Doing Business 2011

Doing Business 2011 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, Hong Kong, New Zealand.

The full list

Rank	Name	Location	Since Doing Business 2010
1	Singapore	Singapore	No change
2	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Up 1
3	New Zealand	New Zealand	Down 1
4	United Kingdom	United Kingdom	Up 1
5	United States	United States	Down 1
6	Denmark	Denmark	No change
7	Canada	Canada	Up 1
8	Norway	Norway	Up 2
9	Ireland	Ireland	Down 2
10	Australia	Australia	Down 1
11	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	Up 2
12	Georgia	Georgia	Down 1
13	Finland	Finland	Up 3
14	Sweden	Sweden	Up 4
15	Iceland	Iceland	Down 1
16	South Korea	South Korea	Up 3
17	Estonia	Estonia	Up 7
18	Japan	Japan	Down 3
19	Thailand	Thailand	Down 7
20	Mauritius	Mauritius	Down 3
21	Malaysia	Malaysia	Up 2
22	Germany	Germany	Up 3
23	Lithuania	Lithuania	Up 3
24	Latvia	Latvia	Up 3
25	Belgium	Belgium	Down 3
26	France	France	Up 5
27	Switzerland	Switzerland	Down 6
28	Bahrain	Bahrain	Down 8
29	Israel	Israel	No change
30	Netherlands	Netherlands	No change
31	Portugal	Portugal	Up 17
32	Austria	Austria	Down 4
33	Taiwan	Taiwan	Up 13
34	South Africa	South Africa	No change
35	Mexico	Mexico	Up 16
36	Peru	Peru	Up 20
37	Cyprus	Cyprus	Up 3
38	North Macedonia	North Macedonia	Down 6
39	Colombia	Colombia	Down 2
40	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	Down 7
41	Slovakia	Slovakia	Up 1
42	Slovenia	Slovenia	Up 11
43	Chile	Chile	Up 6
44	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	Down 3
45	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Up 19
46	Hungary	Hungary	Up 1
47	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Down 12
48	Armenia	Armenia	Down 5
49	Spain	Spain	Up 13
50	Qatar	Qatar	Down 11
51	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Down 7
52	Botswana	Botswana	Down 7
53	Saint Lucia	Saint Lucia	Down 17
54	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	Down 16
55	Tunisia	Tunisia	Up 14
56	Romania	Romania	Down 1
57	Oman	Oman	Up 8
58	Rwanda	Rwanda	Up 9
59	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Up 4
60	Vanuatu	Vanuatu	Down 1
61	Samoa	Samoa	Down 4
62	Fiji	Fiji	Down 8
63	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Up 11
64	Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua and Barbuda	Down 14
65	Turkey	Turkey	Up 8
66	Montenegro	Montenegro	Up 5
67	Ghana	Ghana	Up 25
68	Belarus	Belarus	Down 10
69	Namibia	Namibia	Down 3
70	Poland	Poland	Up 2
71	Tonga	Tonga	Down 19
72	Panama	Panama	Up 5
73	Mongolia	Mongolia	Down 13
74	Kuwait	Kuwait	Down 13
75	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Down 5
76	Zambia	Zambia	Up 14
77	Bahamas	Bahamas	Down 9
78	Vietnam	Vietnam	Up 15
79	China	China	Up 10
80	Italy	Italy	Down 2
81	Jamaica	Jamaica	Down 6
82	Albania	Albania	No change
83	Pakistan	Pakistan	Up 2
84	Croatia	Croatia	Up 19
85	Maldives	Maldives	Up 2
86	El Salvador	El Salvador	Down 2
87	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Down 11
88	Dominica	Dominica	Down 5
89	Serbia	Serbia	Down 1
90	Moldova	Moldova	Up 4
91	Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	Down 5
92	Grenada	Grenada	Down 1
93	Kiribati	Kiribati	Down 14
