Sub-Saharan Africa 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	Chad	183	2009
2	Central African Republic	182	2009
3	Burundi	181	2009
4	Eritrea	180	2009
5	Democratic Republic of the Congo	179	2009
6	Guinea	178	2009
7	Sao Tome and Principe	176	2009
8	Guinea-Bissau	175	2009
9	Cameroon	173	2009
10	Benin	172	2009
11	Niger	171	2009
12	Cote d'Ivoire	168	2009
13	Mauritania	167	2009
14	Togo	162	2009
15	Equatorial Guinea	161	2009
16	Comoros	159	2009
17	Gabon	158	2009
18	Djibouti	157	2009
19	Zimbabwe	156	2009
20	Mali	155	2009
21	Burkina Faso	154	2009
22	Sudan	153	2009
23	Liberia	152	2009
24	Senegal	151	2009
25	Sierra Leone	143	2009
26	Cape Verde	142	2009
27	The Gambia	141	2009
28	Madagascar	138	2009
29	Lesotho	137	2009
30	Nigeria	134	2009
31	Malawi	132	2009
32	Mozambique	130	2009
33	Uganda	129	2009
34	Swaziland	126	2009
35	Tanzania	125	2009
36	Ethiopia	103	2009
37	Kenya	94	2009
38	Seychelles	92	2009
39	Zambia	84	2009
40	Ghana	77	2009
41	Rwanda	70	2009
42	Namibia	68	2009
43	Botswana	50	2009
44	South Africa	32	2009
45	Mauritius	20	2009

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