Doing Business 2019

Doing Business 2019 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. Published in 2018; New Zealand first for the third year. The August 2020 World Bank review covered changes in the last five reports, including this one.

The full list

Rank	Name	Location	Since Doing Business 2018
1	New Zealand	New Zealand	No change
2	Singapore	Singapore	No change
3	Denmark	Denmark	No change
4	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Up 1
5	South Korea	South Korea	Down 1
6	Georgia	Georgia	Up 3
7	Norway	Norway	Up 1
8	United States	United States	Down 2
9	United Kingdom	United Kingdom	Down 2
10	North Macedonia	North Macedonia	Up 1
11	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	Up 10
12	Sweden	Sweden	Down 2
13	Taiwan	Taiwan	Up 2
14	Lithuania	Lithuania	Up 2
15	Malaysia	Malaysia	Up 9
16	Estonia	Estonia	Down 4
17	Finland	Finland	Down 4
18	Australia	Australia	Down 4
19	Latvia	Latvia	No change
20	Mauritius	Mauritius	Up 5
21	Iceland	Iceland	Up 2
22	Canada	Canada	Down 4
23	Ireland	Ireland	Down 6
24	Germany	Germany	Down 4
25	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	Up 32
26	Austria	Austria	Down 4
27	Thailand	Thailand	Down 1
28	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Up 8
29	Rwanda	Rwanda	Up 12
30	Spain	Spain	Down 2
31	Russia	Russia	Up 4
32	France	France	Down 1
33	Poland	Poland	Down 6
34	Portugal	Portugal	Down 5
35	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Down 5
36	Netherlands	Netherlands	Down 4
37	Belarus	Belarus	Up 1
38	Switzerland	Switzerland	Down 5
39	Japan	Japan	Down 5
40	Slovenia	Slovenia	Down 3
41	Armenia	Armenia	Up 6
42	Slovakia	Slovakia	Down 3
43	Turkey	Turkey	Up 17
44	Kosovo	Kosovo	Down 4
45	Belgium	Belgium	Up 7
46	China	China	Up 32
47	Moldova	Moldova	Down 3
48	Serbia	Serbia	Down 5
49	Israel	Israel	Up 5
50	Montenegro	Montenegro	Down 8
51	Italy	Italy	Down 5
52	Romania	Romania	Down 7
53	Hungary	Hungary	Down 5
54	Mexico	Mexico	Down 5
55	Brunei	Brunei	Up 1
56	Chile	Chile	Down 1
57	Cyprus	Cyprus	Down 4
58	Croatia	Croatia	Down 7
59	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Down 9
60	Morocco	Morocco	Up 9
61	Kenya	Kenya	Up 19
62	Bahrain	Bahrain	Up 4
63	Albania	Albania	Up 2
64	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	No change
65	Colombia	Colombia	Down 6
66	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Down 3
67	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Down 6
68	Peru	Peru	Down 10
69	Vietnam	Vietnam	Down 1
70	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	Up 7
71	Ukraine	Ukraine	Up 5
72	Greece	Greece	Down 5
73	Indonesia	Indonesia	Down 1
74	Mongolia	Mongolia	Down 12
75	Jamaica	Jamaica	Down 5
76	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Down 2
77	India	India	Up 23
78	Oman	Oman	Down 7
79	Panama	Panama	No change
80	Tunisia	Tunisia	Up 8
81	Bhutan	Bhutan	Down 6
82	South Africa	South Africa	No change
83	Qatar	Qatar	No change
84	Malta	Malta	No change
85	El Salvador	El Salvador	Down 12
86	Botswana	Botswana	Down 5
87	Zambia	Zambia	Down 2
88	San Marino	San Marino	Up 5
89	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Down 3
90	Samoa	Samoa	Down 3
91	Tonga	Tonga	Down 2
92	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	No change
93	Saint Lucia	Saint Lucia	Down 2
94	Vanuatu	Vanuatu	Down 4
95	Uruguay	Uruguay	Down 1
