Doing Business 2013

Doing Business 2013 by World Bank Group: 185 economies ranked, led by Singapore. Full list with movement since the last edition and method notes.

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Covered 185 economies. Top three: Singapore, Hong Kong, New Zealand.

The full list

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

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World Bank Group: Doing Business (Ease of Doing Business ranking) Doing Business 2013