Economy Rankings

Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1 – 185. A high ranking on the ease of doing business index means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm. 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 for all economies are benchmarked to June 2012.

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Economy	Ease of Doing Business Rank ▲	Starting a Business	Dealing with Construction Permits	Getting Electricity	Registering Property	Getting Credit	Protecting Investors	Paying Taxes	Trading Across Borders	Enforcing Contracts	Resolving Insolvency
Singapore	1	4	2	5	36	12	2	5	1	12	2
Hong Kong SAR, China	2	6	1	4	60	4	3	4	2	10	17
New Zealand	3	1	6	32	2	4	1	21	25	17	13
United States	4	13	17	19	25	4	6	69	22	6	16
Denmark	5	33	8	14	6	23	32	13	4	34	10
Norway	6	43	23	14	7	70	25	19	21	4	3
United Kingdom	7	19	20	62	73	1	10	16	14	21	8
Korea, Rep.	8	24	26	3	75	12	49	30	3	2	14
Georgia	9	7	3	50	1	4	19	33	38	30	81
Australia	10	2	11	36	37	4	70	48	44	15	18
Finland	11	49	34	21	24	40	70	23	6	9	5
Malaysia	12	54	96	28	33	1	4	15	11	33	49
Sweden	13	54	25	9	35	40	32	38	8	27	22
Iceland	14	45	40	1	9	40	49	41	82	3	11
Ireland	15	10	106	95	53	12	6	6	28	63	9
Taiwan, China	16	16	9	6	32	70	32	54	23	90	15
Canada	17	3	69	152	54	23	4	8	44	62	4
Thailand	18	85	16	10	26	70	13	96	20	23	58
Mauritius	19	14	62	44	60	53	13	12	15	58	64
Germany	20	106	14	2	81	23	100	72	13	5	19
Estonia	21	47	35	52	14	40	70	50	7	31	72
Saudi Arabia	22	78	32	12	12	53	19	3	36	124	107
Macedonia, FYR	23	5	65	101	50	23	19	24	76	59	60
Japan	24	114	72	27	64	23	19	127	19	35	1
Latvia	25	59	113	83	31	4	70	52	16	24	33
United Arab Emirates	26	22	13	7	12	83	128	1	5	104	101
Lithuania	27	107	48	75	5	53	70	60	24	14	40
Switzerland	28	97	50	8	15	23	169	18	35	20	45
Austria	29	134	75	24	34	23	100	77	26	7	12
Portugal	30	31	78	35	30	104	49	77	17	22	23
Netherlands	31	67	89	67	49	53	117	29	12	32	6
Armenia	32	11	46	101	4	40	25	108	107	91	63
Belgium	33	44	57	82	176	70	19	75	29	18	7
France	34	27	52	42	146	53	82	53	27	8	43
Slovenia	35	30	61	31	83	104	17	63	57	56	42
Cyprus	36	37	80	98	99	53	32	31	18	108	25
Chile	37	32	84	40	55	53	32	36	48	70	98
Israel	38	41	139	91	144	12	6	82	10	94	47
South Africa	39	53	39	150	79	1	10	32	115	82	84
Qatar	40	109	18	25	40	104	100	2	58	95	36
Puerto Rico (U.S.)	41	12	156	37	128	12	19	104	96	101	24
Bahrain	42	88	7	48	29	129	82	7	54	113	27
Peru	43	60	86	77	19	23	13	85	60	115	106
Spain	44	136	38	70	57	53	100	34	39	64	20
Colombia	45	61	27	134	52	70	6	99	91	154	21
Slovak Republic	46	83	46	100	8	23	117	100	98	69	38
Oman	47	73	59	54	18	83	100	10	49	107	77
Mexico	48	36	36	130	141	40	49	107	61	76	26
Kazakhstan	49	25	155	80	28	83	10	17	182	28	55
Tunisia	50	66	93	51	70	104	49	62	30	78	39
Montenegro	51	58	176	69	117	4	32	81	42	135	44
Rwanda	52	8	98	49	63	23	32	25	158	39	167
St. Lucia	53	51	11	12	117	104	32	43	109	168	61
Hungary	54	52	55	109	43	53	128	118	73	16	70
Poland	55	124	161	137	62	4	49	114	50	56	37
Luxembourg	56	93	33	63	134	159	128	14	32	1	52
Samoa	57	20	70	33	23	129	32	79	66	81	146
Belarus	58	9	30	171	3	104	82	129	151	13	56
Botswana	59	99	132	90	51	53	49	39	147	68	29
Fiji	60	138	82	79	58	70	49	85	111	67	48
Panama	61	23	73	16	107	53	82	172	9	125	110
Tonga	62	35	37	30	142	83	117	40	77	54	118
Antigua and Barbuda	63	85	24	18	125	104	32	142	110	72	85
