"Doing Business 2018"

Ranking[edit]

The most recent rankings come from the "Doing Business 2018" report. Ranking of economies was introduced in the "Doing Business 2006" report.^[20]

New Zealand has topped the Ease of Doing Business rankings in 2017 and 2018.

Singapore topped the Ease of Doing Business rankings in 2007-2016.^[21] Based on Singapore's experience, IDA International is collaborating with public agencies in several countries in the areas such as ICT strategy, national infocomm planning and solutions implementation that can help increase the ease of doing business.

Jurisdiction	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006
New Zealand	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1
Singapore	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Denmark	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	7	8
South Korea	4	5	4	5	7	8	8	16	19	23	30	23	27
Hong Kong	5	4	5	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	5	7
United States	6	8	7	7	4	4	4	5	4	3	3	3	3
United Kingdom	7	7	6	8	10	7	7	4	5	6	6	6	9
Norway	8	6	9	6	9	6	6	8	10	10	11	9	5
Georgia	9	16	24	15	8	9	16	12	11	15	18	37	100
Sweden	10	9	8	11	14	13	14	14	18	17	14	13	14
Macedonia	11	10	12	30	25	23	22	38	32	71	75	92	81
Estonia	12	12	16	17	22	21	24	17	24	22	17	17	16
Finland	13	13	10	9	12	11	11	13	16	14	13	14	13
Australia	14	15	13	10	11	10	15	10	9	9	9	8	6
Taiwan	15	11	11	19	16	16	25	33	46	61	50	47	35
Lithuania	16	21	20	24	17	27	27	23	26	28	26	16	15
Ireland	17	18	17	13	15	15	10	9	7	7	8	10	11
Canada	18	22	14	16	19	17	13	7	8	8	7	4	4
Latvia	19	14	22	23	24	25	21	24	27	29	22	24	26
Germany	20	17	15	14	21	20	19	22	25	25	20	21	19
United Arab Emirates	21	26	31	22	23	26	33	40	33	46	68	77	69
Austria	22	19	21	21	30	29	32	32	28	27	25	30	32
Iceland	23	20	19	12	13	14	9	15	14	11	10	12	12
Malaysia	24	23	18	18	6	12	18	21	23	20	24	25	21
Mauritius	25	49	32	28	20	19	23	20	17	24	27	32	23
Thailand	26	46	49	26	18	18	17	19	12	13	15	18	20
Poland	27	24	25	32	45	55	62	70	72	76	74	75	54