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Global: Ease of doing business score (DB17-20 methodology) by country

The ease of doing business score is the simple average of the scores for each of the Doing Business topics: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts and...

Countries reporting
189
Highest
86.76 DB17-20 methodology
New Zealand
Lowest
20.04 DB17-20 methodology
Somalia
Median
62.6 DB17-20 methodology
Years covered
5
2015–2019
Data points
950

What the numbers show

Global: Ease of doing business score (DB17-20 methodology) is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 86.76 DB17-20 methodology in New Zealand; the lowest is 20.04 DB17-20 methodology in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 62.6 DB17-20 methodology, and the mean is 62.99 DB17-20 methodology.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Global: Ease of doing business score: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 New Zealand 86.76 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
1 Djibouti 60.5 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
2 Singapore 86.2 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
3 Hong Kong 85.32 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
4 Denmark 85.29 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
5 South Korea 84 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
6 United States 84 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
7 Georgia 83.73 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
8 United Kingdom 83.55 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
9 Norway 82.63 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
10 Sweden 81.99 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
11 Lithuania 81.62 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
12 Malaysia 81.47 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
13 Mauritius 81.47 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
14 Australia 81.22 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
15 Taiwan 80.92 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
16 United Arab Emirates 80.75 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
17 North Macedonia 80.75 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
18 Estonia 80.62 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
19 Latvia 80.28 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
20 Finland 80.18 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
21 Thailand 80.09 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
22 Germany 79.71 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
23 Canada 79.64 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
24 Ireland 79.58 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
25 Kazakhstan 79.56 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
26 Iceland 78.96 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
27 Austria 78.75 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
28 Azerbaijan 78.51 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
29 Russia 78.16 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
30 Japan 78 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
31 Spain 77.94 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
32 China 77.28 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
33 France 76.8 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
34 Turkey 76.79 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
35 Israel 76.68 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
36 Switzerland 76.62 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
37 Slovenia 76.52 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
38 Rwanda 76.48 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
39 Portugal 76.47 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
40 Poland 76.38 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
41 Czechia 76.34 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
42 Netherlands 76.1 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
43 Bahrain 76.03 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
44 Serbia 75.65 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
45 Slovakia 75.59 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
46 Belgium 74.99 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
47 Armenia 74.49 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
48 Moldova 74.39 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
49 Belarus 74.29 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
50 Montenegro 73.82 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
51 Croatia 73.62 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
52 Hungary 73.42 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
53 Morocco 73.38 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
54 Cyprus 73.35 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
55 Romania 73.33 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
56 Kenya 73.22 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
57 Italy 72.85 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
58 Chile 72.58 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
59 Mexico 72.36 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
60 Bulgaria 71.97 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
61 India 71.05 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
62 Saudi Arabia 70.87 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
63 Ukraine 70.21 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
64 Puerto Rico 70.07 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
65 Brunei 70.06 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
66 Colombia 70.06 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
67 Oman 69.98 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
68 Uzbekistan 69.88 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
69 Vietnam 69.77 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
70 Jamaica 69.68 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
71 Luxembourg 69.6 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
72 Indonesia 69.58 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
73 Costa Rica 69.24 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
74 Jordan 68.97 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
75 Peru 68.7 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
76 Qatar 68.67 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
77 Tunisia 68.66 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
78 Greece 68.42 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
79 Kyrgyzstan 67.82 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
80 Mongolia 67.77 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
81 Albania 67.75 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
82 Kuwait 67.4 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
83 South Africa 67.02 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
84 Zambia 66.94 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
85 Panama 66.56 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
86 Botswana 66.2 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
87 Malta 66.14 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
88 Bhutan 65.97 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
89 Bosnia and Herzegovina 65.44 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
90 El Salvador 65.25 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
91 San Marino 64.19 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
92 Saint Lucia 63.65 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
93 Nepal 63.19 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
94 Philippines 62.83 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
95 Guatemala 62.6 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
96 Togo 62.29 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
97 Samoa 62.07 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
98 Sri Lanka 61.81 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
99 Seychelles 61.7 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
100 Uruguay 61.54 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
101 Fiji 61.48 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
102 Tonga 61.39 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
103 Namibia 61.35 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
104 Trinidad and Tobago 61.29 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
105 Tajikistan 61.27 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
106 Vanuatu 61.05 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
107 Pakistan 60.95 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
108 Malawi 60.94 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
109 Cote d'Ivoire 60.69 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
110 Dominica 60.55 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
111 Antigua and Barbuda 60.28 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
112 Egypt 60.05 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
113 Dominican Republic 59.99 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
114 Uganda 59.98 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
115 Palestine 59.98 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
116 Ghana 59.96 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
117 Bahamas 59.87 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
118 Papua New Guinea 59.77 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
119 Eswatini 59.49 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
120 Lesotho 59.43 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
121 Senegal 59.27 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
122 Brazil 59.08 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
123 Paraguay 59.05 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
124 Argentina 58.96 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
125 Iran 58.55 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
126 Barbados 57.91 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
127 Ecuador 57.72 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
128 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 57.09 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
129 Nigeria 56.88 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
130 Niger 56.76 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
131 Honduras 56.27 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
132 Guyana 55.49 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
133 Belize 55.47 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
134 Solomon Islands 55.26 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
135 Cape Verde 55.04 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
136 Mozambique 55 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
137 Saint Kitts and Nevis 54.64 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
138 Zimbabwe 54.47 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
139 Tanzania 54.46 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
140 Nicaragua 54.39 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
141 Lebanon 54.33 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
142 Cambodia 53.84 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
143 Palau 53.7 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
144 Grenada 53.44 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
145 Maldives 53.27 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
146 Mali 52.94 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
147 Benin 52.4 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
148 Bolivia 51.66 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
149 Burkina Faso 51.4 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
150 Mauritania 51.06 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
151 Marshall Islands 50.89 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
152 Laos 50.82 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
153 Gambia 50.29 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
154 Guinea 49.43 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
155 Algeria 48.6 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
156 Micronesia (country) 48.1 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
157 Ethiopia 47.98 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
158 Comoros 47.87 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
159 Madagascar 47.73 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
160 Suriname 47.46 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
161 Sierra Leone 47.46 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
162 Kiribati 46.94 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
163 Myanmar 46.83 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
164 Burundi 46.77 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
165 Cameroon 46.1 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
166 Bangladesh 45.05 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
167 Gabon 45.03 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
168 Sao Tome and Principe 44.97 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
169 Sudan 44.83 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
170 Iraq 44.7 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
171 Afghanistan 44.06 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
172 Guinea-Bissau 43.23 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
173 Liberia 43.23 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
174 Syria 41.97 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
175 Angola 41.29 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
176 Equatorial Guinea 41.05 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
177 Haiti 40.72 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
178 Congo 39.53 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
179 East Timor 39.36 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
180 Chad 36.94 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
181 Democratic Republic of Congo 36.21 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
182 Central African Republic 35.57 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
183 South Sudan 34.62 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — rising
184 Libya 32.69 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
185 Yemen 31.76 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — falling
186 Venezuela 30.24 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — falling
187 Eritrea 21.6 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat
188 Somalia 20.04 DB17-20 methodology 2019 — flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

  • Kosovo 73.18 DB17-20 methodology

About this data

Indicator
Global: Ease of doing business score (DB17-20 methodology)
Unit
DB17-20 methodology
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 950 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed

The ease of doing business score is the simple average of the scores for each of the Doing Business topics: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts and resolving insolvency. The score is computed based on the methodology in the DB17-20 studies for topics that underwent methodology updates.