Latin America and Caribbean Compared by Economy > Ease of doing business

DEFINITION: Ease of doing business index ranks economies from 1 to 183, with first place being the best. A high ranking means that the regulatory environment is conducive to business operation. The index ranks the simple average of the country's percentile rankings on 10 topics covered in the World Bank's Doing Business. The ranking on each topic is the simple average of the percentile rankings on its component indicators. 1=most business-friendly regulations".

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Venezuela	170	2009
2	Haiti	163	2009
3	Suriname	160	2009
4	Bolivia	148	2009
5	Honduras	128	2009
6	Ecuador	127	2009
7	Brazil	124	2009
8	Uruguay	122	2009
9	Costa Rica	121	2009
10	Nicaragua	119	2009
11	Argentina	113	2009
12	Paraguay	105	2009
13	Guyana	101	2009
14	Guatemala	100	2009
15	Grenada	98	2009
16	Trinidad and Tobago	95	2009
17	Belize	93	2009
18	Dominican Republic	86	2009
19	Dominica	85	2009
20	Saint Kitts and Nevis	83	2009
21	El Salvador	80	2009
22	Jamaica	79	2009
23	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	72	2009
24	The Bahamas	71	2009
25	Panama	62	2009
26	Antigua and Barbuda	56	2009
27	Chile	53	2009
28	Peru	46	2009
29	Saint Lucia	45	2009
30	Mexico	41	2009
31	Colombia	38	2009

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