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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. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palau | 5,492.92 | 2012 | |
| 2 | San Marino | 2,368.23 | 2012 | |
| 3 | Marshall Islands | 2,093.05 | 2012 | |
| 4 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,810.24 | 2012 | |
| 5 | Federated States of Micronesia | 1,450.75 | 2012 | |
| 6 | Kiribati | 1,160.88 | 2012 | |
| 7 | Grenada | 966.98 | 2012 | |
| 8 | Dominica | 962.56 | 2012 | |
| 9 | Sao Tome and Principe | 882.52 | 2012 | |
| 10 | Seychelles | 877.14 | 2012 | |
| 11 | Antigua and Barbuda | 741 | 2012 | |
| 12 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 685.73 | 2012 | |
| 13 | Tonga | 571.75 | 2012 | |
| East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 445.38 | 2012 | ||
| 14 | Saint Lucia | 326.2 | 2012 | |
| 15 | Belize | 320.93 | 2012 | |
| 16 | Vanuatu | 315.45 | 2012 | |
| 17 | Suriname | 308.68 | 2012 | |
| 18 | Barbados | 296.59 | 2012 | |
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 295.79 | 2012 | ||
| 19 | Samoa | 291.18 | 2012 | |
| 20 | Cape Verde | 258.9 | 2012 | |
| 21 | Maldives | 239.33 | 2012 | |
| 22 | Malta | 239.03 | 2012 | |
| 23 | Comoros | 223 | 2012 | |
| 24 | Equatorial Guinea | 222.74 | 2012 | |
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 220.39 | 2012 | ||
| 25 | The Bahamas | 204.32 | 2012 | |
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 200.94 | 2012 | ||
| 26 | Djibouti | 200.08 | 2012 | |
| 27 | Bhutan | 196.81 | 2012 | |
| 28 | Brunei | 191.64 | 2012 | |
| Christian countries average (profile) | 169.55 | 2012 | ||
| 29 | Solomon Islands | 167.4 | 2012 | |
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 144.25 | 2012 | ||
| 30 | Guyana | 142.07 | 2012 | |
| 31 | East Timor | 137.99 | 2012 | |
| Hot countries average (profile) | 128.06 | 2012 | ||
| 32 | Guinea-Bissau | 108.8 | 2012 | |
| 33 | Luxembourg | 105.37 | 2012 | |
| 34 | Gabon | 103.52 | 2012 | |
| 35 | Swaziland | 97.48 | 2012 | |
| 36 | The Gambia | 82.63 | 2012 | |
| Landlocked countries average (profile) | 82.53 | 2012 | ||
| 37 | Montenegro | 80.5 | 2012 | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 76.48 | 2012 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | 69.7 | 2012 | ||
| 38 | Lesotho | 67.75 | 2012 | |
| 39 | Fiji | 66.31 | 2012 | |
| 40 | Kosovo | 53.15 | 2012 | |
| 41 | Trinidad and Tobago | 47.1 | 2012 | |
| 42 | Mauritania | 45.05 | 2012 | |
| 43 | Republic of the Congo | 42.89 | 2012 | |
| 44 | Namibia | 41.6 | 2012 | |
| 45 | Central African Republic | 41.32 | 2012 | |
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 40.81 | 2012 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 40.81 | 2012 | ||
| 46 | Iceland | 40.61 | 2012 | |
| 47 | Bahrain | 35.66 | 2012 | |
| 48 | Liberia | 35.56 | 2012 | |
| 49 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 33.91 | 2012 | |
| 50 | Cyprus | 33.66 | 2012 | |
| 51 | Jamaica | 33.55 | 2012 | |
