Best countries for doing business
First on the podium, New Zealand is considered to be the best country to start a busines. Next in descending order are Singapore (2nd) and Hong Kong (3rd). The United States is ranked (6th), China (31st), France (32nd), and Brazil (124th).
Best countries to start a business
Country | Regional ranking 2020 | Regional ranking 2019 | Evolution |
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New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Singapore | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Hong Kong | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Denmark | 4 | 3 | -1 |
South Korea | 5 | 5 | 0 |
United States | 6 | 8 | 2 |
Georgia | 7 | 6 | -1 |
United Kingdom | 8 | 9 | 1 |
Norway | 9 | 7 | -2 |
Sweden | 10 | 12 | 2 |
Lithuania | 11 | 14 | 3 |
Malaysia | 12 | 15 | 3 |
Mauritius | 13 | 20 | 7 |
Australia | 14 | 18 | 4 |
Taiwan | 15 | 13 | -2 |
United Arab Emirates | 16 | 11 | -5 |
North Macedonia | 17 | 10 | -7 |
Estonia | 18 | 16 | -2 |
Latvia | 19 | 19 | 0 |
Finland | 20 | 17 | -3 |
Thailand | 21 | 27 | 6 |
Germany | 22 | 24 | 2 |
Canada | 23 | 22 | -1 |
Ireland | 24 | 23 | -1 |
Kazakhstan | 25 | 28 | 3 |
Iceland | 26 | 21 | -5 |
Austria | 27 | 26 | -1 |
Russia | 28 | 31 | 3 |
Japan | 29 | 39 | 10 |
Spain | 30 | 30 | 0 |
China | 31 | 46 | 15 |
France | 32 | 32 | 0 |
Turkey | 33 | 43 | 10 |
Azerbaijan | 34 | 25 | -9 |
Switzerland | 35 | 37 | 2 |
Slovenia | 36 | 39 | 3 |
Rwanda | 37 | 28 | -9 |
Portugal | 38 | 33 | -5 |
Poland | 39 | 32 | -7 |
Czech Republic | 40 | 34 | -6 |
Netherlands | 41 | 35 | -6 |
Bahrain | 42 | 61 | 19 |
Serbia | 43 | 47 | 4 |
Slovak Republic | 44 | 41 | -3 |
Belgium | 45 | 44 | -1 |
Armenia | 46 | 40 | -6 |
Moldova | 47 | 46 | -1 |
Belarus | 48 | 36 | -12 |
Montenegro | 49 | 49 | 0 |
Croatia | 50 | 58 | 8 |
Best African countries to start a business
The Doing Business 2020 report reveals the desire of a large number of African countries to improve their administrative procedures to facilitate business development. This is reflected in the various reforms encouraging the creation of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Sub-Saharan Africa breaks its record for the third consecutive year with 107 legislative reforms, more than a third of which are recorded on a global level.
