Europe Compared by Economy > Companies > Ease of doing business index > 1=most business-friendly regulations

DEFINITION: Ease of doing business index (1=most business-friendly regulations). Ease of doing business ranks economies from 1 to 189, with first place being the best. A high ranking (a low numerical rank) means that the regulatory environment is conducive to business operation. The index averages 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.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	131	2013
2	Ukraine	112	2013
3	Malta	103	2013
4	Serbia	93	2013
5	Russia	92	2013
6	Albania	90	2013
7	Croatia	89	2013
8	Kosovo	86	2013
9	San Marino	81	2013
10	Moldova	78	2013
11	Czech Republic	75	2013
12	Romania	73	2013
13	Greece	72	2013
14	Azerbaijan	70	2013
15	Turkey	69	2013
16	Italy	65	2013
17	Belarus	63	2013
18	Luxembourg	60	2013
19	Bulgaria	58	2013
20	Hungary	54	2013
21	Spain	52	2013
22	Slovakia	49	2013
23	Poland	45	2013
24	Montenegro	44	2013
25	Cyprus	39	2013
26	France	38	2013
27	Armenia	37	2013
28	Belgium	36	2013
29	Slovenia	33	2013
30	Portugal	31	2013
31	Austria	30	2013
32	Switzerland	29	2013
33	Netherlands	28	2013
34	Republic of Macedonia	25	2013
35	Latvia	24	2013
36	Estonia	22	2013
37	Germany	21	2013
38	Lithuania	17	2013
39	Ireland	15	2013
40	Sweden	14	2013
41	Iceland	13	2013
42	Finland	12	2013
43	United Kingdom	10	2013
44	Norway	9	2013
45	Georgia	8	2013
46	Denmark	5	2013

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