Former British colonies 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	Burma	182	2013
2	Malawi	171	2013
3	Zimbabwe	170	2013
4	The Gambia	150	2013
5	Sudan	149	2013
6	Nigeria	147	2013
7	Tanzania	145	2013
8	Sierra Leone	142	2013
9	Bhutan	141	2013
10	Lesotho	136	2013
11	India	134	2013
12	Yemen	133	2013
13	Uganda	132	2013
14	Bangladesh	130	2013
15	Kenya	129	2013
16	Egypt	128	2013
17	Swaziland	123	2013
18	Jordan	119	2013
19	Guyana	115	2013
20	Pakistan	110	2013
21	Grenada	107	2013
22	Belize	106	2013
23	Kuwait	104	2013
24	Saint Kitts and Nevis	101	2013
25	Namibia	98	2013
26	Maldives	95	2013
27	Jamaica	94	2013
28	Barbados	91	2013
29	Sri Lanka	85	2013
30	The Bahamas	84	2013
31	Zambia	83	2013
32	Dominica	77	2013
33	Antigua and Barbuda	71	2013
34	Ghana	67	2013
35	Trinidad and Tobago	66	2013
36	Saint Lucia	64	2013
37	Fiji	62	2013
38	Brunei	59	2013
39	Botswana	56	2013
40	Qatar	48	2013
41	Bahrain	46	2013
42	Israel	35	2013
43	United Arab Emirates	23	2013
44	Canada	19	2013
45	Australia	11	2013
46	Malaysia	6	2013
47	United States	4	2013
48	New Zealand	3	2013
49	Singapore	1	2013

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