96	Seychelles	Seychelles	Down 1
97	Kuwait	Kuwait	Down 1
98	Guatemala	Guatemala	Down 1
99	Djibouti	Djibouti	Up 55
100	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	Up 11
101	Fiji	Fiji	No change
102	Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	Down 3
103	Dominica	Dominica	Down 5
104	Jordan	Jordan	Down 1
105	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	Down 3
106	Lesotho	Lesotho	Down 2
107	Namibia	Namibia	Down 1
108	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Up 1
109	Brazil	Brazil	Up 16
110	Nepal	Nepal	Down 5
111	Malawi	Malawi	Down 1
112	Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua and Barbuda	Down 5
113	Paraguay	Paraguay	Down 5
114	Ghana	Ghana	Up 6
115	Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands	Up 1
116	Palestine	Palestine	Down 2
117	Eswatini	Eswatini	Down 5
118	Bahamas	Bahamas	Up 1
119	Argentina	Argentina	Down 2
120	Egypt	Egypt	Up 8
121	Honduras	Honduras	Down 6
122	Côte d'Ivoire	Côte d'Ivoire	Up 17
123	Ecuador	Ecuador	Down 5
124	Philippines	Philippines	Down 11
125	Belize	Belize	Down 4
126	Tajikistan	Tajikistan	Down 3
127	Uganda	Uganda	Down 5
128	Iran	Iran	Down 4
129	Barbados	Barbados	Up 3
130	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Down 1
131	Cape Verde	Cape Verde	Down 4
132	Nicaragua	Nicaragua	Down 1
133	Palau	Palau	Down 3
134	Guyana	Guyana	Down 8
135	Mozambique	Mozambique	Up 3
136	Pakistan	Pakistan	Up 11
137	Togo	Togo	Up 19
138	Cambodia	Cambodia	Down 3
139	Maldives	Maldives	Down 3
140	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Down 6
141	Senegal	Senegal	Down 1
142	Lebanon	Lebanon	Down 9
143	Niger	Niger	Up 1
144	Tanzania	Tanzania	Down 7
145	Mali	Mali	Down 2
146	Nigeria	Nigeria	Down 1
147	Grenada	Grenada	Down 5
148	Mauritania	Mauritania	Up 2
149	Gambia	Gambia	Down 3
150	Marshall Islands	Marshall Islands	Down 1
151	Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	Down 3
152	Guinea	Guinea	Up 1
153	Benin	Benin	Down 2
154	Laos	Laos	Down 13
155	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Up 4
156	Bolivia	Bolivia	Down 4
157	Algeria	Algeria	Up 9
158	Kiribati	Kiribati	Down 1
159	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	Up 2
160	Micronesia	Micronesia	Down 5
161	Madagascar	Madagascar	Up 1
162	Sudan	Sudan	Up 8
163	Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone	Down 3
164	Comoros	Comoros	Down 6
165	Suriname	Suriname	No change
166	Cameroon	Cameroon	Down 3
167	Afghanistan	Afghanistan	Up 16
168	Burundi	Burundi	Down 4
169	Gabon	Gabon	Down 2
170	São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé and Príncipe	Down 1
171	Iraq	Iraq	Down 3
172	Myanmar	Myanmar	Down 1
173	Angola	Angola	Up 2
174	Liberia	Liberia	Down 2
175	Guinea-Bissau	Guinea-Bissau	Up 1
176	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	Up 1
177	Equatorial Guinea	Equatorial Guinea	Down 4
178	Timor Leste	Timor Leste	No change
179	Syria	Syria	Down 5
180	Congo	Congo	Down 1
181	Chad	Chad	Down 1
182	Haiti	Haiti	Down 1
183	Central African Republic	Central African Republic	Up 1
184	Democratic Republic of Congo	Democratic Republic of Congo	Down 2
185	South Sudan	South Sudan	Up 2
186	Libya	Libya	Down 1
187	Yemen	Yemen	Down 1
188	Venezuela	Venezuela	No change
189	Eritrea	Eritrea	No change
190	Somalia	Somalia	No change

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