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Middle Eastern and North Africa 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 GRAPH HISTORY
1 Libya 187 2013
2 Syria 165 2013
3 Algeria 153 2013
4 Iran 152 2013
5 Iraq 151 2013
6 Yemen 133 2013
7 Egypt 128 2013
8 Jordan 119 2013
9 Lebanon 111 2013
10 Kuwait 104 2013
11 Morocco 87 2013
12 Tunisia 51 2013
13 Qatar 48 2013
14 Oman 47 2013
15 Bahrain 46 2013
16 Israel 35 2013
17 Saudi Arabia 26 2013
18 United Arab Emirates 23 2013

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Middle Eastern and North Africa Compared by Economy > Companies > Ease of doing business index > 1=most business-friendly regulations

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  • Albania ranked first for companies > ease of doing business index > 1=most business-friendly regulations amongst NATO countries in 2013.
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