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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

World Bank: Singapore is the Best Place to Run a Business, HK second

Singapore is the world’s best place to run a business according to the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation. Hong Kong is on second place despite problems on their real estate regulations.

The rankings done yearly score 189 economies on 10 indicators, focusing on the conditions faced by small or medium-sized businesses.

New Zealand is third, United States bagged the fourth place, while Denmark is fifth. The top five retained their positions from a year ago. The mainland China rose to 96th from an adjusted ranking of 99th.
Chad is the worst place to do business, claiming the position which Central African Republic holds last year.


Ease of Doing Business Rank:

  1. Singapore
  2. Hong Kong SAR, China  
  3. New Zealand           
  4. United States  
  5. Denmark         
  6. Malaysia         
  7. Korea, Rep.    
  8. Georgia           
  9. Norway
  10. United Kingdom        
  11. Australia         
  12. Finland
  13. Iceland
  14. Sweden
  15. Ireland 
  16. Taiwan, China  
  17. Lithuania         
  18. Thailand         
  19. Canada           
  20. Mauritius        
  21. Germany         
  22. Estonia
  23. United Arab Emirates          
  24. Latvia  
  25. Macedonia, FYR
  26. Saudi Arabia 
  27. Japan  
  28. Netherlands    
  29. Switzerland      
  30. Austria
  31. Portugal          
  32. Rwanda         
  33. Slovenia         
  34. Chile   
  35. Israel   
  36. Belgium           
  37. Armenia         
  38. France 
  39. Cyprus
  40. Puerto Rico (U.S.)  
  41. South Africa  
  42. Peru    
  43. Colombia
  44. Montenegro

  1. Poland
  2. Bahrain
  3. Oman  
  4. Qatar  
  5. Slovak Republic         
  6. Kazakhstan     
  7. Tunisia 
  8. Spain   
  9. Mexico
  10. Hungary         
  11. Panama           
  12. Botswana        
  13. Tonga  
  14. Bulgaria         
  15. Brunei Darussalam    
  16. Luxembourg  
  17. Samoa 
  18. Fiji      
  19. Belarus
  20. St. Lucia
  21. Italy
  22. Trinidad and Tobago           
  23. Ghana 
  24. Kyrgyz Republic         
  25. Turkey
  26. Azerbaijan       
  27. Antigua and Barbuda         
  28. Greece
  29. Romania         
  30. Vanuatu
  31. Czech Republic         
  32. Mongolia
  33. Dominica        
  34. Moldova
  35. Guatemala       
  36. Seychelles       
  37. San Marino
  38. St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  39. Zambia
  40. Bahamas, The
  41. Sri Lanka  
  42. Kosovo
  43. Morocco       
  44. Uruguay         
  45. Croatia
  46. Albania
  47. Barbados
  48. Russian Federation
  49. Serbia
  50. Jamaica           
  51. Maldives        
  52. China  
  53. Solomon Islands 
  54. Namibia         
  55. Vietnam        
  56. Palau     
  57. St. Kitts and Nevis  
  58. Costa Rica    
  59. Malta      
  60. Kuwait   
  61. Nepal     
  62. Belize     
  63. Grenada 
  64. Philippines
  65. Paraguay           
  66. Pakistan
  67. Lebanon
  68. Ukraine  
  69. Papua New Guinea 
  70. Marshall Islands 
  71. Guyana  
  72. Brazil     
  73. Dominican Republic         
  74. El Salvador        
  75. Jordan  
  76. Indonesia
  77. Cape Verde  
  78. Kiribati   
  79. Swaziland         
  80. Nicaragua         
  81. Ethiopia 
  82. Argentina           
  83. Honduras           
  84. Egypt, Arab Rep.
  85. Kenya
  86. Bangladesh        
  87. Bosnia and Herzegovina
  88. Uganda  
  89. Yemen, Rep.    
  90. India
  91. Ecuador 
  92. Lesotho 
  93. Cambodia         
  94. West Bank and Gaza
  95. Mozambique      
  96. Burundi  
  97. Bhutan   
  98. Sierra Leone  
  99. Tajikistan         
  100. Liberia   
  101. Tanzania
  102. Uzbekistan        
  103. Nigeria   
  104. Madagascar      
  105. Sudan    
  106. Gambia, The
  107. Iraq      
  108. Iran, Islamic Rep.
  109. Algeria   
  110. Burkina Faso    
  111. Mali        
  112. Micronesia, Fed. Sts.     
  113. Togo     
  114. Comoros
  115. Lao PDR    
  116. Djibouti  
  117. Suriname           
  118. Bolivia   
  119. Gabon    
  120. Afghanistan        
  121. Syrian Arab Republic         
  122. Equatorial Guinea 
  123. Côte d'Ivoire
  124. Cameroon         
  125. São Tomé and Príncipe         
  126. Zimbabwe         
  127. Malawi   
  128. Timor-Leste   
  129. Mauritania         
  130. Benin     
  131. Guinea   
  132. Niger      
  133. Haiti       
  134. Senegal  
  135. Angola   
  136. Guinea-Bissau 
  137. Venezuela, RB
  138. Myanmar
  139. Congo, Dem. Rep.
  140. Eritrea   
  141. Congo, Rep.    
  142. South Sudan  
  143. Libya     
  144. Central African Republic         
  145. Chad      
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