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Global
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14 September 2005 |
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Economy | Ease of Doing Business | Starting a Business | Dealing with Licenses | Hiring and Firing | Registering Property | Getting Credit | Protecting Investors | Paying Taxes | Trading Across Borders | Enforcing Contracts | Closing a Business | New Zealand | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 21 | Singapore | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 2 | United States | 3 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 17 | Canada | 4 | 1 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 34 | 4 | Norway | 5 | 19 | 11 | 46 | 7 | 39 | 16 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 3 | Australia | 6 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 34 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 22 | 12 | 15 | Hong Kong, China | 7 | 6 | 77 | 3 | 70 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 14 | Denmark | 8 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 31 | 22 | 18 | 61 | 1 | 2 | 25 | United Kingdom | 9 | 9 | 29 | 15 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 81 | 21 | 30 | 10 | Japan | 10 | 81 | 5 | 20 | 36 | 18 | 14 | 50 | 12 | 3 | 1 | Ireland | 11 | 11 | 14 | 59 | 69 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 18 | 32 | 7 | Iceland | 12 | 14 | 27 | 31 | 11 | 17 | 69 | 56 | 23 | 5 | 12 | Finland | 13 | 18 | 19 | 84 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 68 | 4 | 23 | 6 | Sweden | 14 | 20 | 13 | 86 | 8 | 30 | 95 | 38 | 2 | 14 | 18 | Lithuania | 15 | 37 | 16 | 93 | 2 | 36 | 61 | 31 | 31 | 7 | 29 | Estonia | 16 | 43 | 9 | 111 | 29 | 48 | 27 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 42 | Switzerland | 17 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 119 | 13 | 57 | 9 | 33 | Belgium | 18 | 34 | 31 | 43 | 141 | 45 | 13 | 33 | 9 | 17 | 9 | Germany | 19 | 47 | 20 | 131 | 33 | 5 | 57 | 54 | 3 | 25 | 30 | Thailand | 20 | 29 | 8 | 23 | 22 | 59 | 33 | 34 | 89 | 49 | 37 | Malaysia | 21 | 57 | 101 | 34 | 53 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 36 | 61 | 43 | Puerto Rico | 22 | 7 | 51 | 44 | 46 | 27 | .. | 37 | 40 | 77 | 26 | Mauritius | 23 | 24 | 30 | 35 | 131 | 86 | 11 | 20 | 20 | 26 | 62 | Netherlands | 24 | 42 | 66 | 70 | 20 | 14 | 103 | 120 | 5 | 20 | 8 | Chile | 25 | 23 | 35 | 37 | 30 | 32 | 36 | 63 | 42 | 41 | 82 | Latvia | 26 | 26 | 47 | 103 | 89 | 26 | 40 | 83 | 62 | 15 | 11 | Korea | 27 | 97 | 25 | 105 | 64 | 25 | 87 | 44 | 16 | 18 | 13 | South Africa | 28 | 51 | 37 | 66 | 77 | 40 | 8 | 84 | 55 | 38 | 53 | Israel | 29 | 12 | 83 | 58 | 134 | 12 | 6 | 97 | 11 | 103 | 38 | Spain | 30 | 86 | 50 | 150 | 37 | 29 | 94 | 25 | 10 | 24 | 16 | Maldives | 31 | 25 | 10 | 5 | .. | 134 | 63 | 1 | 52 | 50 | 100 | Austria | 32 | 59 | 41 | 110 | 28 | 20 | 121 | 72 | 8 | 35 | 20 | Namibia | 33 | 76 | 58 | 13 | 118 | 37 | 15 | 