Doing Business 2014

Doing Business 2014 by World Bank Group: 189 economies ranked, led by Singapore. Full list with movement since the last edition and method notes.

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Covered 189 economies. Top three: Singapore, Hong Kong, New Zealand.

The full list

Rank	Name	Location	Since Doing Business 2013
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	Malaysia	Malaysia	Up 6
7	South Korea	South Korea	Up 1
8	Georgia	Georgia	Up 1
9	Norway	Norway	Down 3
10	United Kingdom	United Kingdom	Down 3
11	Australia	Australia	Down 1
12	Finland	Finland	Down 1
13	Iceland	Iceland	Up 1
14	Sweden	Sweden	Down 1
15	Ireland	Ireland	No change
16	Taiwan	Taiwan	No change
17	Lithuania	Lithuania	Up 10
18	Thailand	Thailand	No change
19	Canada	Canada	Down 2
20	Mauritius	Mauritius	Down 1
21	Germany	Germany	Down 1
22	Estonia	Estonia	Down 1
23	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	Up 3
24	Latvia	Latvia	Up 1
25	North Macedonia	North Macedonia	Down 2
26	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	Down 4
27	Japan	Japan	Down 3
28	Netherlands	Netherlands	Up 3
29	Switzerland	Switzerland	Down 1
30	Austria	Austria	Down 1
31	Portugal	Portugal	Down 1
32	Rwanda	Rwanda	Up 20
33	Slovenia	Slovenia	Up 2
34	Chile	Chile	Up 3
35	Israel	Israel	Up 3
36	Belgium	Belgium	Down 3
37	Armenia	Armenia	Down 5
38	France	France	Down 4
39	Cyprus	Cyprus	Down 3
40	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Up 1
41	South Africa	South Africa	Down 2
42	Peru	Peru	Up 1
43	Colombia	Colombia	Up 2
44	Montenegro	Montenegro	Up 7
45	Poland	Poland	Up 10
46	Bahrain	Bahrain	Down 4
47	Oman	Oman	No change
48	Qatar	Qatar	Down 8
49	Slovakia	Slovakia	Down 3
50	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Down 1
51	Tunisia	Tunisia	Down 1
52	Spain	Spain	Down 8
53	Mexico	Mexico	Down 5
54	Hungary	Hungary	No change
55	Panama	Panama	Up 6
56	Botswana	Botswana	Up 3
57	Tonga	Tonga	Up 5
58	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Up 8
59	Brunei	Brunei	Up 20
60	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Down 4
61	Samoa	Samoa	Down 4
62	Fiji	Fiji	Down 2
63	Belarus	Belarus	Down 5
64	Saint Lucia	Saint Lucia	Down 11
65	Italy	Italy	Up 8
66	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	Up 3
67	Ghana	Ghana	Down 3
68	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	Up 2
69	Turkey	Turkey	Up 2
70	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	Down 3
71	Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua and Barbuda	Down 8
72	Greece	Greece	Up 6
73	Romania	Romania	Down 1
74	Vanuatu	Vanuatu	Up 6
75	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Down 10
76	Mongolia	Mongolia	No change
77	Dominica	Dominica	Down 9
78	Moldova	Moldova	Up 5
79	Guatemala	Guatemala	Up 14
80	Seychelles	Seychelles	Down 6
81	San Marino	San Marino
82	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Down 7
83	Zambia	Zambia	Up 11
84	Bahamas	Bahamas	Down 7
85	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	Down 4
86	Kosovo	Kosovo	Up 12
87	Morocco	Morocco	Up 10
88	Uruguay	Uruguay	Up 1
89	Croatia	Croatia	Down 5
90	Albania	Albania	Down 5
91	Barbados	Barbados	Down 3
92	Russia	Russia	Up 20
93	Serbia	Serbia	Down 7
94	Jamaica	Jamaica	Down 4
95	Maldives	Maldives	No change
96	China	China	Down 5
