Ease of doing business index (1=most business-friendly regulations) - Business environment - Private Sector & Trade - World Development Indicators

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Ease of doing business index ranks economies from 1 to 181, with first place being the best. A high ranking means that the regulatory environment is conducive to business operation. The index ranks the simple average of the country's percentile rankings on 10 topics covered in Doing Business 2007: How to reform. The ranking on each topic is the simple average of the percentile rankings on its component indicators.

Rank	Country	Value
Ease of doing business index (1=most business-friendly regulations) - Business environment - Private Sector & Trade - World Development Indicators (2009)
1	Central African Republic	183
2	Democratic Republic of the Congo	182
3	Guinea-Bissau	181
4	Sao Tome and Principe	180
5	Republic of the Congo	179
6	Chad	178
7	Venezuela	177
8	Burundi	176
9	Eritrea	175
10	Niger	174
11	Guinea	173
12	Benin	172
13	Cameroon	171
14	Equatorial Guinea	170
15	Angola	169
16	Ivory Coast	168
17	Laos	167
18	Mauritania	166
19	Togo	165
20	Timor-Leste	164
21	Djibouti	163
22	Comoros	162
23	Bolivia	161
24	Afghanistan	160
25	Zimbabwe	159
26	Gabon	158
27	Senegal	157
28	Mali	156
29	Suriname	155
30	Sudan	154
31	Iraq	153
32	Tajikistan	152
33	Haiti	151
34	Uzbekistan	150
35	Liberia	149
36	Sierra Leone	148
37	Burkina Faso	147
38	Cape Verde	146
39	Cambodia	145
40	Philippines	144
41	Syria	143
42	Ukraine	142
43	Honduras	141
44	Gambia	140
45	West Bank and Gaza	139
46	Ecuador	138
47	Iran	137
48	Algeria	136
49	Mozambique	135
50	Madagascar	134
51	India	133
52	Malawi	132
53	Tanzania	131
54	Lesotho	130
55	Brazil	129
56	Morocco	128
57	Micronesia	127
58	Bhutan	126
59	Nigeria	125
60	Paraguay	124
61	Nepal	123
62	Indonesia	122
63	Costa Rica	121
64	Russia	120
65	Bangladesh	119
66	Argentina	118
67	Nicaragua	117
68	Bosnia and Herzegovina	116
69	Swaziland	115
70	Uruguay	114
71	Kosovo	113
72	Uganda	112
73	Seychelles	111
74	Guatemala	110
75	Greece	109
76	Lebanon	108
77	Ethiopia	107
78	Egypt	106
79	Sri Lanka	105
80	Solomon Islands	104
81	Croatia	103
82	Papua New Guinea	102
83	Guyana	101
84	Jordan	100
85	Yemen	99
86	Marshall Islands	98
87	Palau	97
88	Brunei Darussalam	96
89	Kenya	95
90	Moldova	94
91	Vietnam	93
92	Ghana	92
93	Grenada	91
94	Zambia	90
95	China	89
96	Serbia	88
97	Maldives	87
98	Dominican Republic	86
99	Pakistan	85
100	El Salvador	84
101	Dominica	83
102	Albania	82
103	Trinidad and Tobago	81
104	Belize	80
105	Kiribati	79
106	Italy	78
107	Panama	77
108	St. Kitts and Nevis	76
109	Jamaica	75
110	Czech Republic	74
111	Turkey	73
112	Poland	72
113	Montenegro	71
114	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	70
115	Tunisia	69
116	Bahamas	68
117	Rwanda	67
118	Namibia	66
119	Oman	65
120	Luxembourg	64
121	Kazakhstan	63
122	Spain	62
123	Kuwait	61
124	Mongolia	60
125	Vanuatu	59
126	Belarus	58
127	Samoa	57
128	Peru	56
129	Romania	55
130	Fiji	54
131	Slovenia	53
132	Tonga	52
133	Mexico	51
134	Antigua and Barbuda	50
135	Chile	49
136	Portugal	48
137	Hungary	47
138	Botswana	45
139	Bulgaria	44
140	Armenia	43
141	Slovakia	42
142	Kyrgyzstan	41
143	Cyprus	40
144	Qatar	39
145	Azerbaijan	38
146	Colombia	37
147	St. Lucia	36
148	Puerto Rico	35
149	South Africa	34
150	United Arab Emirates	33
151	Macedonia	32
152	France	31
153	Netherlands	30
154	Israel	29
155	Austria	28
156	Latvia	27
157	Lithuania	26
158	Germany	25
159	Estonia	24
160	Malaysia	23
161	Belgium	22
162	Switzerland	21
163	Bahrain	20
164	North Korea	19
165	South Korea	19
166	Sweden	18
167	Mauritius	17
168	Finland	16
169	Japan	15
170	Iceland	14
171	Saudi Arabia	13
172	Thailand	12
173	Georgia	11
174	Norway	10
175	Australia	9
176	Canada	8
177	Ireland	7
178	Denmark	6
179	United Kingdom	5
180	United States	4
181	Hong Kong	3
182	New Zealand	2
183	Singapore	1

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