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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	Chad	189	2013
2	Central African Republic	188	2013
3	Libya	187	2013
4	South Sudan	186	2013
5	Republic of the Congo	185	2013
6	Eritrea	184	2013
7	Democratic Republic of the Congo	183	2013
8	Burma	182	2013
9	Venezuela	181	2013
10	Guinea-Bissau	180	2013
11	Angola	179	2013
12	Senegal	178	2013
13	Haiti	177	2013
14	Niger	176	2013
15	Guinea	175	2013
16	Benin	174	2013
17	Mauritania	173	2013
18	East Timor	172	2013
19	Malawi	171	2013
20	Zimbabwe	170	2013
21	Sao Tome and Principe	169	2013
22	Cameroon	168	2013
23	Cote d'Ivoire	167	2013
24	Equatorial Guinea	166	2013
25	Syria	165	2013
	failed states average (profile)	164.6	2013
26	Afghanistan	164	2013
27	Gabon	163	2013
28	Bolivia	162	2013
29	Suriname	161	2013
30	Djibouti	160	2013
31	Laos	159	2013
32	Comoros	158	2013
33	Togo	157	2013
34	Federated States of Micronesia	156	2013
35	Mali	155	2013
36	Burkina Faso	154	2013
37	Algeria	153	2013
	Former French colonies average (profile)	152.12	2013
38	Iran	152	2013
39	Iraq	151	2013
40	The Gambia	150	2013
41	Sudan	149	2013
42	Madagascar	148	2013
43	Nigeria	147	2013
44	Uzbekistan	146	2013
45	Tanzania	145	2013
46	Liberia	144	2013
47	Tajikistan	143	2013
48	Sierra Leone	142	2013
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	141.91	2013
49	Bhutan	141	2013
50	Burundi	140	2013
51	Mozambique	139	2013
52	Cambodia	137	2013
53	Lesotho	136	2013
	South Asia average (profile)	135.8	2013
54	Ecuador	135	2013
55	India	134	2013
56	Yemen	133	2013
57	Uganda	132	2013
58	Bosnia and Herzegovina	131	2013
59	Bangladesh	130	2013
60	Kenya	129	2013
61	Egypt	128	2013
62	Honduras	127	2013
63	Argentina	126	2013
64	Ethiopia	125	2013
65	Nicaragua	124	2013
66	Swaziland	123	2013
	OPEC countries average (profile)	122.82	2013
67	Kiribati	122	2013
68	Cape Verde	121	2013
69	Indonesia	120	2013
70	Jordan	119	2013
71	El Salvador	118	2013
72	Dominican Republic	117	2013
	Muslim countries average (profile)	116.51	2013
73	Brazil	116	2013
	Hot countries average (profile)	115.67	2013
74	Guyana	115	2013
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	114.25	2013
75	Marshall Islands	114	2013
76	Papua New Guinea	113	2013
77	Ukraine	112	2013
78	Lebanon	111	2013
79	Pakistan	110	2013
80	Paraguay	109	2013
	Landlocked countries average (profile)	108.6	2013
81	Philippines	108	2013
82	Grenada	107	2013
83	Belize	106	2013
84	Nepal	105	2013
85	Kuwait	104	2013
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	103.63	2013
86	Malta	103	2013
87	Costa Rica	102	2013
88	Saint Kitts and Nevis	101	2013
	Latin America and Caribbean average (profile)	100.22	2013
89	Palau	100	2013
90	Vietnam	99	2013
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	98.11	2013
91	Namibia	98	2013
92	Solomon Islands	97	2013
93	China	96	2013
94	Maldives	95	2013
95	Jamaica	94	2013
96	Serbia	93	2013
	Former British colonies average (profile)	92.9	2013
97	Russia	92	2013
	Catholic countries average (profile)	91.69	2013
98	Barbados	91	2013
99	Albania	90	2013
100	Croatia	89	2013
101	Uruguay	88	2013
	Religious countries average (profile)	87.79	2013
102	Morocco	87	2013
	Christian countries average (profile)	86.69	2013
103	Kosovo	86	2013
104	Sri Lanka	85	2013
105	The Bahamas	84	2013
106	Zambia	83	2013
	East Asia and Pacific average (profile)	82.85	2013
107	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	82	2013
108	San Marino	81	2013
109	Seychelles	80	2013
110	Guatemala	79	2013
111	Moldova	78	2013
112	Dominica	77	2013
113	Mongolia	76	2013
114	Czech Republic	75	2013
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	74.26	2013
115	Vanuatu	74	2013
116	Romania	73	2013
117	Greece	72	2013
	Emerging markets average (profile)	71.76	2013
118	Antigua and Barbuda	71	2013
119	Azerbaijan	70	2013
120	Turkey	69	2013
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	69	2013
	Potential Future EU Members average (profile)	68.88	2013
121	Kyrgyzstan	68	2013
122	Ghana	67	2013
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	66.43	2013
123	Trinidad and Tobago	66	2013
124	Italy	65	2013
125	Saint Lucia	64	2013
126	Belarus	63	2013
127	Fiji	62	2013
128	Samoa	61	2013
129	Luxembourg	60	2013
130	Brunei	59	2013
131	Bulgaria	58	2013
132	Tonga	57	2013
133	Botswana	56	2013
134	Panama	55	2013
135	Hungary	54	2013
136	Mexico	53	2013
137	Spain	52	2013
138	Tunisia	51	2013
139	Kazakhstan	50	2013
	Europe average (profile)	50	2013
140	Slovakia	49	2013
	Cold countries average (profile)	48.68	2013
141	Qatar	48	2013
142	Oman	47	2013
143	Bahrain	46	2013
144	Poland	45	2013
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	44.46	2013
145	Montenegro	44	2013
146	Colombia	43	2013
	NATO countries average (profile)	42.85	2013
147	Peru	42	2013
148	European Union	41.79	2013
	European Union average (profile)	41.79	2013
149	South Africa	41	2013
	Eurozone average (profile)	40.56	2013
150	Puerto Rico	40	2013
151	Cyprus	39	2013
152	France	38	2013
153	Armenia	37	2013
154	Belgium	36	2013
155	Israel	35	2013
156	Chile	34	2013
157	Slovenia	33	2013
158	Rwanda	32	2013
159	Portugal	31	2013
160	Austria	30	2013
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	29.16	2013
161	Switzerland	29	2013
162	Netherlands	28	2013
163	Japan	27	2013
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	26.29	2013
164	Saudi Arabia	26	2013
165	Republic of Macedonia	25	2013
166	Latvia	24	2013
167	United Arab Emirates	23	2013
168	Estonia	22	2013
169	Germany	21	2013
170	Mauritius	20	2013
171	Canada	19	2013
172	Thailand	18	2013
173	Lithuania	17	2013
174	Ireland	15	2013
175	Sweden	14	2013
176	Iceland	13	2013
177	Finland	12	2013
178	Australia	11	2013
179	United Kingdom	10	2013
180	Norway	9	2013
181	Georgia	8	2013
182	South Korea	7	2013
183	Malaysia	6	2013
184	Denmark	5	2013
185	United States	4	2013
186	New Zealand	3	2013
187	Hong Kong	2	2013
188	Singapore	1	2013

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