Doing Business 2020

Doing Business 2020 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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Final edition, covering 190 economies. New Zealand ranked first for the fourth straight year, followed by Singapore, Hong Kong SAR and Denmark. The 2021 WilmerHale investigation found that Saudi Arabia's and the UAE's data in this edition were changed under management pressure and Azerbaijan's lowered.

Rankings based on the ease of doing business score (0 to 100) across 10 topics.

The full list

Rank	Name	Location	Score	Since Doing Business 2019
1	New Zealand	New Zealand	86.8	No change
2	Singapore	Singapore	86.2	No change
3	Hong Kong SAR, China	Hong Kong SAR, China	85.3	New
4	Denmark	Denmark	85.3	Down 1
5	Korea, Rep.	Korea, Rep.	84	New
6	United States	United States	84	Up 2
7	Georgia	Georgia	83.7	Down 1
8	United Kingdom	United Kingdom	83.5	Up 1
9	Norway	Norway	82.6	Down 2
10	Sweden	Sweden	82	Up 2
11	Lithuania	Lithuania	81.6	Up 3
12	Malaysia	Malaysia	81.5	Up 3
13	Mauritius	Mauritius	81.5	Up 7
14	Australia	Australia	81.2	Up 4
15	Taiwan, China	Taiwan, China	80.9	New
16	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	80.9	Down 5
17	North Macedonia	North Macedonia	80.7	Down 7
18	Estonia	Estonia	80.6	Down 2
19	Latvia	Latvia	80.3	No change
20	Finland	Finland	80.2	Down 3
21	Thailand	Thailand	80.1	Up 6
22	Germany	Germany	79.7	Up 2
23	Canada	Canada	79.6	Down 1
24	Ireland	Ireland	79.6	Down 1
25	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	79.6	Up 3
26	Iceland	Iceland	79	Down 5
27	Austria	Austria	78.7	Down 1
28	Russian Federation	Russian Federation	78.2	New
29	Japan	Japan	78	Up 10
30	Spain	Spain	77.9	No change
31	China	China	77.9	Up 15
32	France	France	76.8	No change
33	Turkey	Turkey	76.8	Up 10
34	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	76.7	Down 9
35	Israel	Israel	76.7	Up 14
36	Switzerland	Switzerland	76.6	Up 2
37	Slovenia	Slovenia	76.5	Up 3
38	Rwanda	Rwanda	76.5	Down 9
39	Portugal	Portugal	76.5	Down 5
40	Poland	Poland	76.4	Down 7
41	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	76.3	Down 6
42	Netherlands	Netherlands	76.1	Down 6
43	Bahrain	Bahrain	76	Up 19
44	Serbia	Serbia	75.7	Up 4
45	Slovak Republic	Slovak Republic	75.6	New
46	Belgium	Belgium	75	Down 1
47	Armenia	Armenia	74.5	Down 6
48	Moldova	Moldova	74.4	Down 1
49	Belarus	Belarus	74.3	Down 12
50	Montenegro	Montenegro	73.8	No change
51	Croatia	Croatia	73.6	Up 7
52	Hungary	Hungary	73.4	Up 1
53	Morocco	Morocco	73.4	Up 7
54	Cyprus	Cyprus	73.4	Up 3
55	Romania	Romania	73.3	Down 3
56	Kenya	Kenya	73.2	Up 5
57	Kosovo	Kosovo	73.2	Down 13
58	Italy	Italy	72.9	Down 7
59	Chile	Chile	72.6	Down 3
60	Mexico	Mexico	72.4	Down 6
61	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	72	Down 2
62	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	71.6	Up 30
63	India	India	71	Up 14
64	Ukraine	Ukraine	70.2	Up 7
65	Puerto Rico (U.S.)	Puerto Rico (U.S.)	70.1	New
66	Brunei Darussalam	Brunei Darussalam	70.1	New
67	Colombia	Colombia	70.1	Down 2
68	Oman	Oman	70	Up 10
69	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	69.9	Up 7
70	Vietnam	Vietnam	69.8	Down 1
71	Jamaica	Jamaica	69.7	Up 4
72	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	69.6	Down 6
73	Indonesia	Indonesia	69.6	No change
74	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	69.2	Down 7
75	Jordan	Jordan	69	Up 29
76	Peru	Peru	68.7	Down 8
77	Qatar	Qatar	68.7	Up 6
78	Tunisia	Tunisia	68.7	Up 2
79	Greece	Greece	68.4	Down 7
80	Kyrgyz Republic	Kyrgyz Republic	67.8	New
81	Mongolia	Mongolia	67.8	Down 7
82	Albania	Albania	67.7	Down 19
83	Kuwait	Kuwait	67.4	Up 14
84	South Africa	South Africa	67	Down 2
85	Zambia	Zambia	66.9	Up 2
86	Panama	Panama	66.6	Down 7
87	Botswana	Botswana	66.2	Down 1
88	Malta	Malta	66.1	Down 4
89	Bhutan	Bhutan	66	Down 8
90	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	65.4	Down 1
91	El Salvador	El Salvador	65.3	Down 6
92	San Marino	San Marino	64.2	Down 4
93	St. Lucia	St. Lucia	63.7	New
