Doing Business 2012

Doing Business 2012 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 2011
1	Singapore	Singapore	No change
2	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	No change
3	New Zealand	New Zealand	No change
4	United States	United States	Up 1
5	Denmark	Denmark	Up 1
6	Norway	Norway	Up 2
7	United Kingdom	United Kingdom	Down 3
8	South Korea	South Korea	Up 8
9	Iceland	Iceland	Up 6
10	Ireland	Ireland	Down 1
11	Finland	Finland	Up 2
12	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	Down 1
13	Canada	Canada	Down 6
14	Sweden	Sweden	No change
15	Australia	Australia	Down 5
16	Georgia	Georgia	Down 4
17	Thailand	Thailand	Up 2
18	Malaysia	Malaysia	Up 3
19	Germany	Germany	Up 3
20	Japan	Japan	Down 2
21	Latvia	Latvia	Up 3
22	North Macedonia	North Macedonia	Up 16
23	Mauritius	Mauritius	Down 3
24	Estonia	Estonia	Down 7
25	Taiwan	Taiwan	Up 8
26	Switzerland	Switzerland	Up 1
27	Lithuania	Lithuania	Down 4
28	Belgium	Belgium	Down 3
29	France	France	Down 3
30	Portugal	Portugal	Up 1
31	Netherlands	Netherlands	Down 1
32	Austria	Austria	No change
33	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	Up 7
34	Israel	Israel	Down 5
35	South Africa	South Africa	Down 1
36	Qatar	Qatar	Up 14
37	Slovenia	Slovenia	Up 5
38	Bahrain	Bahrain	Down 10
39	Chile	Chile	Up 4
40	Cyprus	Cyprus	Down 3
41	Peru	Peru	Down 5
42	Colombia	Colombia	Down 3
43	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Up 4
44	Spain	Spain	Up 5
45	Rwanda	Rwanda	Up 13
46	Tunisia	Tunisia	Up 9
47	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Up 12
48	Slovakia	Slovakia	Down 7
49	Oman	Oman	Up 8
50	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Down 5
51	Hungary	Hungary	Down 5
52	Saint Lucia	Saint Lucia	Up 1
53	Mexico	Mexico	Down 18
54	Botswana	Botswana	Down 2
55	Armenia	Armenia	Down 7
56	Montenegro	Montenegro	Up 10
57	Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua and Barbuda	Up 7
58	Tonga	Tonga	Up 13
59	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Down 8
60	Samoa	Samoa	Up 1
61	Panama	Panama	Up 11
62	Poland	Poland	Up 8
63	Ghana	Ghana	Up 4
64	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Down 1
65	Dominica	Dominica	Up 23
66	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	Down 12
67	Kuwait	Kuwait	Up 7
68	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	Up 29
69	Belarus	Belarus	Down 1
70	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	Down 26
71	Turkey	Turkey	Down 6
72	Romania	Romania	Down 16
73	Grenada	Grenada	Up 19
74	Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands	Up 22
75	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	No change
76	Vanuatu	Vanuatu	Down 16
77	Fiji	Fiji	Down 15
78	Namibia	Namibia	Down 9
79	Maldives	Maldives	Up 6
80	Croatia	Croatia	Up 4
81	Moldova	Moldova	Up 9
82	Albania	Albania	No change
83	Brunei	Brunei	Up 29
84	Zambia	Zambia	Down 8
85	Bahamas	Bahamas	Down 8
86	Mongolia	Mongolia	Down 13
87	Italy	Italy	Down 7
88	Jamaica	Jamaica	Down 7
89	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	Up 13
90	Uruguay	Uruguay	Up 34
91	China	China	Down 12
92	Serbia	Serbia	Down 3
93	Belize	Belize	Up 6
94	Morocco	Morocco	Up 20
95	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Down 8
96	Jordan	Jordan	Up 15
97	Guatemala	Guatemala	Up 4
98	Vietnam	Vietnam	Down 20
99	Yemen	Yemen	Up 6
100	Greece	Greece	Up 9
101	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Up 2
102	Paraguay	Paraguay	Up 4
103	Seychelles	Seychelles	Down 8
104	Lebanon	Lebanon	Up 9
105	Pakistan	Pakistan	Down 22
106	Marshall Islands	Marshall Islands	Up 2
107	Nepal	Nepal	Up 9
108	Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	Down 17
109	Kenya	Kenya	Down 11
110	Egypt	Egypt	Down 16
111	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	Down 7
112	El Salvador	El Salvador	Down 26
113	Argentina	Argentina	Up 2
114	Guyana	Guyana	Down 14
115	Kiribati	Kiribati	Down 22
116	Palau	Palau	Up 4
117	Kosovo	Kosovo	Up 2
118	Nicaragua	Nicaragua	Down 1
119	Cape Verde	Cape Verde	Up 13
120	Russia	Russia	Up 3
121	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Up 4
122	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	Down 15
123	Uganda	Uganda	Down 1
124	Eswatini	Eswatini	Down 6
125	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Down 15
126	Brazil	Brazil	Up 1
127	Tanzania	Tanzania	Up 1
128	Honduras	Honduras	Up 3
129	Indonesia	Indonesia	Down 8
130	Ecuador	Ecuador	No change
131	Palestine	Palestine	Up 4
132	India	India	Up 2
133	Nigeria	Nigeria	Up 4
134	Syria	Syria	Up 10
135	Sudan	Sudan	Up 19
136	Philippines	Philippines	Up 12
137	Madagascar	Madagascar	Up 3
138	Cambodia	Cambodia	Up 9
139	Mozambique	Mozambique	Down 13
140	Micronesia	Micronesia	Up 1
141	Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone	Up 2
142	Bhutan	Bhutan	No change
143	Lesotho	Lesotho	Down 5
144	Iran	Iran	Down 15
145	Malawi	Malawi	Down 12
146	Mali	Mali	Up 7
147	Tajikistan	Tajikistan	Down 8
148	Algeria	Algeria	Down 12
149	Gambia	Gambia	Down 3
150	Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	Up 1
151	Liberia	Liberia	Up 4
152	Ukraine	Ukraine	Down 7
153	Bolivia	Bolivia	Down 4
154	Senegal	Senegal	Down 2
155	Equatorial Guinea	Equatorial Guinea	Up 9
156	Gabon	Gabon	No change
157	Comoros	Comoros	Up 2
158	Suriname	Suriname	Up 3
159	Mauritania	Mauritania	Up 6
160	Afghanistan	Afghanistan	Up 7
161	Cameroon	Cameroon	Up 7
162	Togo	Togo	Down 2
163	São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé and Príncipe	Up 15
164	Iraq	Iraq	Up 2
165	Laos	Laos	Up 6
166	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Down 16
167	Côte d'Ivoire	Côte d'Ivoire	Up 2
168	Timor Leste	Timor Leste	Up 6
169	Burundi	Burundi	Up 12
170	Djibouti	Djibouti	Down 12
171	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Down 14
172	Angola	Angola	Down 9
173	Niger	Niger	No change
174	Haiti	Haiti	Down 12
175	Benin	Benin	Down 5
176	Guinea-Bissau	Guinea-Bissau	No change
177	Venezuela	Venezuela	Down 5
178	Democratic Republic of Congo	Democratic Republic of Congo	Down 3
179	Guinea	Guinea	No change
180	Eritrea	Eritrea	No change
181	Congo	Congo	Down 4
182	Central African Republic	Central African Republic	No change
183	Chad	Chad	No change

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World Bank Group: Doing Business (Ease of Doing Business ranking) Doing Business 2012