97	Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands	Down 5
98	Namibia	Namibia	Down 11
99	Vietnam	Vietnam	No change
100	Palau	Palau	Up 11
101	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Down 5
102	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Up 8
103	Malta	Malta	Down 1
104	Kuwait	Kuwait	Down 22
105	Nepal	Nepal	Up 3
106	Belize	Belize	Down 1
107	Grenada	Grenada	Down 7
108	Philippines	Philippines	Up 30
109	Paraguay	Paraguay	Down 6
110	Pakistan	Pakistan	Down 3
111	Lebanon	Lebanon	Up 4
112	Ukraine	Ukraine	Up 25
113	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Down 9
114	Marshall Islands	Marshall Islands	Down 13
115	Guyana	Guyana	Down 1
116	Brazil	Brazil	Up 14
117	Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	Down 1
118	El Salvador	El Salvador	Down 5
119	Jordan	Jordan	Down 13
120	Indonesia	Indonesia	Up 8
121	Cape Verde	Cape Verde	Up 1
122	Kiribati	Kiribati	Down 5
123	Eswatini	Eswatini	No change
124	Nicaragua	Nicaragua	Down 5
125	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	Up 2
126	Argentina	Argentina	Down 2
127	Honduras	Honduras	Down 2
128	Egypt	Egypt	Down 19
129	Kenya	Kenya	Down 8
130	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	Down 1
131	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Down 5
132	Uganda	Uganda	Down 12
133	Yemen	Yemen	Down 15
134	India	India	Down 2
135	Ecuador	Ecuador	Up 4
136	Lesotho	Lesotho	No change
137	Cambodia	Cambodia	Down 4
138	Palestine	Palestine	Down 3
139	Mozambique	Mozambique	Up 7
140	Burundi	Burundi	Up 19
141	Bhutan	Bhutan	Up 7
142	Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone	Down 2
143	Tajikistan	Tajikistan	Down 2
144	Liberia	Liberia	Up 5
145	Tanzania	Tanzania	Down 11
146	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Up 8
147	Nigeria	Nigeria	Down 16
148	Madagascar	Madagascar	Down 6
149	Sudan	Sudan	Down 6
150	Gambia	Gambia	Down 3
151	Iraq	Iraq	Up 14
152	Iran	Iran	Down 7
153	Algeria	Algeria	Down 1
154	Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	Down 1
155	Mali	Mali	Down 4
156	Micronesia	Micronesia	Down 6
157	Togo	Togo	Down 1
158	Comoros	Comoros	No change
159	Laos	Laos	Up 4
160	Djibouti	Djibouti	Up 11
161	Suriname	Suriname	Up 3
162	Bolivia	Bolivia	Down 7
163	Gabon	Gabon	Up 7
164	Afghanistan	Afghanistan	Up 4
165	Syria	Syria	Down 21
166	Equatorial Guinea	Equatorial Guinea	Down 4
167	Côte d'Ivoire	Côte d'Ivoire	Up 10
168	Cameroon	Cameroon	Down 7
169	São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé and Príncipe	Down 9
170	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Up 3
171	Malawi	Malawi	Down 14
172	Timor Leste	Timor Leste	Down 3
173	Mauritania	Mauritania	Down 6
174	Benin	Benin	Up 1
175	Guinea	Guinea	Up 3
176	Niger	Niger	No change
177	Haiti	Haiti	Down 3
178	Senegal	Senegal	Down 12
179	Angola	Angola	Down 7
180	Guinea-Bissau	Guinea-Bissau	Down 1
181	Venezuela	Venezuela	Down 1
182	Myanmar	Myanmar
183	Democratic Republic of Congo	Democratic Republic of Congo	Down 2
184	Eritrea	Eritrea	Down 2
185	Congo	Congo	Down 2
186	South Sudan	South Sudan
187	Libya	Libya
188	Central African Republic	Central African Republic	Down 3
189	Chad	Chad	Down 5

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World Bank Group: Doing Business (Ease of Doing Business ranking) Doing Business 2014