Doing Business 2015

Doing Business 2015 by World Bank Group: 189 economies ranked, led by Singapore. The entries on record, movement since the last edition, and method notes.

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

The list on record

This page shows the 189 entries on record of 189 published. Ranks from the Wikipedia ease of doing business index table (secondary), which gives rankings as at the time of each report's publication; the World Bank's historical ranking tables are in its Doing Business archive (https://archive.doingbusiness.org/en/rankings). Wikipedia's South Korea row appears shifted by one year; Korea was assigned the one rank missing from this column. Remaining inconsistencies in this column: duplicate ranks [97, 104, 128], missing ranks [98, 105, 129]; these are flagged as ties but may be transcription errors. See the original list.

Rank	Name	Location	Since Doing Business 2014
1	Singapore	Singapore	No change
2	New Zealand	New Zealand	Up 1
3	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Down 1
4	Denmark	Denmark	Up 1
5	South Korea	South Korea	Up 2
6	Norway	Norway	Up 3
7	United States	United States	Down 3
8	United Kingdom	United Kingdom	Up 2
9	Finland	Finland	Up 3
10	Australia	Australia	Up 1
11	Sweden	Sweden	Up 3
12	Iceland	Iceland	Up 1
13	Ireland	Ireland	Up 2
14	Germany	Germany	Up 7
15	Georgia	Georgia	Down 7
16	Canada	Canada	Up 3
17	Estonia	Estonia	Up 5
18	Malaysia	Malaysia	Down 12
19	Taiwan	Taiwan	Down 3
20	Switzerland	Switzerland	Up 9
21	Austria	Austria	Up 9
22	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	Up 1
23	Latvia	Latvia	Up 1
24	Lithuania	Lithuania	Down 7
25	Portugal	Portugal	Up 6
26	Thailand	Thailand	Down 8
27	Netherlands	Netherlands	Up 1
28	Mauritius	Mauritius	Down 8
29	Japan	Japan	Down 2
30	North Macedonia	North Macedonia	Down 5
31	France	France	Up 7
32	Poland	Poland	Up 13
33	Spain	Spain	Up 19
34	Colombia	Colombia	Up 9
35	Peru	Peru	Up 7
36	Montenegro	Montenegro	Up 8
37	Slovakia	Slovakia	Up 12
38	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Up 20
39	Mexico	Mexico	Up 14
40	Israel	Israel	Down 5
41	Chile	Chile	Down 7
42	Belgium	Belgium	Down 6
43	South Africa	South Africa	Down 2
44	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Up 31
45	Armenia	Armenia	Down 8
46	Rwanda	Rwanda	Down 14
47	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Down 7
48	Romania	Romania	Up 25
49	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	Down 23
50	Qatar	Qatar	Down 2
51	Slovenia	Slovenia	Down 18
52	Panama	Panama	Up 3
53	Bahrain	Bahrain	Down 7
54	Hungary	Hungary	No change
55	Turkey	Turkey	Up 14
56	Italy	Italy	Up 9
57	Belarus	Belarus	Up 6
58	Jamaica	Jamaica	Up 36
59	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Up 1
60	Tunisia	Tunisia	Down 9
61	Greece	Greece	Up 11
62	Russia	Russia	Up 30
63	Moldova	Moldova	Up 15
64	Cyprus	Cyprus	Down 25
65	Croatia	Croatia	Up 24
66	Oman	Oman	Down 19
67	Samoa	Samoa	Down 6
68	Albania	Albania	Up 22
69	Tonga	Tonga	Down 12
70	Ghana	Ghana	Down 3
71	Morocco	Morocco	Up 16
72	Mongolia	Mongolia	Up 4
73	Guatemala	Guatemala	Up 6
74	Botswana	Botswana	Down 18
75	Kosovo	Kosovo	Up 11
76	Vanuatu	Vanuatu	Down 2
77	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Down 27
78	Vietnam	Vietnam	Up 21
79	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	Down 13
80	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	Down 10
81	Fiji	Fiji	Down 19
82	Uruguay	Uruguay	Up 6
83	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Up 19
84	Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	Up 33
85	Seychelles	Seychelles	Down 5
86	Kuwait	Kuwait	Up 18
87	Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands	Up 10
88	Namibia	Namibia	Up 10
