European Union Compared by Economy > Companies > Ease of doing business index > 1=most business-friendly regulations

DEFINITION: Ease of doing business index (1=most business-friendly regulations). Ease of doing business ranks economies from 1 to 189, with first place being the best. A high ranking (a low numerical rank) means that the regulatory environment is conducive to business operation. The index averages the country's percentile rankings on 10 topics covered in the World Bank's Doing Business. The ranking on each topic is the simple average of the percentile rankings on its component indicators.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Malta	103	2013
2	Croatia	89	2013
3	Czech Republic	75	2013
4	Romania	73	2013
5	Greece	72	2013
6	Italy	65	2013
7	Luxembourg	60	2013
8	Bulgaria	58	2013
9	Hungary	54	2013
10	Spain	52	2013
11	Slovakia	49	2013
12	Poland	45	2013
13	Cyprus	39	2013
14	France	38	2013
15	Belgium	36	2013
16	Slovenia	33	2013
17	Portugal	31	2013
18	Austria	30	2013
19	Netherlands	28	2013
20	Latvia	24	2013
21	Estonia	22	2013
22	Germany	21	2013
23	Lithuania	17	2013
24	Ireland	15	2013
25	Sweden	14	2013
26	Finland	12	2013
27	United Kingdom	10	2013
28	Denmark	5	2013

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