28 | 86 | 67 | 35 | Fiji | 34 | 53 | 44 | 18 | 63 | 16 | 38 | 41 | 41 | 108 | 89 | Taiwan, China | 35 | 79 | 126 | 108 | 26 | 58 | 65 | 32 | 54 | 27 | 5 | Tonga | 36 | 17 | 28 | 2 | 100 | 126 | 47 | 17 | 27 | 132 | 75 | Slovak Republic | 37 | 48 | 40 | 74 | 6 | 28 | 118 | 69 | 60 | 81 | 44 | Saudi Arabia | 38 | 147 | 34 | 28 | 3 | 56 | 74 | 5 | 87 | 95 | 67 | Samoa | 39 | 71 | 36 | 12 | 60 | 89 | 23 | 53 | 28 | 78 | 110 | Botswana | 40 | 74 | 113 | 16 | 80 | 4 | 99 | 59 | 66 | 45 | 28 | Czech Republic | 41 | 77 | 87 | 60 | 57 | 21 | 68 | 70 | 24 | 21 | 101 | Portugal | 42 | 104 | 94 | 145 | 93 | 55 | 32 | 47 | 29 | 46 | 19 | Jamaica | 43 | 10 | 82 | 39 | 95 | 92 | 59 | 141 | 37 | 40 | 24 | France | 44 | 13 | 23 | 142 | 144 | 115 | 56 | 35 | 44 | 13 | 32 | Kiribati | 45 | 62 | .. | 36 | .. | 93 | 19 | 10 | 56 | 92 | 113 | Armenia | 46 | 41 | 55 | 78 | 9 | 78 | .. | 147 | 82 | 36 | 39 | Kuwait | 47 | 87 | 95 | 26 | 79 | 52 | 71 | 8 | 69 | 98 | 45 | Marshall Islands | 48 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 95 | 131 | 39 | 25 | 135 | 133 | Vanuatu | 49 | 56 | 24 | 45 | 81 | 105 | 25 | 29 | 59 | 106 | 108 | Palau | 50 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 120 | 140 | 27 | 35 | 128 | 134 | Oman | 51 | 61 | 114 | 33 | 19 | 147 | 50 | 4 | 79 | 87 | 76 | Hungary | 52 | 72 | 119 | 85 | 96 | 24 | 84 | 98 | 38 | 31 | 50 | Solomon Islands | 53 | 32 | .. | 30 | 119 | 100 | 24 | 22 | 30 | 137 | 126 | Poland | 54 | 92 | 120 | 64 | 75 | 88 | 22 | 106 | 34 | 104 | 23 | Nepal | 55 | 30 | 39 | 69 | 18 | 87 | 90 | 51 | 106 | 73 | 78 | Micronesia | 56 | 75 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 96 | 139 | 11 | 76 | 120 | 135 | Panama | 57 | 21 | 62 | 115 | 55 | 19 | 92 | 93 | 58 | 126 | 74 | Tunisia | 58 | 40 | 88 | 101 | 67 | 102 | 133 | 64 | 53 | 6 | 31 | Nicaragua | 59 | 65 | 72 | 80 | 110 | 71 | 72 | 130 | 50 | 22 | 55 | Pakistan | 60 | 38 | 80 | 91 | 43 | 72 | 20 | 127 | 103 | 134 | 36 | Mongolia | 61 | 49 | 22 | 54 | 21 | 69 | .. | 101 | 133 | 51 | 103 | Bulgaria | 62 | 80 | 118 | 90 | 62 | 46 | 54 | 78 | 45 | 79 | 56 | Slovenia | 63 | 78 | 48 | 133 | 88 | 57 | 46 | 77 | 63 | 85 | 69 | Papua New Guinea | 64 | 60 | 84 | 32 | 59 | 98 | 31 | 60 | 47 | 105 | 117 | Bangladesh | 65 | 52 | 53 | 22 | 151 | 44 | 17 | 92 | 125 | 75 | 77 | Colombia | 66 | 73 | 46 | 130 | 50 | 62 | 37 | 148 | 81 | 83 | 27 | Zambia | 67 | 44 | 85 | 38 | 111 | 107 | 12 | 45 | 149 | 42 | 91 | Kenya | 68 | 93 | 15 | 42 | 113 | 13 | 60 | 100 | 126 | 82 | 111 | United Arab Emirates | 69 | 134 | 67 | 73 | 10 | 104 | 96 | 6 | 19 | 133 | 130 | Italy | 70 | 45 | 93 | 138 | 48 | 51 | 86 | 102 | 90 | 76 | 40 | Peru | 71 | 106 | 97 | 83 | 32 | 73 | 21 | 133 | 93 | 114 | 60 | Uganda | 72 | 100 | 92 | 10 | 97 | 127 | 66 | 57 | 145 | 33 | 41 | Mexico | 73 | 84 | 49 | 125 | 74 | 68 | 125 | 95 | 39 | 100 | 22 | Jordan | 74 | 119 | 59 | 68 | 104 | 65 | 124 | 15 | 61 | 58 | 70 | Sri Lanka | 75 | 36 | 60 | 98 | 112 | 101 | 64 | 117 | 92 | 54 | 54 | El