Ghana	64	112	162	63	45	23	49	89	99	48	114
Czech Republic	65	140	74	143	27	53	100	120	68	79	34
Bulgaria	66	57	123	128	68	40	49	91	93	86	93
Azerbaijan	67	18	177	175	9	53	25	76	169	25	95
Dominica	68	46	22	61	119	83	32	74	92	170	104
Trinidad and Tobago	69	71	101	11	176	23	25	90	75	170	135
Kyrgyz Republic	70	15	67	177	11	12	13	168	174	47	155
Turkey	71	72	142	68	42	83	70	80	78	40	124
Romania	72	68	129	168	72	12	49	136	72	60	102
Italy	73	84	103	107	39	104	49	131	55	160	31
Seychelles	74	117	57	144	66	167	70	20	33	83	65
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	75	64	5	22	145	129	32	72	43	99	185
Mongolia	76	39	121	169	22	53	25	70	175	29	127
Bahamas, The	77	82	68	43	179	83	117	51	58	123	35
Greece	78	146	31	59	150	83	117	56	62	87	50
Brunei Darussalam	79	135	43	29	115	129	117	22	40	158	46
Vanuatu	80	116	48	124	110	83	82	28	132	74	57
Sri Lanka	81	33	112	103	143	70	49	169	56	133	51
Kuwait	82	142	119	55	89	104	32	11	113	117	92
Moldova	83	92	168	161	16	40	82	109	142	26	91
Croatia	84	80	143	56	104	40	139	42	105	52	97
Albania	85	62	185	154	121	23	17	160	79	85	66
Serbia	86	42	179	76	41	40	82	149	94	103	103
Namibia	87	133	56	87	169	40	82	112	140	41	59
Barbados	88	70	53	81	154	83	169	121	31	105	28
Uruguay	89	39	158	20	164	70	100	140	104	102	54
Jamaica	90	21	50	123	105	104	82	163	106	129	32
China	91	151	181	114	44	70	100	122	68	19	82
Solomon Islands	92	75	77	125	168	83	49	26	86	109	123
Guatemala	93	172	94	34	20	12	158	124	117	96	109
Zambia	94	74	151	151	96	12	82	47	156	89	99
Maldives	95	63	19	120	151	167	82	57	138	92	41
St. Kitts and Nevis	96	69	15	17	166	129	32	135	64	119	185
Morocco	97	56	79	92	163	104	100	110	47	88	86
Kosovo	98	126	144	116	76	23	100	44	124	138	87
Vietnam	99	108	28	155	48	40	169	138	74	44	149
Grenada	100	65	10	66	151	104	32	85	71	165	185
Marshall Islands	101	48	4	73	185	83	158	92	65	66	140
Malta	102	150	167	111	80	176	70	27	34	121	67
Paraguay	103	111	71	26	67	83	70	141	155	106	144
Papua New Guinea	104	91	159	23	88	83	49	106	120	166	125
Belize	105	158	21	58	136	129	128	45	102	169	30
Jordan	106	103	102	38	102	167	128	35	52	129	112
Pakistan	107	98	105	171	126	70	32	162	85	155	78
Nepal	108	105	97	96	21	70	82	114	171	137	121
Egypt, Arab Rep.	109	26	165	99	95	83	82	145	70	152	139
Costa Rica	110	128	128	45	46	83	169	125	51	128	128
Palau	111	130	44	78	17	185	177	83	108	146	71
Russian Federation	112	101	178	184	46	104	117	64	162	11	53
El Salvador	113	139	146	131	56	53	169	153	80	71	89
Guyana	114	89	29	148	114	167	82	118	84	75	138
Lebanon	115	114	172	47	108	104	100	37	95	121	131
Dominican Republic	116	137	108	122	110	83	100	98	46	84	156
Kiribati	117	145	120	159	71	159	49	9	88	73	185
Yemen, Rep.	118	110	62	112	59	167	139	113	121	45	122
Nicaragua	119	131	154	129	123	104	100	158	81	55	80
Uganda	120	144	118	127	124	40	139	93	159	117	69
Kenya	121	126	45	162	161	12	100	164	148	149	100
Cape Verde	122	129	122	106	69	104	139	102	63	38	185
Swaziland	123	165	41	156	129	53	128	58	141	174	74
Argentina	124	154	171	74	135	70	117	149	139	48	94
Honduras	125	155	65	117	92	12	169	139	90	179	133
Bosnia and Herzegovina	126	162	163	158	93	70	100	128	103	120	83
Ethiopia	127	163	53	94	112	104	128	103	161	50	117
Indonesia	128	166	75	147	98	129	49	131	37	144	148
Bangladesh	129	95	83	185	175	83	25	97	119	182	119
