Country Rankings on Ease of Doing Business

The World Bank recently published a Doing Business Report 2019 which examines the regulations that enhance and constrain business activities.

The report was able to score the ease of doing business and rank 190 countries on ease of doing business.

Eleven indicators were covered for regulations that affect the life of a business. These are:

1) Starting a business;
2) Dealing with construction permits;
3) Getting electricity;
4) Registering property;
5) Getting credit;
6) protecting minority investors;
7) Paying taces;
8) Trading across borders;
9) Enforcing contracts;
10) Resolving insolvency and
11) Labor market regulation

The countries which garnered the highest score are New Zealand (86.59), Singapore (85.24), Denmark (84.64), Hong Kong (84.22), and South Korea (84.14).

At the bottom of the list are Somalia (20.04), Eritrea (23.07), Venezuela (30.61), Yemen (32.41), and Libya (33.44).

2019 World Bank Doing Business Score

Rank	Country	Score
1	New Zealand	86.59
2	Singapore	85.24
3	Denmark	84.64
4	Hong Kong	84.22
5	South Korea	84.14
6	Georgia	83.28
7	Norway	82.95
8	United States of America	82.75
9	United Kingdom	82.65
10	North Macedonia	81.55
11	United Arab Emirates	81.28
12	Sweden	81.27
13	Taiwan	80.9
14	Lithuania	80.83
15	Malaysia	80.6
16	Estonia	80.5
17	Finland	80.35
18	Australia	80.13
19	Latvia	79.59
20	Mauritius	79.58
21	Iceland	79.35
22	Canada	79.26
23	Ireland	78.91
24	Germany	78.9
25	Azerbaijan	78.64
26	Austria	78.57
27	Thailand	78.45
28	Kazakhstan	77.89
29	Rwanda	77.88
30	Spain	77.68
31	Russia	77.37
32	France	77.29
33	Poland	76.95
34	Portugal	76.55
35	Czech Republic	76.1
36	Netherlands	76.04
37	Belarus	75.77
38	Switzerland	75.69
39	Japan	75.65
40	Slovenia	75.61
41	Armenia	75.37
42	Slovakia	75.17
43	Turkey	74.33
44	Kosovo	74.15
45	Belgium	73.95
46	China	73.64
47	Moldova	73.54
48	Serbia	73.49
49	Israel	73.23
50	Montenegro	72.73
51	Italy	72.56
52	Romania	72.3
53	Hungary	72.28
54	Mexico	72.09
55	Brunei Darussalam	72.03
56	Chile	71.81
57	Cyprus	71.71
58	Croatia	71.4
59	Bulgaria	71.24
60	Morocco	71.02
61	Kenya	70.31
62	Bahrain	69.85
63	Albania	69.51
64	Puerto Rico	69.46
65	Colombia	69.24
66	Luxembourg	69.01
67	Costa Rica	68.89
68	Peru	68.83
69	Vietnam	68.36
70	Kyrgyzstan	68.33
71	Ukraine	68.25
72	Greece	68.08
73	Indonesia	67.96
74	Mongolia	67.74
75	Jamaica	67.47
76	Uzbekistan	67.4
77	India	67.23
78	Oman	67.19
79	Panama	66.12
80	Tunisia	66.11
81	Bhutan	66.08
82	South Africa	66.03
83	Qatar	65.89
84	Malta	65.43
85	El Salvador	65.41
86	Botswana	65.4
87	Zambia	65.08
88	San Marino	64.74
89	Bosnia and Herzegovina	63.82
90	Samoa	63.77
91	Tonga	63.59
92	Saudi Arabia	63.5
93	Saint Lucia	63.02
94	Vanuatu	62.87
95	Uruguay	62.6
96	Seychelles	62.41
97	Kuwait	62.2
98	Guatemala	62.17
99	Djibouti	62.02
100	Sri Lanka	61.22
101	Fiji	61.15
102	Dominican Republic	61.12
103	Dominica	61.07
104	Jordan	60.98
105	Trinidad and Tobago	60.81
106	Lesotho	60.6
107	Namibia	60.53
108	Papua New Guinea	60.12
109	Brazil	60.01
110	Nepal	59.63
111	Malawi	59.59
112	Antigua and Barbuda	59.48
113	Paraguay	59.4
114	Ghana	59.22
115	Solomon Islands	59.17
116	Palestine	59.11
117	Eswatini	58.95
118	Bahamas	58.9
119	Argentina	58.8
120	Egypt	58.56
121	Honduras	58.22
122	Côte d'Ivoire	58
123	Ecuador	57.94
124	Philippines	57.68
125	Belize	57.13
126	Tajikistan	57.11
127	Uganda	57.06
128	Iran	56.98
129	Barbados	56.78
130	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	56.35
131	Cape Verde	55.95
132	Nicaragua	55.64
133	Palau	55.59
134	Guyana	55.57
135	Mozambique	55.53
136	Pakistan	55.31
137	Togo	55.2
138	Cambodia	54.8
139	Maldives	54.43
140	Saint Kitts and Nevis	54.36
141	Senegal	54.15
142	Lebanon	54.04
143	Niger	53.72
144	Tanzania	53.63
145	Mali	53.5
146	Nigeria	52.89
147	Grenada	52.71
148	Mauritania	51.99
149	Gambia	51.72
150	Marshall Islands	51.62
151	Burkina Faso	51.57
152	Guinea	51.51
153	Benin	51.42
154	Laos	51.26
155	Zimbabwe	50.44
156	Bolivia	50.32
157	Algeria	49.65
158	Kiribati	49.07
159	Ethiopia	49.06
160	Micronesia	48.99
161	Madagascar	48.89
162	Sudan	48.84
163	Sierra Leone	48.74
164	Comoros	48.66
165	Suriname	48.05
166	Cameroon	47.78
167	Afghanistan	47.77
168	Burundi	47.41
169	Gabon	45.58
170	São Tomé and Príncipe	45.14
171	Iraq	44.72
172	Myanmar	44.72
173	Angola	43.86
174	Liberia	43.51
175	Guinea-Bissau	42.85
176	Bangladesh	41.97
177	Equatorial Guinea	41.94
178	Timor-Leste	41.6
179	Syria	41.57
180	Republic of the Congo	39.83
181	Chad	39.36
182	Haiti	38.52
183	Central African Republic	36.9
184	Democratic Republic of the Congo	36.85
185	South Sudan	35.34
186	Libya	33.44
187	Yemen	32.41
188	Venezuela	30.61
189	Eritrea	23.07
190	Somalia	20.04