Doing Business 2017

Doing Business 2017 by World Bank Group: 190 economies ranked, led by New Zealand. Full list with movement since the last edition and method notes.

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Covered 190 economies. Top three: New Zealand, Singapore, Denmark. New Zealand displaced Singapore at first place.

The full list

Rank	Name	Location	Since Doing Business 2016
1	New Zealand	New Zealand	Up 1
2	Singapore	Singapore	Down 1
3	Denmark	Denmark	No change
4	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Up 1
5	South Korea	South Korea	Down 1
6	Norway	Norway	Up 3
7	United Kingdom	United Kingdom	Down 1
8	United States	United States	Down 1
9	Sweden	Sweden	Down 1
10	North Macedonia	North Macedonia	Up 2
11	Taiwan	Taiwan	No change
12	Estonia	Estonia	Up 4
13	Finland	Finland	Down 3
14	Latvia	Latvia	Up 8
15	Australia	Australia	Down 2
16	Georgia	Georgia	Up 8
17	Germany	Germany	Down 2
18	Ireland	Ireland	Down 1
19	Austria	Austria	Up 2
20	Iceland	Iceland	Down 1
21	Lithuania	Lithuania	Down 1
22	Canada	Canada	Down 8
23	Malaysia	Malaysia	Down 5
24	Poland	Poland	Up 1
25	Portugal	Portugal	Down 2
26	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	Up 5
27	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Up 9
28	Netherlands	Netherlands	No change
29	France	France	Down 2
30	Slovenia	Slovenia	Down 1
31	Switzerland	Switzerland	Down 5
32	Spain	Spain	Up 1
33	Slovakia	Slovakia	Down 4
34	Japan	Japan	No change
35	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Up 6
36	Romania	Romania	Up 1
37	Belarus	Belarus	Up 7
38	Armenia	Armenia	Down 3
39	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Down 1
40	Russia	Russia	Up 11
41	Hungary	Hungary	Up 1
42	Belgium	Belgium	Up 1
43	Croatia	Croatia	Down 3
44	Moldova	Moldova	Up 8
45	Cyprus	Cyprus	Up 2
46	Thailand	Thailand	Up 3
47	Mexico	Mexico	Down 9
48	Serbia	Serbia	Up 11
49	Mauritius	Mauritius	Down 17
50	Italy	Italy	Down 5
51	Montenegro	Montenegro	Down 5
52	Israel	Israel	Up 1
53	Colombia	Colombia	Up 1
54	Peru	Peru	Down 4
55	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Up 2
56	Rwanda	Rwanda	Up 6
57	Chile	Chile	Down 9
58	Albania	Albania	Up 39
59	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Up 2
60	Kosovo	Kosovo	Up 6
61	Greece	Greece	Down 1
62	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Down 4
63	Bahrain	Bahrain	Up 2
64	Mongolia	Mongolia	Down 8
65	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	Down 2
66	Oman	Oman	Up 4
67	Jamaica	Jamaica	Down 3
68	Morocco	Morocco	Up 7
69	Turkey	Turkey	Down 14
70	Panama	Panama	Down 1
71	Botswana	Botswana	Up 1
72	Brunei	Brunei	Up 12
73	Bhutan	Bhutan	Down 2
74	South Africa	South Africa	Down 1
75	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	Down 8
76	Malta	Malta	Up 4
77	Tunisia	Tunisia	Down 3
78	China	China	Up 6
79	San Marino	San Marino	Down 3
80	Ukraine	Ukraine	Up 3
81	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Down 2
82	Vietnam	Vietnam	Up 8
83	Qatar	Qatar	Down 15
84	Vanuatu	Vanuatu	Up 10
85	Tonga	Tonga	Down 7
86	Saint Lucia	Saint Lucia	Down 9
87	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	No change
88	Guatemala	Guatemala	Down 7
89	Samoa	Samoa	Up 7
90	Uruguay	Uruguay	Up 2
91	Indonesia	Indonesia	Up 18
92	Kenya	Kenya	Up 16
93	Seychelles	Seychelles	Up 2
94	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	Down 12
95	El Salvador	El Salvador	Down 9