94	Nepal	Nepal	63.2	Up 16
95	Philippines	Philippines	62.8	Up 29
96	Guatemala	Guatemala	62.6	Up 2
97	Togo	Togo	62.3	Up 40
98	Samoa	Samoa	62.1	Down 8
99	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	61.8	Up 1
100	Seychelles	Seychelles	61.7	Down 4
101	Uruguay	Uruguay	61.5	Down 6
102	Fiji	Fiji	61.5	Down 1
103	Tonga	Tonga	61.4	Down 12
104	Namibia	Namibia	61.4	Up 3
105	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	61.3	No change
106	Tajikistan	Tajikistan	61.3	Up 20
107	Vanuatu	Vanuatu	61.1	Down 13
108	Pakistan	Pakistan	61	Up 28
109	Malawi	Malawi	60.9	Up 2
110	Côte d'Ivoire	Côte d'Ivoire	60.7	Up 12
111	Dominica	Dominica	60.5	Down 8
112	Djibouti	Djibouti	60.5	Down 13
113	Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua and Barbuda	60.3	Down 1
114	Egypt, Arab Rep.	Egypt, Arab Rep.	60.1	New
115	Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	60	Down 13
116	Uganda	Uganda	60	Up 11
117	West Bank and Gaza	West Bank and Gaza	60	New
118	Ghana	Ghana	60	Down 4
119	Bahamas, The	Bahamas, The	59.9	New
120	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	59.8	Down 12
121	Eswatini	Eswatini	59.5	Down 4
122	Lesotho	Lesotho	59.4	Down 16
123	Senegal	Senegal	59.3	Up 18
124	Brazil	Brazil	59.1	Down 15
125	Paraguay	Paraguay	59.1	Down 12
126	Argentina	Argentina	59	Down 7
127	Iran, Islamic Rep.	Iran, Islamic Rep.	58.5	New
128	Barbados	Barbados	57.9	Up 1
129	Ecuador	Ecuador	57.7	Down 6
130	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	57.1	New
131	Nigeria	Nigeria	56.9	Up 15
132	Niger	Niger	56.8	Up 11
133	Honduras	Honduras	56.3	Down 12
134	Guyana	Guyana	55.5	No change
135	Belize	Belize	55.5	Down 10
136	Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands	55.3	Down 21
137	Cabo Verde	Cabo Verde	55	New
138	Mozambique	Mozambique	55	Down 3
139	St. Kitts and Nevis	St. Kitts and Nevis	54.6	New
140	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	54.5	Up 15
141	Tanzania	Tanzania	54.5	Up 3
142	Nicaragua	Nicaragua	54.4	Down 10
143	Lebanon	Lebanon	54.3	Down 1
144	Cambodia	Cambodia	53.8	Down 6
145	Palau	Palau	53.7	Down 12
146	Grenada	Grenada	53.4	Up 1
147	Maldives	Maldives	53.3	Down 8
148	Mali	Mali	52.9	Down 3
149	Benin	Benin	52.4	Up 4
150	Bolivia	Bolivia	51.7	Up 6
151	Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	51.4	No change
152	Mauritania	Mauritania	51.1	Down 4
153	Marshall Islands	Marshall Islands	50.9	Down 3
154	Lao PDR	Lao PDR	50.8	New
155	Gambia, The	Gambia, The	50.3	New
156	Guinea	Guinea	49.4	Down 4
157	Algeria	Algeria	48.6	No change
158	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	48.1	New
159	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	48	No change
160	Comoros	Comoros	47.9	Up 4
161	Madagascar	Madagascar	47.7	No change
162	Suriname	Suriname	47.5	Up 3
163	Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone	47.5	No change
164	Kiribati	Kiribati	46.9	Down 6
165	Myanmar	Myanmar	46.8	Up 7
166	Burundi	Burundi	46.8	Up 2
167	Cameroon	Cameroon	46.1	Down 1
168	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	45	Up 8
169	Gabon	Gabon	45	No change
170	São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé and Príncipe	45	No change
171	Sudan	Sudan	44.8	Down 9
172	Iraq	Iraq	44.7	Down 1
173	Afghanistan	Afghanistan	44.1	Down 6
174	Guinea-Bissau	Guinea-Bissau	43.2	Up 1
175	Liberia	Liberia	43.2	Down 1
176	Syrian Arab Republic	Syrian Arab Republic	42	New
177	Angola	Angola	41.3	Down 4
178	Equatorial Guinea	Equatorial Guinea	41.1	Down 1
179	Haiti	Haiti	40.7	Up 3
180	Congo, Rep.	Congo, Rep.	39.5	New
181	Timor-Leste	Timor-Leste	39.4	New
182	Chad	Chad	36.9	Down 1
183	Congo, Dem. Rep.	Congo, Dem. Rep.	36.2	New
184	Central African Republic	Central African Republic	35.6	Down 1
185	South Sudan	South Sudan	34.6	No change
186	Libya	Libya	32.7	No change
187	Yemen, Rep.	Yemen, Rep.	31.8	New
188	Venezuela, RB	Venezuela, RB	30.2	New
189	Eritrea	Eritrea	21.6	No change
190	Somalia	Somalia	20	No change

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