| Potential Future EU Members average (profile) | 33.03 | 2012 | ||
| 52 | Botswana | 32.44 | 2012 | |
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 31.72 | 2012 | ||
| 53 | Kuwait | 31.07 | 2012 | |
| 54 | Libya | 30.55 | 2012 | |
| 55 | Eritrea | 30.17 | 2012 | |
| 56 | Mongolia | 28.61 | 2012 | |
| 57 | Albania | 25.93 | 2012 | |
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 25.76 | 2012 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 25.31 | 2012 | ||
| 58 | Uruguay | 25.03 | 2012 | |
| 59 | Laos | 24.53 | 2012 | |
| 60 | Moldova | 24.16 | 2012 | |
| 61 | Togo | 23.94 | 2012 | |
| 62 | Lebanon | 23.73 | 2012 | |
| 63 | Sierra Leone | 22.91 | 2012 | |
| 64 | Costa Rica | 22.68 | 2012 | |
| 65 | Qatar | 21.95 | 2012 | |
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 21.72 | 2012 | ||
| 66 | Croatia | 20.62 | 2012 | |
| 67 | Nicaragua | 20.53 | 2012 | |
| 68 | Jordan | 18.84 | 2012 | |
| 69 | El Salvador | 18.26 | 2012 | |
| European Union average (profile) | 18.26 | 2012 | ||
| 70 | Tajikistan | 17.61 | 2012 | |
| 71 | Benin | 17.41 | 2012 | |
| 72 | Haiti | 17.4 | 2012 | |
| failed states average (profile) | 17.35 | 2012 | ||
| 73 | Republic of Macedonia | 17.1 | 2012 | |
| 74 | South Sudan | 16.98 | 2012 | |
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 16.56 | 2012 | ||
| 75 | Panama | 16.04 | 2012 | |
| 76 | Paraguay | 16 | 2012 | |
| 77 | Burundi | 15.94 | 2012 | |
| 78 | Honduras | 15.75 | 2012 | |
| 79 | Estonia | 15.68 | 2012 | |
| 80 | Guinea | 15.63 | 2012 | |
| 81 | Mauritius | 15.49 | 2012 | |
| Cold countries average (profile) | 15.33 | 2012 | ||
| 82 | Chad | 15.18 | 2012 | |
| 83 | Papua New Guinea | 15.07 | 2012 | |
| 84 | Slovenia | 15.06 | 2012 | |
| 85 | Bolivia | 15.05 | 2012 | |
| 86 | Armenia | 13.47 | 2012 | |
| 87 | Oman | 13.28 | 2012 | |
| 88 | Senegal | 12.82 | 2012 | |
| 89 | Kyrgyzstan | 12.54 | 2012 | |
| 90 | Zimbabwe | 12.24 | 2012 | |
| 91 | Serbia | 12.04 | 2012 | |
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 11.92 | 2012 | ||
| 92 | Latvia | 11.85 | 2012 | |
| NATO countries average (profile) | 11.03 | 2012 | ||
| 93 | Dominican Republic | 10.9 | 2012 | |
| 94 | Mali | 10.3 | 2012 | |
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 10.29 | 2012 | ||
| 95 | Niger | 10.14 | 2012 | |
| 96 | Malawi | 10.12 | 2012 | |
| 97 | Puerto Rico | 10.09 | 2012 | |
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 9.45 | 2012 | ||
| 98 | Burkina Faso | 9.36 | 2012 | |
| 99 | Cambodia | 9.08 | 2012 | |
| 100 | Cote d'Ivoire | 8.72 | 2012 | |
| 101 | Ecuador | 8.65 | 2012 | |
| 102 | Angola | 8.55 | 2012 | |
| 103 | Lithuania | 8.37 | 2012 | |
| Religious countries average (profile) | 8.13 | 2012 | ||
| 104 | Slovakia | 7.95 | 2012 | |
| 105 | Greece | 7.89 | 2012 | |
| 106 | Bulgaria | 7.8 | 2012 | |
| 107 | Azerbaijan | 7.64 | 2012 | |
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 7.57 | 2012 | ||
| 108 | Cameroon | 7.47 | 2012 | |
| 109 | Belarus | 6.76 | 2012 | |
