Starting a Business Index

{{short description|Sub-index of the World Bank Ease of Doing Business Index}}

The Starting a Business Index is a sub-index of the World Bank Ease of Doing Business Index.[http://www.doingbusiness.org/ Home - Doing Business - The World Bank Group]

Authors of the methodology

This methodology was developed by Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-De-Silanes and Andrei Shleifer in a paper, "The Regulation of Entry".[http://www.doingbusiness.org/documents/551.pdf "The Regulation of Entry"]. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. February 2002.{{Failed verification|date=February 2023}}

Djankov is the creator of the annual Doing Business report, once a publication of the World Bank Group. The report was discontinued in 2021.{{cite web |title=World Bank Group to Discontinue Doing Business Report |url=https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/statement/2021/09/16/world-bank-group-to-discontinue-doing-business-report |website=World Bank |date=16 September 2021}}

Ranking

Ranking of all nations from 2010 report

{{cite web|url= http://www.doingbusiness.org/economyrankings/ | title=doingbusiness.org economy rankings 2009}}{{Failed verification|date=February 2023}} The [https://www.doingbusiness.org/en/data/exploretopics/starting-a-business 2019 ranking] has New Zealand at the top again.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}

class="wikitable sortable" ! 2010 Rank ! 2009 Rank ! Country
1	1	{{flagcountry\|New Zealand}}
2	2	{{flagcountry\|Canada}}
3	3	{{flagcountry\|Australia}}
4	4	{{flagcountry\|Singapore}}
5	5	{{flagcountry\|Georgia}}
6	13	{{flagcountry\|Macedonia}}
7	98	{{flagcountry\|Belarus}}
8	6	{{flagcountry\|United States}}
9	7	{{flagcountry\|Ireland}}
10	8	{{flagcountry\|Mauritius}}
11	64	{{flagcountry\|Rwanda}}
12	60	{{flagcountry\|Madagascar}}
13	31	{{flagcountry\|Saudi Arabia}}
14	34	{{flagcountry\|Kyrgyzstan}}
15	10	{{flagcountry\|Puerto Rico}}
16	9	{{flagcountry\|United Kingdom}}
17	11	{{flagcountry\|Azerbaijan}}
18	16	{{flagcountry\|Hong Kong, China}}
19	12	{{flagcountry\|Jamaica}}
20	131	{{flagcountry\|Samoa}}
21	65	{{flagcountry\|Armenia}}
22	14	{{flagcountry\|France}}
23	24	{{flagcountry\|Afghanistan}}
24	43	{{flagcountry\|Egypt}}
25	15	{{flagcountry\|Cyprus}}
26	42	{{flagcountry\|Slovenia}}
27	17	{{flagcountry\|Panama}}
28	18	{{flagcountry\|Denmark}}
29	119	{{flagcountry\|Taiwan}}
30	20	{{flagcountry\|Finland}}
31	21	{{flagcountry\|Belgium}}
32	22	{{flagcountry\|Tonga}}
33	19	{{flagcountry\|Iceland}}
34	28	{{flagcountry\|Israel}}
35	25	{{flagcountry\|Norway}}
36	36	{{flagcountry\|Saint Lucia}}
37	23	{{flagcountry\|Estonia}}
38	26	{{flagcountry\|Dominica}}
39	29	{{flagcountry\|Hungary}}
39	27	{{flagcountry\|Marshall Islands}}
41	33	{{flagcountry\|Sri Lanka}}
42	30	{{flagcountry\|Romania}}
43	32	{{flagcountry\|Sweden}}
44	118	{{flagcountry\|United Arab Emirates}}
45	41	{{flagcountry\|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}
46	68	{{flagcountry\|Albania}}
47	38	{{flagcountry\|Tunisia}}
48	73	{{flagcountry\|Iran}}
49	37	{{flagcountry\|Maldives}}
50	81	{{flagcountry\|Bulgaria}}
51	35	{{flagcountry\|Latvia}}
52	40	{{flagcountry\|Grenada}}
53	133	{{flagcountry\|North Korea}}
53	53	{{flagcountry\|Yemen}}
55	46	{{flagcountry\|Thailand}}
56	44	{{flagcountry\|Turkey}}
57	62	{{flagcountry\|Liberia}}
58	58	{{flagcountry\|Sierra Leone}}
59	47	{{flagcountry\|Antigua and Barbuda}}
60	39	{{flagcountry\|Portugal}}
61	48	{{flagcountry\|Bahamas}}
62	78	{{flagcountry\|Oman}}
63	50	{{flagcountry\|Bahrain}}
63	80	{{flagcountry\|Pakistan}}
65	56	{{flagcountry\|Trinidad and Tobago}}
66	49	{{flagcountry\|Slovak Republic}}
67	45	{{flagcountry\|South Africa}}
68	57	{{flagcountry\|Qatar}}
69	55	{{flagcountry\|Chile}}
70	51	{{flagcountry\|Netherlands}}
71	52	{{flagcountry\|Switzerland}}
72	70	{{flagcountry\|Luxembourg}}
73	108	{{flagcountry\|Serbia}}
74	82	{{flagcountry\|Colombia}}
75	54	{{flagcountry\|Italy}}