Brazil	130	121	131	60	109	104	82	156	123	116	143
Nigeria	131	119	88	178	182	23	70	155	154	98	105
India	132	173	182	105	94	23	49	152	127	184	116
Cambodia	133	175	149	132	115	53	82	66	118	142	152
Tanzania	134	113	174	96	137	129	100	133	122	36	129
West Bank and Gaza	135	179	130	85	78	159	49	55	114	93	185
Lesotho	136	79	140	133	157	154	100	95	144	139	75
Ukraine	137	50	183	166	149	23	117	165	145	42	157
Philippines	138	161	100	57	122	129	128	143	53	111	165
Ecuador	139	169	104	146	101	83	139	84	128	99	137
Sierra Leone	140	76	173	176	167	83	32	117	131	147	154
Tajikistan	141	77	180	181	82	180	25	175	184	43	79
Madagascar	142	17	148	183	147	180	70	68	112	156	151
Sudan	143	122	156	108	37	167	158	101	153	151	88
Syrian Arab Republic	144	132	134	84	84	176	117	111	125	176	111
Iran, Islamic Rep.	145	87	166	163	165	83	150	129	143	53	126
Mozambique	146	96	135	174	155	129	49	105	134	132	147
Gambia, The	147	123	90	119	120	159	177	179	87	65	108
Bhutan	148	94	124	136	85	129	150	71	172	37	185
Liberia	149	38	126	145	178	104	150	45	137	163	159
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	150	104	42	53	185	129	177	85	100	149	166
Mali	151	118	99	115	91	129	150	166	152	133	120
Algeria	152	156	138	165	172	129	82	170	129	126	62
Burkina Faso	153	120	64	139	113	129	150	157	173	109	113
Uzbekistan	154	90	152	167	138	154	139	161	185	46	73
Bolivia	155	174	114	126	139	129	139	180	125	136	68
Togo	156	164	137	89	160	129	150	167	101	157	96
Malawi	157	141	175	179	97	129	82	58	168	144	134
Comoros	158	168	60	104	77	154	139	114	146	159	185
Burundi	159	28	141	164	127	167	49	137	177	175	161
São Tomé and Príncipe	160	100	91	72	161	180	158	144	89	181	164
Cameroon	161	125	95	63	158	104	128	176	157	172	150
Equatorial Guinea	162	182	107	86	103	104	150	173	136	61	185
Lao PDR	163	81	87	138	74	167	184	126	160	114	185
Suriname	164	178	92	39	171	159	183	49	97	180	158
Iraq	165	177	84	46	100	176	128	65	179	141	185
Senegal	166	102	133	180	173	129	169	178	67	148	90
Mauritania	167	160	115	121	65	167	150	177	150	77	153
Afghanistan	168	28	164	110	174	154	185	94	178	164	115
Timor-Leste	169	147	116	40	185	159	139	61	83	185	185
Gabon	170	157	110	135	170	104	158	146	135	153	145
Djibouti	171	185	145	142	148	180	181	67	41	161	142
Angola	172	171	124	113	131	129	70	154	164	183	162
Zimbabwe	172	143	170	157	85	129	128	134	167	111	169
Haiti	174	183	136	71	130	159	169	123	149	97	160
Benin	175	153	111	141	133	129	158	173	130	178	132
Niger	176	167	160	118	87	129	158	151	176	140	130
Côte d'Ivoire	177	176	169	153	159	129	158	159	163	127	76
Guinea	178	158	152	88	151	154	177	183	133	131	141
Guinea-Bissau	179	148	117	182	180	129	139	146	116	142	185
Venezuela, RB	180	152	109	160	90	159	181	185	166	80	163
Congo, Dem. Rep.	181	149	81	140	106	176	158	171	170	173	168
Eritrea	182	183	185	93	181	180	117	146	165	51	185
Congo, Rep.	183	180	149	170	156	104	158	182	181	162	136
Chad	184	181	127	149	140	104	158	184	180	167	185
Central African Republic	185	170	147	173	132	104	139	181	182	177	185

Additional note: All Doing Business 2012 rankings have been recalculated to reflect changes to the methodology and revisions of data due to new information. For further details on changes, please refer to the data notes page.

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