Doing Business 2010

Doing Business 2010 by World Bank Group: 183 economies ranked, led by Singapore. Full list with movement since the last edition and method notes.

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Covered 183 economies. Top three: Singapore, New Zealand, Hong Kong.

The full list

Rank	Name	Location	Since Doing Business 2009
1	Singapore	Singapore	No change
2	New Zealand	New Zealand	No change
3	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Up 1
4	United States	United States	Down 1
5	United Kingdom	United Kingdom	Up 1
6	Denmark	Denmark	Down 1
7	Ireland	Ireland	No change
8	Canada	Canada	No change
9	Australia	Australia	No change
10	Norway	Norway	No change
11	Georgia	Georgia	Up 4
12	Thailand	Thailand	Up 1
13	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	Up 3
14	Iceland	Iceland	Down 3
15	Japan	Japan	Down 3
16	Finland	Finland	Down 2
17	Mauritius	Mauritius	Up 7
18	Sweden	Sweden	Down 1
19	South Korea	South Korea	Up 4
20	Bahrain	Bahrain	Down 2
21	Switzerland	Switzerland	No change
22	Belgium	Belgium	Down 3
23	Malaysia	Malaysia	Down 3
24	Estonia	Estonia	Down 2
25	Germany	Germany	No change
26	Lithuania	Lithuania	Up 2
27	Latvia	Latvia	Up 2
28	Austria	Austria	Down 1
29	Israel	Israel	Up 1
30	Netherlands	Netherlands	Down 4
31	France	France	No change
32	North Macedonia	North Macedonia	Up 39
33	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	Up 13
34	South Africa	South Africa	Down 2
35	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	No change
36	Saint Lucia	Saint Lucia	Down 2
37	Colombia	Colombia	Up 16
38	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	Down 5
39	Qatar	Qatar	Down 2
40	Cyprus	Cyprus
41	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	Up 27
42	Slovakia	Slovakia	Down 6
43	Armenia	Armenia	Up 1
44	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Up 1
45	Botswana	Botswana	Down 7
46	Taiwan	Taiwan	Up 15
47	Hungary	Hungary	Down 6
48	Portugal	Portugal	No change
49	Chile	Chile	Down 9
50	Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua and Barbuda	Down 8
51	Mexico	Mexico	Up 5
52	Tonga	Tonga	Down 9
53	Slovenia	Slovenia	Up 1
54	Fiji	Fiji	Down 15
55	Romania	Romania	Down 8
56	Peru	Peru	Up 6
57	Samoa	Samoa	Up 7
58	Belarus	Belarus	Up 27
59	Vanuatu	Vanuatu	Up 1
60	Mongolia	Mongolia	Down 2
61	Kuwait	Kuwait	Down 9
62	Spain	Spain	Down 13
63	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Up 7
64	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Down 14
65	Oman	Oman	Down 8
66	Namibia	Namibia	Down 15
67	Rwanda	Rwanda	Up 72
68	Bahamas	Bahamas	Down 13
69	Tunisia	Tunisia	Up 4
70	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Down 4
71	Montenegro	Montenegro	Up 19
72	Poland	Poland	Up 4
73	Turkey	Turkey	Down 14
74	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Up 1
75	Jamaica	Jamaica	Down 12
76	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Down 9
77	Panama	Panama	Up 4
78	Italy	Italy	Down 13
79	Kiribati	Kiribati	No change
80	Belize	Belize	Down 2
81	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	Down 1
82	Albania	Albania	Up 4
83	Dominica	Dominica	Down 9
84	El Salvador	El Salvador	Down 12
85	Pakistan	Pakistan	Down 8
86	Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	Up 11
87	Maldives	Maldives	Down 18
88	Serbia	Serbia	Up 6
