Global: Ease of doing business score in Australia
Australia: Global: Ease of doing business score was 81.22 DB17-20 methodology in 2019. β¬ Flat
Global: Ease of doing business score in Australia, 2015β2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB17-20 methodology.
Analysis
In 2019, global: ease of doing business score in Australia stood at 81.22 DB17-20 methodology. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 1.0% over five years.
Australia ranks 14th of 190 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Countries ranked near Australia
- 11 Lithuania 81.62 DB17-20 methodology compare
- 12 Malaysia 81.47 DB17-20 methodology compare
- 13 Mauritius 81.47 DB17-20 methodology compare
- 15 Taiwan Province of China 80.92 DB17-20 methodology compare
- 16 United Arab Emirates 80.75 DB17-20 methodology compare
- 17 North Macedonia, Republic of 80.75 DB17-20 methodology compare
More private sector data for Australia
- Merchandise trade 36.0% (2025)
- Food imports 6.5% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 74.3% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 310.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 13.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 9.8% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 337.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 12,225 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1877 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -0.9521 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is global: ease of doing business score in Australia?
- Global: ease of doing business score in Australia was 81.22 DB17-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest global: ease of doing business score recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 81.22 DB17-20 methodology in 2019.
- What is the lowest global: ease of doing business score recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 80.22 DB17-20 methodology in 2016.
- How does Australia rank for global: ease of doing business score?
- Australia ranks 14th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Global: Ease of doing business score (DB17-20 methodology). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.