Doing Business 2007

Doing Business 2007 by World Bank Group: 175 economies ranked, led by Singapore. Full list with movement since the last edition and method notes.

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Covered 175 economies. Top three: Singapore, New Zealand, United States.

The full list

Rank	Name	Location	Since Doing Business 2006
1	Singapore	Singapore	Up 1
2	New Zealand	New Zealand	Down 1
3	United States	United States	No change
4	Canada	Canada	No change
5	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Up 2
6	United Kingdom	United Kingdom	Up 3
7	Denmark	Denmark	Up 1
8	Australia	Australia	Down 2
9	Norway	Norway	Down 4
10	Ireland	Ireland	Up 1
11	Japan	Japan	Down 1
12	Iceland	Iceland	No change
13	Sweden	Sweden	Up 1
14	Finland	Finland	Down 1
15	Switzerland	Switzerland	Up 2
16	Lithuania	Lithuania	Down 1
17	Estonia	Estonia	Down 1
18	Thailand	Thailand	Up 2
19	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Up 3
20	Belgium	Belgium	Down 2
21	Germany	Germany	Down 2
22	Netherlands	Netherlands	Up 2
23	South Korea	South Korea
24	Latvia	Latvia	Up 2
25	Malaysia	Malaysia	Down 4
26	Israel	Israel	Up 3
27	Saint Lucia	Saint Lucia
28	Chile	Chile	Down 3
29	South Africa	South Africa	Down 1
30	Austria	Austria	Up 2
31	Fiji	Fiji	Up 3
32	Mauritius	Mauritius	Down 9
33	Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua and Barbuda
34	Armenia	Armenia	Up 12
35	France	France	Up 9
36	Slovakia	Slovakia	Up 1
37	Georgia	Georgia	Up 63
38	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	No change
39	Spain	Spain	Down 9
40	Portugal	Portugal	Up 2
41	Samoa	Samoa	Down 2
42	Namibia	Namibia	Down 9
43	Mexico	Mexico	Up 30
44	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Saint Kitts and Nevis
45	Mongolia	Mongolia	Up 16
46	Kuwait	Kuwait	Up 1
47	Taiwan	Taiwan	Down 12
48	Botswana	Botswana	Down 8
49	Romania	Romania	Up 29
50	Jamaica	Jamaica	Down 7
51	Tonga	Tonga	Down 15
52	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Down 11
53	Maldives	Maldives	Down 22
54	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Up 8
55	Oman	Oman	Down 4
56	Belize	Belize
57	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Up 7
58	Vanuatu	Vanuatu	Down 9
59	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago
60	Kiribati	Kiribati	Down 15
61	Slovenia	Slovenia	Up 2
62	Palau	Palau
63	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Up 23
64	Uruguay	Uruguay	Up 21
65	Peru	Peru	Up 6
66	Hungary	Hungary	Down 14
67	Nicaragua	Nicaragua	Down 8
68	Serbia	Serbia	Up 24
69	Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands	Down 16
70	Montenegro	Montenegro	Up 22
71	El Salvador	El Salvador	Up 5
72	Dominica	Dominica
73	Grenada	Grenada
74	Pakistan	Pakistan	Down 14
75	Poland	Poland	Down 21
76	Eswatini	Eswatini
77	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	Down 8
78	Jordan	Jordan	Down 4
79	Colombia	Colombia	Down 13
80	Tunisia	Tunisia	Down 22
81	Panama	Panama	Down 24
82	Italy	Italy	Down 12
83	Kenya	Kenya	Down 15
84	Seychelles	Seychelles
85	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
86	Lebanon	Lebanon	Up 9
87	Marshall Islands	Marshall Islands	Down 39
88	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	Down 23
89	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	Down 14
90	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	Down 6
91	Turkey	Turkey	Up 2
92	North Macedonia	North Macedonia	Down 11
93	China	China	Down 2
94	Ghana	Ghana	Down 12
95	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Down 8
96	Russia	Russia	Down 17
97	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	Up 4
98	Yemen	Yemen	Down 8
99	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	Down 1
100	Nepal	Nepal	Down 45
101	Argentina	Argentina	Down 24
102	Zambia	Zambia	Down 35
103	Moldova	Moldova	Down 20
104	Vietnam	Vietnam	Down 5
105	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Down 16
106	Micronesia	Micronesia	Down 50
107	Uganda	Uganda	Down 35
108	Nigeria	Nigeria	Down 14
109	Greece	Greece	Down 29
110	Malawi	Malawi	Down 14
111	Honduras	Honduras	Up 1
112	Paraguay	Paraguay	Down 24
113	Gambia	Gambia
114	Lesotho	Lesotho	Down 17
115	Morocco	Morocco	Down 13
116	Algeria	Algeria	Up 12
117	Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	Down 14
118	Guatemala	Guatemala	Down 9
119	Iran	Iran	Down 11
120	Albania	Albania	Down 3
121	Brazil	Brazil	Down 2
122	Suriname	Suriname
123	Ecuador	Ecuador	Down 16
124	Croatia	Croatia	Down 6
125	Cape Verde	Cape Verde
126	Philippines	Philippines	Down 13
127	Palestine	Palestine	Down 2
128	Ukraine	Ukraine	Down 4
129	Belarus	Belarus	Down 23
130	Syria	Syria	Down 9
131	Bolivia	Bolivia	Down 20
132	Gabon	Gabon
133	Tajikistan	Tajikistan
134	India	India	Down 18
135	Indonesia	Indonesia	Down 20
136	Guyana	Guyana	Down 31
137	Benin	Benin	Down 8
138	Bhutan	Bhutan	Down 34
139	Haiti	Haiti	Down 5
140	Mozambique	Mozambique	Down 30
141	Côte d'Ivoire	Côte d'Ivoire	Up 4
142	Tanzania	Tanzania	Down 2
143	Cambodia	Cambodia	Down 10
144	Comoros	Comoros
145	Iraq	Iraq	Down 31
146	Senegal	Senegal	Down 14
147	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Down 9
148	Mauritania	Mauritania	Down 21
149	Madagascar	Madagascar	Down 18
150	Equatorial Guinea	Equatorial Guinea
151	Togo	Togo	Down 2
152	Cameroon	Cameroon	Down 22
153	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Down 27
154	Sudan	Sudan	Down 3
155	Mali	Mali	Down 9
156	Angola	Angola	Down 21
157	Guinea	Guinea	Down 13
158	Rwanda	Rwanda	Down 19
159	Laos	Laos	Down 12
160	Niger	Niger	Down 10
161	Djibouti	Djibouti
162	Afghanistan	Afghanistan	Down 40
163	Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	Down 9
164	Venezuela	Venezuela	Down 44
165	Egypt	Egypt	Down 24
166	Burundi	Burundi	Down 23
167	Central African Republic	Central African Republic	Down 14
168	Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone	Down 32
169	São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé and Príncipe	Down 46
170	Eritrea	Eritrea	Down 33
171	Congo	Congo	Down 23
172	Chad	Chad	Down 20
173	Guinea-Bissau	Guinea-Bissau
174	Timor Leste	Timor Leste	Down 32
175	Democratic Republic of Congo	Democratic Republic of Congo	Down 20

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World Bank Group: Doing Business (Ease of Doing Business ranking) Doing Business 2007