89	China	China	Down 6
90	Zambia	Zambia	Up 10
91	Grenada	Grenada	Down 7
92	Ghana	Ghana	Down 5
93	Vietnam	Vietnam	Down 1
94	Moldova	Moldova	Up 9
95	Kenya	Kenya	Down 13
96	Brunei	Brunei	Down 8
97	Palau	Palau	Down 6
98	Marshall Islands	Marshall Islands	Down 5
99	Yemen	Yemen	Down 1
100	Jordan	Jordan	Up 1
101	Guyana	Guyana	Up 4
102	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Down 7
103	Croatia	Croatia	Up 3
104	Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands	Down 15
105	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	Down 3
106	Egypt	Egypt	Up 8
107	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	Up 9
108	Lebanon	Lebanon	Down 9
109	Greece	Greece	Down 13
110	Guatemala	Guatemala	Up 2
111	Seychelles	Seychelles	Down 7
112	Uganda	Uganda	Down 1
113	Kosovo	Kosovo
114	Uruguay	Uruguay	Down 5
115	Eswatini	Eswatini	Down 7
116	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Up 3
117	Nicaragua	Nicaragua	Down 10
118	Argentina	Argentina	Down 5
119	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	Down 9
120	Russia	Russia	No change
121	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Down 4
122	Indonesia	Indonesia	Up 7
123	Nepal	Nepal	Down 2
124	Paraguay	Paraguay	Down 9
125	Nigeria	Nigeria	Down 7
126	Bhutan	Bhutan	Down 2
127	Micronesia	Micronesia	Down 1
128	Morocco	Morocco	No change
129	Brazil	Brazil	Down 4
130	Lesotho	Lesotho	Down 7
131	Tanzania	Tanzania	Down 4
132	Malawi	Malawi	Up 2
133	India	India	Down 11
134	Madagascar	Madagascar	Up 10
135	Mozambique	Mozambique	Up 6
136	Algeria	Algeria	Down 4
137	Iran	Iran	Up 5
138	Ecuador	Ecuador	Down 2
139	Palestine	Palestine	Down 8
140	Gambia	Gambia	Down 10
141	Honduras	Honduras	Down 8
142	Ukraine	Ukraine	Up 3
143	Syria	Syria	Down 6
144	Philippines	Philippines	Down 4
145	Cambodia	Cambodia	Down 10
146	Cape Verde	Cape Verde	Down 3
147	Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	Up 1
148	Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone	Up 8
149	Liberia	Liberia	Up 8
150	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Down 12
151	Haiti	Haiti	Up 3
152	Tajikistan	Tajikistan	Up 7
153	Iraq	Iraq	Down 1
154	Sudan	Sudan	Down 7
155	Suriname	Suriname	Down 9
156	Mali	Mali	Up 10
157	Senegal	Senegal	Down 8
158	Gabon	Gabon	Down 7
159	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Down 1
160	Afghanistan	Afghanistan	Up 2
161	Bolivia	Bolivia	Down 11
162	Comoros	Comoros	Down 7
163	Djibouti	Djibouti	Down 10
164	Timor Leste	Timor Leste	Up 6
165	Togo	Togo	Down 2
166	Mauritania	Mauritania	Down 6
167	Laos	Laos	Down 2
168	Côte d'Ivoire	Côte d'Ivoire	Down 7
169	Angola	Angola	Down 1
170	Equatorial Guinea	Equatorial Guinea	Down 5
171	Cameroon	Cameroon	Down 7
172	Benin	Benin	Down 3
173	Guinea	Guinea	Down 2
174	Niger	Niger	Down 2
175	Eritrea	Eritrea	Down 2
176	Burundi	Burundi	Up 1
177	Venezuela	Venezuela	Down 3
178	Chad	Chad	Down 3
179	Congo	Congo	Down 1
180	São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé and Príncipe	Down 4
181	Guinea-Bissau	Guinea-Bissau	Down 2
182	Democratic Republic of Congo	Democratic Republic of Congo	Down 1
183	Central African Republic	Central African Republic	Down 3

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World Bank Group: Doing Business (Ease of Doing Business ranking) Doing Business 2010