Salvador | 76 | 127 | 75 | 88 | 45 | 34 | 81 | 82 | 113 | 53 | 64 | Argentina | 77 | 85 | 103 | 132 | 65 | 42 | 51 | 143 | 43 | 91 | 52 | Romania | 78 | 8 | 86 | 149 | 114 | 74 | 44 | 116 | 72 | 65 | 102 | Russian Federation | 79 | 31 | 143 | 57 | 35 | 148 | 73 | 52 | 67 | 62 | 71 | Greece | 80 | 121 | 42 | 148 | 130 | 83 | 128 | 67 | 64 | 8 | 34 | Macedonia, FYR | 81 | 114 | 64 | 123 | 73 | 53 | 30 | 58 | 96 | 111 | 109 | Ghana | 82 | 131 | 71 | 48 | 120 | 116 | 28 | 90 | 108 | 28 | 79 | Moldova | 83 | 69 | 63 | 135 | 40 | 97 | 89 | 89 | 80 | 66 | 72 | Kyrgyz Republic | 84 | 27 | 65 | 63 | 54 | 35 | 49 | 135 | 150 | 147 | 93 | Uruguay | 85 | 116 | 38 | 52 | 126 | 60 | 76 | 144 | 71 | 139 | 63 | Kazakhstan | 86 | 33 | 112 | 29 | 68 | 117 | 70 | 48 | 142 | 68 | 92 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 87 | 123 | 141 | 95 | 132 | 9 | 77 | 46 | 122 | 72 | 58 | Paraguay | 88 | 118 | 104 | 137 | 52 | 54 | 43 | 71 | 97 | 107 | 114 | Costa Rica | 89 | 83 | 43 | 72 | 38 | 33 | 134 | 129 | 88 | 141 | 99 | Yemen | 90 | 151 | 32 | 53 | 41 | 137 | 108 | 112 | 68 | 57 | 68 | China | 91 | 126 | 136 | 87 | 24 | 113 | 100 | 119 | 48 | 47 | 59 | Serbia and Montenegro | 92 | 35 | 130 | 61 | 103 | 99 | 45 | 74 | 123 | 110 | 90 | Turkey | 93 | 46 | 137 | 141 | 49 | 103 | 75 | 66 | 95 | 37 | 125 | Nigeria | 94 | 105 | 117 | 27 | 152 | 38 | 42 | 91 | 139 | 119 | 61 | Lebanon | 95 | 99 | 90 | 49 | 85 | 66 | 102 | 43 | 94 | 142 | 98 | Malawi | 96 | 70 | 110 | 41 | 83 | 85 | 62 | 138 | 114 | 56 | 120 | Lesotho | 97 | 111 | 56 | 51 | 117 | 118 | 116 | 62 | 101 | 97 | 49 | Azerbaijan | 98 | 96 | 139 | 81 | 51 | 43 | 109 | 110 | 140 | 44 | 57 | Vietnam | 99 | 82 | 18 | 122 | 39 | 106 | 143 | 107 | 83 | 102 | 95 | Georgia | 100 | 55 | 127 | 65 | 17 | 82 | 115 | 131 | 137 | 63 | 87 | Ethiopia | 101 | 94 | 57 | 47 | 140 | 114 | 137 | 26 | 129 | 71 | 48 | Morocco | 102 | 50 | 125 | 124 | 58 | 146 | 117 | 126 | 98 | 29 | 51 | Dominican Republic | 103 | 101 | 33 | 100 | 116 | 47 | 112 | 124 | 32 | 130 | 131 | Bhutan | 104 | 66 | 99 | 67 | 42 | 139 | 52 | 49 | 121 | 60 | 143 | Guyana | 105 | 63 | 61 | .. | 25 | 145 | 101 | 65 | 112 | 123 | 104 | Belarus | 106 | 136 | 73 | 55 | 82 | 61 | 110 | 154 | 65 | 52 | 85 | Ecuador | 107 | 122 | 45 | 129 | 102 | 81 | 113 | 86 | 77 | 90 | 88 | Iran | 108 | 54 | 145 | 112 | 98 | 64 | 138 | 23 | 132 | 55 | 94 | Guatemala | 109 | 120 | 142 | 92 | 61 | 49 | 122 | 125 | 51 | 117 | 86 | Mozambique | 110 | 139 | 54 | 113 | 94 | 70 | .. | 88 | 105 | 115 | 115 | Bolivia | 111 | 132 | 52 | 89 | 109 | 79 | 98 | 146 | 116 | 112 | 47 | Honduras | 112 | 129 | 79 | 56 | 78 | 50 | 129 | 113 | 119 | 136 | 84 | Philippines | 113 | 89 | 91 | 82 | 92 | 121 | 132 | 80 | 33 | 89 | 132 | Iraq | 114 | 117 | 70 | 102 | 44 | 133 | 85 | 3 | 155 | 74 | 148 | Indonesia | 115 | 144 | 107 | 120 | 107 | 63 | 58 | 118 | 49 | 145 | 116 | India | 116 | 90 | 124 | 116 | 101 | 84 | 29 | 103 | 130 | 138 | 118 | Albania | 117 | 108 | 131 | 127 | 66 | 41 | 136 | 132 | 100 | 113 | 73 | Croatia | 118 | 103 | 148 | 109 | 99 | 131 | 135 | 85 | 109 | 43 | 66 | Brazil | 119 | 98 | 115 | 144 | 105 | 80 | 53 | 140 | 107 | 70 | 141 | Venezuela | 120 | 95 | 96 | 71 | 47 | 76 | 142 | 145 | 91 | 129 | 129 | Syria | 121 | 135 | 78 | 94 | 76 | 124 | 105 | 42 | 146 | 149 | 65 | Afghanistan | 122 | 16 | .. | 25 | 150 | 153 | 145 | 7 | 128 | 93 | 142 | So Tom and Principe | 123 | 91 | 105 | 114 | 106 | .. | 104 | 73 | 73 | 125 | 152 | Ukraine | 124 | 110 | 98 | 119 | 127 | 75 | 141 | 151 | 78 | 39 | 123 | West Bank and Gaza | 125 | 152 | 76 | 75 | 86 | 129 | .. | 96 | 75 | 88 | 155 | Zimbabwe | 126 | 140 | 147 | 19 | 71 | 90 | 107 | 109 | 134 | 69 | 138 | Mauritania | 127 | 146 | 89 | 126 | 56 | 67 | .. | 153 | 111 | 94 | 124 | Algeria | 128 | 109 | 100 | 96 | 138 | 138 | 97 | 149 | 84 | 131 | 46 | Benin | 129 | 107 | 135 | 121 | 72 | 108 | 34 | 136 | 104 | 146 | 121 | Cameroon | 130 | 133 | 121 | 106 | 122 | 91 | 35 | 142 | 127 | 152 | 80 | Madagascar | 131 | 124 | 128 | 118 | 146 | 94 | 41 | 121 | 115 | 59 | 150 | Senegal | 132 | 125 | 68 | 128 | 137 | 136 | 126 | 137 | 46 | 109 | 97 | Cambodia | 133 | 137 | 140 | 79 | 84 | 154 | 55 | 24 | 117 | 127 | 144 | Haiti | 134 | 149 | 69 | 21 | 121 | 132 | 123 | 75 | 124 | 96 | 136 | Angola | 135 | 155 | 122 | 117 | 145 | 77 | 48 | 79 | 120 | 122 | 140 | Sierra Leone | 136 | 64 | 134 | 151 | 139 | 122 | 93 | 115 | 85 | 121 | 122 | Eritrea | 137 | 150 | 109 | 40 | 115 | 143 | 82 | 76 | 147 | 64 | 147 | Uzbekistan | 138 | 67 | .. | 76 | 149 | 128 | 106 | 134 | 151 | 80 | 119 | Rwanda | 139 | 58 | 106 | 104 | 124 | 149 | .. | 99 | 152 | 84 | 151 | Tanzania | 140 | 113 | 150 | 136 | 143 | 125 | 144 | 114 | 102 | 48 | 83 | Egypt | 141 | 115 | 146 | 140 | 129 | 142 | 114 | 87 | 70 | 118 | 106 | Timor-Leste | 142 | 141 | 74 | 50 | 125 | 150 | 127 | 55 | 74 | 155 | 154 | Burundi | 143 | 88 | 138 | 107 | 123 | 110 | .. | 111 | 153 | 140 | 105 | Guinea | 144 | 145 | 144 | 97 | 133 | 144 | 83 | 139 | 118 | 101 | 81 | Cote d'Ivoire | 145 | 130 | 133 | 99 | 147 | 141 | 80 | 123 | 110 | 116 | 112 | Mali | 146 | 143 | 123 | 147 | 91 | 135 | 88 | 108 | 148 | 86 | 127 | Lao PDR | 147 | 102 | 111 | 62 | 135 | 152 | 130 | 36 | 143 | 143 | 149 | Congo, Rep. | 148 | 128 | 81 | 146 | 136 | 130 | 67 | 152 | 131 | 148 | 96 | Togo | 149 | 148 | 108 | 152 | 128 | 151 | 120 | 122 | 99 | 124 | 107 | Niger | 150 | 142 | 129 | 153 | 90 | 119 | 91 | 105 | 154 | 99 | 137 | Sudan | 151 | 68 | .. | 77 | .. | 123 | .. | .. | 144 | 151 | 153 | Chad | 152 | 154 | 102 | 134 | 108 | 112 | 79 | 104 | 135 | 150 | 146 | Central African Republic | 153 | 112 | 116 | 143 | 87 | 111 | .. | 150 | 138 | 153 | 145 | Burkina Faso | 154 | 138 | 149 | 154 | 148 | 109 | 78 | 94 | 136 | 144 | 128 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 155 | 153 | 132 | 139 | 142 | 140 | 111 | 128 | 141 | 154 | 139 |
also see : How India fares Global
business survey 2006
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