Global: Ease of doing business score in United States of America
United States of America: Global: Ease of doing business score was 84 DB17-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat
Global: Ease of doing business score in United States of America, 2015–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB17-20 methodology.
Analysis
The most recent figure for global: ease of doing business score in United States of America is 84 DB17-20 methodology, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 0.5% over five years.
That places United States of America 6th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
Global: Ease of doing business score in United States of America, year by year
| Year | DB17-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 83.59 DB17-20 methodology | — |
| 2016 | 83.59 DB17-20 methodology | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 83.59 DB17-20 methodology | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 83.57 DB17-20 methodology | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 84 DB17-20 methodology | +0.5% |
Countries ranked near United States of America
- 3 Hong Kong, China 85.32 DB17-20 methodology compare
- 4 Denmark 85.29 DB17-20 methodology compare
- 5 Republic of Korea 84 DB17-20 methodology compare
- 7 Georgia 83.73 DB17-20 methodology compare
- 8 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 83.55 DB17-20 methodology compare
- 9 Norway 82.63 DB17-20 methodology compare
More private sector data for United States of America
- Merchandise trade 18.5% (2025)
- Food imports 6.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 78.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 3.51 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 9.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 55.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 2.19 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 6,394 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.071 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 5.99 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is global: ease of doing business score in United States of America?
- Global: ease of doing business score in United States of America was 84 DB17-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest global: ease of doing business score recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 84 DB17-20 methodology in 2019.
- What is the lowest global: ease of doing business score recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 83.57 DB17-20 methodology in 2018.
- How does United States of America rank for global: ease of doing business score?
- United States of America ranks 6th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this United States of America 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.