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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	Eritrea	184	2013
2	Malawi	171	2013
3	Zimbabwe	170	2013
4	Sao Tome and Principe	169	2013
5	Sudan	149	2013
6	Egypt	128	2013
7	Cape Verde	121	2013
8	Jordan	119	2013
9	Lebanon	111	2013
10	Grenada	107	2013
11	Belize	106	2013
12	Malta	103	2013
13	Saint Kitts and Nevis	101	2013
14	Jamaica	94	2013
15	Serbia	93	2013
16	Barbados	91	2013
17	Morocco	87	2013
18	Sri Lanka	85	2013
19	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	82	2013
20	Seychelles	80	2013
21	Dominica	77	2013
22	Greece	72	2013
23	Antigua and Barbuda	71	2013
24	Italy	65	2013
25	Saint Lucia	64	2013
26	Hungary	54	2013
27	Spain	52	2013
28	Puerto Rico	40	2013
29	Cyprus	39	2013
30	France	38	2013
31	Belgium	36	2013
32	Israel	35	2013
33	Portugal	31	2013
34	Austria	30	2013
35	Netherlands	28	2013
36	Japan	27	2013
37	Germany	21	2013
38	Canada	19	2013
39	Ireland	15	2013
40	Iceland	13	2013
41	United Kingdom	10	2013
42	United States	4	2013
43	Singapore	1	2013

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