Doing Business 2018

Doing Business 2018 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. The 2021 WilmerHale investigation found that China's data were changed after pressure from senior management, lifting China's rank; the World Bank said in August 2020 it would correct affected data retrospectively.

The full list

Rank	Name	Location	Since Doing Business 2017
1	New Zealand	New Zealand	No change
2	Singapore	Singapore	No change
3	Denmark	Denmark	No change
4	South Korea	South Korea	Up 1
5	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Down 1
6	United States	United States	Up 2
7	United Kingdom	United Kingdom	No change
8	Norway	Norway	Down 2
9	Georgia	Georgia	Up 7
10	Sweden	Sweden	Down 1
11	North Macedonia	North Macedonia	Down 1
12	Estonia	Estonia	No change
13	Finland	Finland	No change
14	Australia	Australia	Up 1
15	Taiwan	Taiwan	Down 4
16	Lithuania	Lithuania	Up 5
17	Ireland	Ireland	Up 1
18	Canada	Canada	Up 4
19	Latvia	Latvia	Down 5
20	Germany	Germany	Down 3
21	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	Up 5
22	Austria	Austria	Down 3
23	Iceland	Iceland	Down 3
24	Malaysia	Malaysia	Down 1
25	Mauritius	Mauritius	Up 24
26	Thailand	Thailand	Up 20
27	Poland	Poland	Down 3
28	Spain	Spain	Up 4
29	Portugal	Portugal	Down 4
30	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Down 3
31	France	France	Down 2
32	Netherlands	Netherlands	Down 4
33	Switzerland	Switzerland	Down 2
34	Japan	Japan	No change
35	Russia	Russia	Up 5
36	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Down 1
37	Slovenia	Slovenia	Down 7
38	Belarus	Belarus	Down 1
39	Slovakia	Slovakia	Down 6
40	Kosovo	Kosovo	Up 20
41	Rwanda	Rwanda	Up 15
42	Montenegro	Montenegro	Up 9
43	Serbia	Serbia	Up 5
44	Moldova	Moldova	No change
45	Romania	Romania	Down 9
46	Italy	Italy	Up 4
47	Armenia	Armenia	Down 9
48	Hungary	Hungary	Down 7
49	Mexico	Mexico	Down 2
50	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Down 11
51	Croatia	Croatia	Down 8
52	Belgium	Belgium	Down 10
53	Cyprus	Cyprus	Down 8
54	Israel	Israel	Down 2
55	Chile	Chile	Up 2
56	Brunei	Brunei	Up 16
57	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	Up 8
58	Peru	Peru	Down 4
59	Colombia	Colombia	Down 6
60	Turkey	Turkey	Up 9
61	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Up 1
62	Mongolia	Mongolia	Up 2
63	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Down 4
64	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Down 9
65	Albania	Albania	Down 7
66	Bahrain	Bahrain	Down 3
67	Greece	Greece	Down 6
68	Vietnam	Vietnam	Up 14
69	Morocco	Morocco	Down 1
70	Jamaica	Jamaica	Down 3
71	Oman	Oman	Down 5
72	Indonesia	Indonesia	Up 19
73	El Salvador	El Salvador	Up 22
74	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Up 13
75	Bhutan	Bhutan	Down 2
76	Ukraine	Ukraine	Up 4
77	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	Down 2
78	China	China	No change
79	Panama	Panama	Down 9
80	Kenya	Kenya	Up 12
81	Botswana	Botswana	Down 10
82	South Africa	South Africa	Down 8
83	Qatar	Qatar	No change
84	Malta	Malta	Down 8
85	Zambia	Zambia	Up 13
86	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Down 5
87	Samoa	Samoa	Up 2
88	Tunisia	Tunisia	Down 11
89	Tonga	Tonga	Down 4
90	Vanuatu	Vanuatu	Down 6
91	Saint Lucia	Saint Lucia	Down 5
92	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	Up 2
93	San Marino	San Marino	Down 14
94	Uruguay	Uruguay	Down 4
95	Seychelles	Seychelles	Down 2
96	Kuwait	Kuwait	Up 6