| 110 | Syria | 6.56 | 2012 | |
| 111 | Czech Republic | 6.47 | 2012 | |
| 112 | Madagascar | 6.46 | 2012 | |
| 113 | Zambia | 6.39 | 2012 | |
| 114 | Guatemala | 6.17 | 2012 | |
| 115 | Venezuela | 6.01 | 2012 | |
| 116 | Afghanistan | 5.7 | 2012 | |
| 117 | Mozambique | 5.63 | 2012 | |
| 118 | Yemen | 5.41 | 2012 | |
| 119 | Uzbekistan | 5.24 | 2012 | |
| 120 | Hungary | 5.23 | 2012 | |
| 121 | Iraq | 4.76 | 2012 | |
| 122 | Rwanda | 4.71 | 2012 | |
| 123 | Tunisia | 4.55 | 2012 | |
| 124 | Israel | 4.17 | 2012 | |
| 125 | Sri Lanka | 4.08 | 2012 | |
| 126 | Algeria | 3.92 | 2012 | |
| 127 | Sudan | 3.84 | 2012 | |
| 128 | Nepal | 3.75 | 2012 | |
| 129 | Uganda | 3.47 | 2012 | |
| 130 | Burma | 3.45 | 2012 | |
| 131 | Romania | 3.42 | 2012 | |
| 132 | Switzerland | 3.38 | 2012 | |
| 133 | Austria | 3.31 | 2012 | |
| 134 | Ireland | 3.27 | 2012 | |
| 135 | Kazakhstan | 3.16 | 2012 | |
| 136 | Ukraine | 3.07 | 2012 | |
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 3.06 | 2012 | ||
| 137 | Argentina | 2.94 | 2012 | |
| 138 | Morocco | 2.92 | 2012 | |
| 139 | Belgium | 2.87 | 2012 | |
| 140 | Tanzania | 2.85 | 2012 | |
| 141 | Kenya | 2.83 | 2012 | |
| 142 | United Arab Emirates | 2.82 | 2012 | |
| 143 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2.79 | 2012 | |
| 144 | Portugal | 2.75 | 2012 | |
| 145 | Ghana | 2.44 | 2012 | |
| 146 | Finland | 2.22 | 2012 | |
| 147 | Georgia | 1.99 | 2012 | |
| 148 | Iran | 1.99 | 2012 | |
| 149 | Chile | 1.95 | 2012 | |
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 1.9 | 2012 | ||
| 150 | Netherlands | 1.79 | 2012 | |
| 151 | Egypt | 1.57 | 2012 | |
| 152 | Sweden | 1.47 | 2012 | |
| 153 | Norway | 1.39 | 2012 | |
| 154 | Philippines | 1.38 | 2012 | |
| 155 | Ethiopia | 1.35 | 2012 | |
| 156 | Peru | 1.3 | 2012 | |
| 157 | Poland | 1.25 | 2012 | |
| 158 | Vietnam | 1.1 | 2012 | |
| 159 | Italy | 1.1 | 2012 | |
| 160 | Spain | 0.995 | 2012 | |
| 161 | Turkey | 0.973 | 2012 | |
| 162 | Denmark | 0.894 | 2012 | |
| 163 | Colombia | 0.88 | 2012 | |
| 164 | Bangladesh | 0.853 | 2012 | |
| 165 | Nigeria | 0.817 | 2012 | |
| 166 | South Africa | 0.801 | 2012 | |
| 167 | Saudi Arabia | 0.778 | 2012 | |
| 168 | Russia | 0.773 | 2012 | |
| 169 | New Zealand | 0.677 | 2012 | |
| 170 | Brazil | 0.594 | 2012 | |
| 171 | Pakistan | 0.592 | 2012 | |
| 172 | France | 0.533 | 2012 | |
| 173 | Canada | 0.487 | 2012 | |
| 174 | Indonesia | 0.47 | 2012 | |
| 175 | Australia | 0.441 | 2012 | |
| 176 | Mexico | 0.422 | 2012 | |
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 0.388 | 2012 | ||
| 177 | Hong Kong | 0.28 | 2012 | |
| 178 | Malaysia | 0.274 | 2012 | |
| 179 | Thailand | 0.27 | 2012 | |
| 180 | Germany | 0.232 | 2012 | |
| 181 | Singapore | 0.188 | 2012 | |
| 182 | Japan | 0.18 | 2012 | |
| 183 | United Kingdom | 0.174 | 2012 | |
| 184 | South Korea | 0.12 | 2012 | |
| 185 | India | 0.106 | 2012 | |
| 186 | European Union | 0.0811 | 2012 | |
| 187 | China | 0.0733 | 2012 | |
| 188 | United States | 0.0127 | 2012 |