Ranking of african countries by ease of doing business
Country | Regional ranking | World ranking | Evolution | ||
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2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | ||
Mauritius | 1 | 1 | 13 | 20 | 7 |
Rwanda | 2 | 2 | 38 | 29 | -9 |
Morocco | 3 | 3 | 53 | 60 | 7 |
Kenya | 4 | 4 | 56 | 61 | 5 |
Tunisia | 5 | 5 | 78 | 80 | 2 |
South Africa | 6 | 6 | 84 | 82 | -2 |
Zambia | 7 | 8 | 85 | 87 | 2 |
Botswana | 8 | 7 | 87 | 86 | -1 |
Togo | 9 | 21 | 97 | 137 | 40 |
Seychelles | 10 | 9 | 100 | 96 | -4 |
Namibia | 11 | 12 | 104 | 107 | 3 |
Malawi | 12 | 13 | 109 | 111 | 2 |
Côte d'Ivoire | 13 | 17 | 110 | 122 | 12 |
Djibouti | 14 | 10 | 112 | 99 | -13 |
Egypt | 15 | 16 | 114 | 120 | 6 |
Uganda | 16 | 18 | 116 | 127 | 11 |
Ghana | 17 | 14 | 118 | 114 | -4 |
Eswatini | 18 | 15 | 121 | 117 | -4 |
Lesotho | 19 | 11 | 122 | 106 | -16 |
Senegal | 20 | 22 | 123 | 141 | 18 |
Nigeria | 21 | 26 | 131 | 146 | 15 |
Niger | 22 | 23 | 132 | 143 | 11 |
Cabo Verde | 23 | 19 | 137 | 131 | -6 |
Mozambique | 24 | 20 | 138 | 135 | -3 |
Zimbabwe | 25 | 32 | 140 | 155 | 15 |
Tanzania | 26 | 24 | 141 | 144 | 3 |
Mali | 27 | 25 | 148 | 145 | -3 |
Benin | 28 | 31 | 149 | 153 | 4 |
Burkina Faso | 29 | 29 | 151 | 151 | 0 |
Mauritania | 30 | 27 | 152 | 148 | -4 |
Gambia | 31 | 28 | 155 | 149 | -6 |
Guinea | 32 | 30 | 156 | 152 | -4 |
Algeria | 33 | 33 | 157 | 157 | 0 |
Ethiopia | 34 | 34 | 159 | 159 | 0 |
Comoros | 35 | 38 | 160 | 164 | 4 |
Madagascar | 36 | 35 | 161 | 161 | 0 |
Sierra Leone | 37 | 37 | 163 | 163 | 0 |
Burundi | 38 | 40 | 166 | 168 | 2 |
Cameroon | 39 | 39 | 167 | 166 | -1 |
Gabon | 40 | 41 | 169 | 169 | 0 |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 41 | 42 | 170 | 170 | 0 |
Sudan | 42 | 36 | 171 | 162 | -9 |
Guinea Bissau | 43 | 45 | 174 | 175 | 1 |
Liberia | 44 | 44 | 175 | 174 | -1 |
Angola | 45 | 43 | 177 | 173 | -4 |
Equatorial Guinea | 46 | 46 | 178 | 177 | -1 |
Congo | 47 | 47 | 180 | 180 | 0 |
Chad | 48 | 48 | 182 | 181 | -1 |
DR Congo | 49 | 50 | 183 | 184 | 1 |
Central Africa | 50 | 49 | 184 | 183 | -1 |
South Sudan | 51 | 51 | 185 | 185 | 0 |
Libya | 52 | 52 | 186 | 186 | 0 |
Eritrea | 53 | 53 | 189 | 189 | 0 |
Somalia | 54 | 54 | 190 | 190 | 0 |
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Best Middle Eastern countries to start a business
Ranked 3rd at the regional level, Saudi Arabia is making an excellent progress at the global level. The kingdom moves from 92nd to 62nd position, a jump of 30 places globally. At the regional level, the country wins two places.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) maintains its leadership position in the Middle East, while losing five places globally. Bahrain holds on to the second position at the regional level and moves up from 62nd to 43rd globally.
The countries at war, Iraq, Syria and Yemen, are ranked last.
Ranking of the Middle Eastern countries by ease of doing business
Country | Regional ranking | World ranking | Evolution | ||
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2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | ||
United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1 | 16 | 11 | -5 |
Bahrein | 2 | 2 | 43 | 62 | 19 |
Saudi Arabia | 3 | 5 | 62 | 92 | 30 |
Oman | 4 | 3 | 68 | 78 | 10 |
Jordan | 5 | 7 | 75 | 104 | 29 |
Qatar | 6 | 4 | 77 | 83 | 6 |
Koweit | 7 | 6 | 83 | 97 | 14 |
Iran | 8 | 8 | 127 | 128 | 1 |
Lebanon | 9 | 9 | 143 | 142 | -1 |
Iraq | 10 | 10 | 172 | 171 | -1 |
Syria | 11 | 11 | 176 | 179 | 3 |
Yemen | 12 | 12 | 187 | 187 | 0 |
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