Former British colonies Compared by Economy > Companies > Ease of doing business index > 1=most business-friendly regulations per million

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. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1,810.24	2012
2	Grenada	966.98	2012
3	Dominica	962.56	2012
4	Antigua and Barbuda	741	2012
5	Saint Lucia	326.2	2012
6	Belize	320.93	2012
7	Barbados	296.59	2012
8	Maldives	239.33	2012
9	The Bahamas	204.32	2012
10	Bhutan	196.81	2012
11	Brunei	191.64	2012
12	Guyana	142.07	2012
13	Swaziland	97.48	2012
14	The Gambia	82.63	2012
15	Lesotho	67.75	2012
16	Fiji	66.31	2012
17	Trinidad and Tobago	47.1	2012
18	Namibia	41.6	2012
19	Bahrain	35.66	2012
20	Jamaica	33.55	2012
21	Botswana	32.44	2012
22	Kuwait	31.07	2012
23	Sierra Leone	22.91	2012
24	Qatar	21.95	2012
25	Jordan	18.84	2012
26	Zimbabwe	12.24	2012
27	Malawi	10.12	2012
28	Zambia	6.39	2012
29	Yemen	5.41	2012
30	Israel	4.17	2012
31	Sri Lanka	4.08	2012
32	Sudan	3.84	2012
33	Uganda	3.47	2012
34	Burma	3.45	2012
35	Tanzania	2.85	2012
36	Kenya	2.83	2012
37	United Arab Emirates	2.82	2012
38	Ghana	2.44	2012
39	Egypt	1.57	2012
40	Bangladesh	0.853	2012
41	Nigeria	0.817	2012
42	New Zealand	0.677	2012
43	Pakistan	0.592	2012
44	Canada	0.487	2012
45	Australia	0.441	2012
46	Malaysia	0.274	2012
47	Singapore	0.188	2012
48	India	0.106	2012
49	United States	0.0127	2012

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