Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Economy > Companies > Ease of doing business index > 1=most business-friendly regulations per million

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. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Sao Tome and Principe	882.52	2012
2	Seychelles	877.14	2012
3	Cape Verde	258.9	2012
4	Comoros	223	2012
5	Equatorial Guinea	222.74	2012
6	Djibouti	200.08	2012
7	Guinea-Bissau	108.8	2012
8	Gabon	103.52	2012
9	Swaziland	97.48	2012
10	The Gambia	82.63	2012
11	Lesotho	67.75	2012
12	Mauritania	45.05	2012
13	Republic of the Congo	42.89	2012
14	Namibia	41.6	2012
15	Central African Republic	41.32	2012
16	Liberia	35.56	2012
17	Botswana	32.44	2012
18	Eritrea	30.17	2012
19	Togo	23.94	2012
20	Sierra Leone	22.91	2012
21	Benin	17.41	2012
22	South Sudan	16.98	2012
23	Burundi	15.94	2012
24	Guinea	15.63	2012
25	Mauritius	15.49	2012
26	Chad	15.18	2012
27	Senegal	12.82	2012
28	Zimbabwe	12.24	2012
29	Mali	10.3	2012
30	Niger	10.14	2012
31	Malawi	10.12	2012
32	Burkina Faso	9.36	2012
33	Cote d'Ivoire	8.72	2012
34	Angola	8.55	2012
35	Cameroon	7.47	2012
36	Madagascar	6.46	2012
37	Zambia	6.39	2012
38	Mozambique	5.63	2012
39	Rwanda	4.71	2012
40	Sudan	3.84	2012
41	Uganda	3.47	2012
42	Tanzania	2.85	2012
43	Kenya	2.83	2012
44	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2.79	2012
45	Ghana	2.44	2012
46	Ethiopia	1.35	2012
47	Nigeria	0.817	2012
48	South Africa	0.801	2012

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