96	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	Down 8
97	Fiji	Fiji	Down 9
98	Zambia	Zambia	Down 1
99	Philippines	Philippines	Up 4
100	Lesotho	Lesotho	Up 14
101	Dominica	Dominica	Down 10
102	Kuwait	Kuwait	Down 1
103	Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	Down 10
104	Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands	Up 8
105	Honduras	Honduras	Up 5
106	Paraguay	Paraguay	Down 6
107	Nepal	Nepal	Down 8
108	Ghana	Ghana	Up 6
109	Namibia	Namibia	Down 8
110	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	Down 3
111	Eswatini	Eswatini	Down 6
112	Belize	Belize	Up 8
113	Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua and Barbuda	Down 9
114	Ecuador	Ecuador	Up 3
115	Uganda	Uganda	Up 7
116	Argentina	Argentina	Up 5
117	Barbados	Barbados	Up 2
118	Jordan	Jordan	Down 5
119	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Up 26
120	Iran	Iran	Down 2
121	Bahamas	Bahamas	Down 15
122	Egypt	Egypt	Up 9
123	Brazil	Brazil	Down 7
124	Guyana	Guyana	Up 13
125	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Down 14
126	Lebanon	Lebanon	Down 3
127	Nicaragua	Nicaragua	Down 2
128	Tajikistan	Tajikistan	Up 4
129	Cape Verde	Cape Verde	Down 3
130	India	India	No change
131	Cambodia	Cambodia	Down 4
132	Tanzania	Tanzania	Up 7
133	Malawi	Malawi	Up 8
134	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Down 10
135	Maldives	Maldives	Down 7
136	Palau	Palau	No change
137	Mozambique	Mozambique	Down 4
138	Grenada	Grenada	Down 3
139	Laos	Laos	Down 5
140	Palestine	Palestine	Down 11
141	Mali	Mali	Up 2
142	Côte d'Ivoire	Côte d'Ivoire	No change
143	Marshall Islands	Marshall Islands	Down 3
144	Pakistan	Pakistan	Down 6
145	Gambia	Gambia	Up 6
146	Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	Down 3
147	Senegal	Senegal	Up 6
148	Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone	Down 1
149	Bolivia	Bolivia	Up 8
150	Niger	Niger	Up 10
151	Micronesia	Micronesia	Down 3
152	Kiribati	Kiribati	Down 3
153	Comoros	Comoros	Up 1
154	Togo	Togo	Down 4
155	Benin	Benin	Up 3
156	Algeria	Algeria	Up 7
157	Burundi	Burundi	Down 5
158	Suriname	Suriname	Down 2
159	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	Down 13
160	Mauritania	Mauritania	Up 8
161	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Down 6
162	São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé and Príncipe	Up 4
163	Guinea	Guinea	Up 2
164	Gabon	Gabon	Down 2
165	Iraq	Iraq	Down 4
166	Cameroon	Cameroon	Up 6
167	Madagascar	Madagascar	Down 3
168	Sudan	Sudan	Down 9
169	Nigeria	Nigeria	No change
170	Myanmar	Myanmar	Down 3
171	Djibouti	Djibouti	No change
172	Guinea-Bissau	Guinea-Bissau	Up 6
173	Syria	Syria	Up 2
174	Liberia	Liberia	Up 5
175	Timor Leste	Timor Leste	Down 2
176	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	Down 2
177	Congo	Congo	Down 1
178	Equatorial Guinea	Equatorial Guinea	Up 2
179	Yemen	Yemen	Down 9
180	Chad	Chad	Up 3
181	Haiti	Haiti	Up 1
182	Angola	Angola	Down 1
183	Afghanistan	Afghanistan	Down 6
184	Democratic Republic of Congo	Democratic Republic of Congo	No change
185	Central African Republic	Central African Republic	No change
186	South Sudan	South Sudan	Up 1
187	Venezuela	Venezuela	Down 1
188	Libya	Libya	No change
189	Eritrea	Eritrea	No change
190	Somalia	Somalia

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World Bank Group: Doing Business (Ease of Doing Business ranking) Doing Business 2017