	25	17
Niger	38	33	39	41	10	28	34	29	42	27	27
Eritrea	39	44	46	13	41	46	17	20	35	6	34
Burundi	40	22	43	14	19	40	34	22	43	41	34
Chad	41	45	11	20	25	28	21	27	38	39	34
Congo, Rep.	42	37	10	39	40	20	34	46	45	37	21
São Tomé and Principe	43	27	21	45	35	40	34	35	7	45	34
Guinea-Bissau	44	46	20	43	45	28	21	24	12	29	34
Congo, Dem. Rep.	45	31	28	42	36	40	34	33	36	41	32
Central African Republic	46	35	29	30	26	20	21	45	46	40	34

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