89	Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua and Barbuda	Down 18
90	China	China	Up 6
91	Serbia	Serbia	Up 2
92	Paraguay	Paraguay	Up 17
93	San Marino	San Marino	Down 12
94	Malta	Malta	Up 9
95	Philippines	Philippines	Up 13
96	Ukraine	Ukraine	Up 16
=97	Bahamas	Bahamas	Down 13
=97	Dominica	Dominica	Down 20
99	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	Down 14
100	Saint Lucia	Saint Lucia	Down 36
101	Brunei	Brunei	Down 42
102	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	Down 34
103	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Down 21
=104	Honduras	Honduras	Up 23
=104	Lebanon	Lebanon	Up 7
106	Barbados	Barbados	Down 15
107	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Up 24
108	Nepal	Nepal	Down 3
109	El Salvador	El Salvador	Up 9
110	Eswatini	Eswatini	Up 13
111	Zambia	Zambia	Down 28
112	Egypt	Egypt	Up 16
113	Palau	Palau	Down 13
114	Indonesia	Indonesia	Up 6
115	Ecuador	Ecuador	Up 20
116	Maldives	Maldives	Down 21
117	Jordan	Jordan	Up 2
118	Belize	Belize	Down 12
119	Nicaragua	Nicaragua	Up 5
120	Brazil	Brazil	Down 4
121	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Down 20
122	Cape Verde	Cape Verde	Down 1
123	Guyana	Guyana	Down 8
124	Argentina	Argentina	Up 2
125	Bhutan	Bhutan	Up 16
126	Grenada	Grenada	Down 19
127	Mozambique	Mozambique	Up 12
=128	Lesotho	Lesotho	Up 8
=128	Pakistan	Pakistan	Down 18
130	Iran	Iran	Up 22
131	Tanzania	Tanzania	Up 14
132	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	Down 7
133	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Down 20
134	Kiribati	Kiribati	Down 12
135	Cambodia	Cambodia	Up 2
136	Kenya	Kenya	Down 7
137	Yemen	Yemen	Down 4
138	Gambia	Gambia	Up 12
139	Marshall Islands	Marshall Islands	Down 25
140	Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone	Up 2
141	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Up 5
142	India	India	Down 8
143	Palestine	Palestine	Down 5
144	Gabon	Gabon	Up 19
145	Micronesia	Micronesia	Up 11
146	Mali	Mali	Up 9
147	Côte d'Ivoire	Côte d'Ivoire	Up 20
148	Laos	Laos	Up 11
149	Togo	Togo	Up 8
150	Uganda	Uganda	Down 18
151	Benin	Benin	Up 23
152	Burundi	Burundi	Down 12
153	São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé and Príncipe	Up 16
154	Algeria	Algeria	Down 1
155	Djibouti	Djibouti	Up 5
156	Iraq	Iraq	Down 5
157	Bolivia	Bolivia	Up 5
158	Cameroon	Cameroon	Up 10
159	Comoros	Comoros	Down 1
160	Sudan	Sudan	Down 11
161	Senegal	Senegal	Up 17
162	Suriname	Suriname	Down 1
163	Madagascar	Madagascar	Down 15
164	Malawi	Malawi	Up 7
165	Equatorial Guinea	Equatorial Guinea	Up 1
166	Tajikistan	Tajikistan	Down 23
167	Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	Down 13
168	Niger	Niger	Up 8
169	Guinea	Guinea	Up 6
170	Nigeria	Nigeria	Down 23
171	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Down 1
172	Timor Leste	Timor Leste	No change
173	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	Down 43
174	Liberia	Liberia	Down 30
175	Syria	Syria	Down 10
176	Mauritania	Mauritania	Down 3
177	Myanmar	Myanmar	Up 5
178	Congo	Congo	Up 7
179	Guinea-Bissau	Guinea-Bissau	Up 1
180	Haiti	Haiti	Down 3
181	Angola	Angola	Down 2
182	Venezuela	Venezuela	Down 1
183	Afghanistan	Afghanistan	Down 19
184	Democratic Republic of Congo	Democratic Republic of Congo	Down 1
185	Chad	Chad	Up 4
186	South Sudan	South Sudan	No change
187	Central African Republic	Central African Republic	Up 1
188	Libya	Libya	Down 1
189	Eritrea	Eritrea	Down 5

This list is reproduced as World Bank Group published it, from a secondary source. Names are shown as printed. The ranking belongs to its publisher.

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World Bank Group: Doing Business (Ease of Doing Business ranking) Doing Business 2015