97	Guatemala	Guatemala	Down 9
98	Dominica	Dominica	Up 3
99	Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	Up 4
100	India	India	Up 30
101	Fiji	Fiji	Down 4
102	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	Down 6
103	Jordan	Jordan	Up 15
104	Lesotho	Lesotho	Down 4
105	Nepal	Nepal	Up 2
106	Namibia	Namibia	Up 3
107	Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua and Barbuda	Up 6
108	Paraguay	Paraguay	Down 2
109	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Up 10
110	Malawi	Malawi	Up 23
111	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	Down 1
112	Eswatini	Eswatini	Down 1
113	Philippines	Philippines	Down 14
114	Palestine	Palestine	Up 26
115	Honduras	Honduras	Down 10
116	Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands	Down 12
117	Argentina	Argentina	Down 1
118	Ecuador	Ecuador	Down 4
119	Bahamas	Bahamas	Up 2
120	Ghana	Ghana	Down 12
121	Belize	Belize	Down 9
122	Uganda	Uganda	Down 7
123	Tajikistan	Tajikistan	Up 5
124	Iran	Iran	Down 4
125	Brazil	Brazil	Down 2
126	Guyana	Guyana	Down 2
127	Cape Verde	Cape Verde	Up 2
128	Egypt	Egypt	Down 6
129	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Down 4
130	Palau	Palau	Up 6
131	Nicaragua	Nicaragua	Down 4
132	Barbados	Barbados	Down 15
133	Lebanon	Lebanon	Down 7
134	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Saint Kitts and Nevis	No change
135	Cambodia	Cambodia	Down 4
136	Maldives	Maldives	Down 1
137	Tanzania	Tanzania	Down 5
138	Mozambique	Mozambique	Down 1
139	Côte d'Ivoire	Côte d'Ivoire	Up 3
140	Senegal	Senegal	Up 7
141	Laos	Laos	Down 2
142	Grenada	Grenada	Down 4
143	Mali	Mali	Down 2
144	Niger	Niger	Up 6
145	Nigeria	Nigeria	Up 24
146	Gambia	Gambia	Down 1
147	Pakistan	Pakistan	Down 3
148	Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	Down 2
149	Marshall Islands	Marshall Islands	Down 6
150	Mauritania	Mauritania	Up 10
151	Benin	Benin	Up 4
152	Bolivia	Bolivia	Down 3
153	Guinea	Guinea	Up 10
154	Djibouti	Djibouti	Up 17
155	Micronesia	Micronesia	Down 4
156	Togo	Togo	Down 2
157	Kiribati	Kiribati	Down 5
158	Comoros	Comoros	Down 5
159	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Up 2
160	Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone	Down 12
161	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	Down 2
162	Madagascar	Madagascar	Up 5
163	Cameroon	Cameroon	Up 3
164	Burundi	Burundi	Down 7
165	Suriname	Suriname	Down 7
166	Algeria	Algeria	Down 10
167	Gabon	Gabon	Down 3
168	Iraq	Iraq	Down 3
169	São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé and Príncipe	Down 7
170	Sudan	Sudan	Down 2
171	Myanmar	Myanmar	Down 1
172	Liberia	Liberia	Up 2
173	Equatorial Guinea	Equatorial Guinea	Up 5
174	Syria	Syria	Down 1
175	Angola	Angola	Up 7
176	Guinea-Bissau	Guinea-Bissau	Down 4
177	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	Down 1
178	Timor Leste	Timor Leste	Down 3
179	Congo	Congo	Down 2
180	Chad	Chad	No change
181	Haiti	Haiti	No change
182	Democratic Republic of Congo	Democratic Republic of Congo	Up 2
183	Afghanistan	Afghanistan	No change
184	Central African Republic	Central African Republic	Up 1
185	Libya	Libya	Up 3
186	Yemen	Yemen	Down 7
187	South Sudan	South Sudan	Down 1
188	Venezuela	Venezuela	Down 1
189	Eritrea	Eritrea	No change
190	Somalia	Somalia	No change

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World Bank Group: Doing Business (Ease of Doing Business ranking) Doing Business 2018