94	Egypt	Egypt	Up 12
95	Seychelles	Seychelles	Up 16
96	Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands	Up 8
97	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	Down 16
98	Kenya	Kenya	Down 3
99	Belize	Belize	Down 19
100	Guyana	Guyana	Up 1
101	Guatemala	Guatemala	Up 9
102	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	Up 3
103	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Down 1
104	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	Up 3
105	Yemen	Yemen	Down 6
106	Paraguay	Paraguay	Up 18
107	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	Up 12
108	Marshall Islands	Marshall Islands	Down 10
109	Greece	Greece	No change
110	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Up 6
111	Jordan	Jordan	Down 11
112	Brunei	Brunei	Down 16
113	Lebanon	Lebanon	Down 5
114	Morocco	Morocco	Up 14
115	Argentina	Argentina	Up 3
116	Nepal	Nepal	Up 7
117	Nicaragua	Nicaragua	No change
118	Eswatini	Eswatini	Down 3
119	Kosovo	Kosovo	Down 6
120	Palau	Palau	Down 23
121	Indonesia	Indonesia	Up 1
122	Uganda	Uganda	Down 10
123	Russia	Russia	Down 3
124	Uruguay	Uruguay	Down 10
125	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Down 4
126	Mozambique	Mozambique	Up 9
127	Brazil	Brazil	Up 2
128	Tanzania	Tanzania	Up 3
129	Iran	Iran	Up 8
130	Ecuador	Ecuador	Up 8
131	Honduras	Honduras	Up 10
132	Cape Verde	Cape Verde	Up 14
133	Malawi	Malawi	Down 1
134	India	India	Down 1
135	Palestine	Palestine	Up 4
136	Algeria	Algeria	No change
137	Nigeria	Nigeria	Down 12
138	Lesotho	Lesotho	Down 8
139	Tajikistan	Tajikistan	Up 13
140	Madagascar	Madagascar	Down 6
141	Micronesia	Micronesia	Down 14
142	Bhutan	Bhutan	Down 16
143	Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone	Up 5
144	Syria	Syria	Down 1
145	Ukraine	Ukraine	Down 3
146	Gambia	Gambia	Down 6
147	Cambodia	Cambodia	Down 2
148	Philippines	Philippines	Down 4
149	Bolivia	Bolivia	Up 12
150	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	No change
151	Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	Down 4
152	Senegal	Senegal	Up 5
153	Mali	Mali	Up 3
154	Sudan	Sudan	No change
155	Liberia	Liberia	Down 6
156	Gabon	Gabon	Up 2
157	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Up 2
158	Djibouti	Djibouti	Up 5
159	Comoros	Comoros	Up 3
160	Togo	Togo	Up 5
161	Suriname	Suriname	Down 6
162	Haiti	Haiti	Down 11
163	Angola	Angola	Up 6
164	Equatorial Guinea	Equatorial Guinea	Up 6
165	Mauritania	Mauritania	Up 1
166	Iraq	Iraq	Down 13
167	Afghanistan	Afghanistan	Down 7
168	Cameroon	Cameroon	Up 3
169	Côte d'Ivoire	Côte d'Ivoire	Down 1
170	Benin	Benin	Up 2
171	Laos	Laos	Down 4
172	Venezuela	Venezuela	Up 5
173	Niger	Niger	Up 1
174	Timor Leste	Timor Leste	Down 10
175	Democratic Republic of Congo	Democratic Republic of Congo	Up 7
176	Guinea-Bissau	Guinea-Bissau	Up 5
177	Congo	Congo	Up 2
178	São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé and Príncipe	Up 2
179	Guinea	Guinea	Down 6
180	Eritrea	Eritrea	Down 5
181	Burundi	Burundi	Down 5
182	Central African Republic	Central African Republic	Up 1
183	Chad	Chad	Down 5

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World Bank Group: Doing Business (Ease of Doing Business ranking) Doing Business 2011