76	59	{{flagcountry\|Morocco}}
77	90	{{flagcountry\|Moldova}}
78	61	{{flagcountry\|Mongolia}}
79	62	{{flagcountry\|Federated States of Micronesia}}
80	66	{{flagcountry\|Bhutan}}
81	69	{{flagcountry\|Seychelles}}
82	79	{{flagcountry\|Kazakhstan}}
83	83	{{flagcountry\|Botswana}}
84	101	{{flagcountry\|Germany}}
85	107	{{flagcountry\|Montenegro}}
86	74	{{flagcountry\|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}
87	75	{{flagcountry\|Nepal}}
88	76	{{flagcountry\|Malaysia}}
89	85	{{flagcountry\|Laos}}
90	114	{{flagcountry\|Mexico}}
91	67	{{flagcountry\|Japan}}
92	71	{{flagcountry\|Uzbekistan}}
93	122	{{flagcountry\|Ethiopia}}
94	72	{{flagcountry\|Zambia}}
95	87	{{flagcountry\|Nicaragua}}
96	143	{{flagcountry\|Mozambique}}
97	103	{{flagcountry\|Guyana}}
98	93	{{flagcountry\|Bangladesh}}
99	77	{{flagcountry\|Lithuania}}
100	89	{{flagcountry\|Paraguay}}
101	100	{{flagcountry\|Croatia}}
102	94	{{flagcountry\|Senegal}}
103	84	{{flagcountry\|Palau}}
104	92	{{flagcountry\|Fiji}}
104	96	{{flagcountry\|Papua New Guinea}}
106	88	{{flagcountry\|Russian Federation}}
107	86	{{flagcountry\|Dominican Republic}}
108	99	{{flagcountry\|Lebanon}}
108	95	{{flagcountry\|Nigeria}}
110	97	{{flagcountry\|Vanuatu}}
111	104	{{flagcountry\|Solomon Islands}}
112	117	{{flagcountry\|Peru}}
113	91	{{flagcountry\|Czech Republic}}
114	102	{{flagcountry\|Gambia}}
115	115	{{flagcountry\|Burkina Faso}}
116	109	{{flagcountry\|Vietnam}}
117	145	{{flagcountry\|Poland}}
118	111	{{flagcountry\|Sudan}}
119	111	{{flagcountry\|Kiribati}}
120	111	{{flagcountry\|Tanzania}}
121	105	{{flagcountry\|El Salvador}}
122	106	{{flagcountry\|Austria}}
123	116	{{flagcountry\|Namibia}}
124	110	{{flagcountry\|Kenya}}
125	119	{{flagcountry\|Jordan}}
126	127	{{flagcountry\|Brazil}}
127	123	{{flagcountry\|Costa Rica}}
128	124	{{flagcountry\|Malawi}}
129	129	{{flagcountry\|Uganda}}
130	132	{{flagcountry\|Burundi}}
131	128	{{flagcountry\|Lesotho}}
132	121	{{flagcountry\|Uruguay}}
133	125	{{flagcountry\|Syrian Arab Republic}}
134	126	{{flagcountry\|Ukraine}}
135	136	{{flagcountry\|Ghana}}
136	164	{{flagcountry\|Cape Verde}}
137	134	{{flagcountry\|Kuwait}}
138	135	{{flagcountry\|Argentina}}
139	157	{{flagcountry\|Mali}}
140	130	{{flagcountry\|Greece}}
140	136	{{flagcountry\|São Tomé and Príncipe}}
142	141	{{flagcountry\|Venezuela}}
143	169	{{flagcountry\|Tajikistan}}
144	146	{{flagcountry\|Honduras}}
145	144	{{flagcountry\|Zimbabwe}}
146	139	{{flagcountry\|Spain}}
147	138	{{flagcountry\|Belize}}
148	141	{{flagcountry\|Algeria}}
149	140	{{flagcountry\|Mauritania}}
150	150	{{flagcountry\|Timor-Leste}}
151	152	{{flagcountry\|China}}
152	147	{{flagcountry\|Gabon}}
153	149	{{flagcountry\|Brunei Darussalam}}
154	153	{{flagcountry\|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
155	151	{{flagcountry\|Benin}}
156	147	{{flagcountry\|Guatemala}}
157	161	{{flagcountry\|Niger}}
158	154	{{flagcountry\|Swaziland}}
159	168	{{flagcountry\|Central African Republic}}
160	162	{{flagcountry\|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
161	173	{{flagcountry\|Indonesia}}
162	155	{{flagcountry\|Philippines}}
163	160	{{flagcountry\|Ecuador}}
164	156	{{flagcountry\|Kosovo}}
165	158	{{flagcountry\|Angola}}
166	159	{{flagcountry\|Congo}}
167	165	{{flagcountry\|Bolivia}}
168	163	{{flagcountry\|Comoros}}
169	166	{{flagcountry\|India}}
170	181	{{flagcountry\|Togo}}
171	172	{{flagcountry\|Suriname}}
172	170	{{flagcountry\|Côte d'Ivoire}}
173	171	{{flagcountry\|Cambodia}}
174	174	{{flagcountry\|Cameroon}}
175	177	{{flagcountry\|Iraq}}
176	167	{{flagcountry\|West Bank and Gaza}}
177	175	{{flagcountry\|Djibouti}}
178	176	{{flagcountry\|Equatorial Guinea}}
179	178	{{flagcountry\|Guinea}}
180	179	{{flagcountry\|Haiti}}
181	180	{{flagcountry\|Eritrea}}
182	182	{{flagcountry\|Chad}}
183	183	{{flagcountry\|Guinea-Bissau}}

References

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Starting a Business Index

Authors of the methodology

Ranking

See also

References