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1.3.1<br />

Ease of starting a business<br />

Ease of starting a business, percent rank index* r | 2011<br />

rank country/Economy value Score (0–100) percent rank<br />

1 New Zealand........................1.00 ..........100.00.......... 1.00 l<br />

2 Australia ............................0.99............99.20..........0.99 l<br />

3 Canada..............................0.99............98.50..........0.99 l<br />

4 Singapore...........................0.98............97.80.......... 0.98<br />

5 Macedonia, FYR .....................0.98............97.10.......... 0.97 l<br />

6 Hong Kong (China)..................0.97............96.40..........0.96<br />

7 Belarus ..............................0.97............95.60..........0.96 l<br />

8 Georgia .............................0.96............94.90.......... 0.95 l<br />

9 Ireland ..............................0.96............93.50..........0.94<br />

9 Rwanda .............................0.96............93.50..........0.94 l<br />

11 United States of America............0.95............92.80.......... 0.93<br />

12 Mauritius............................0.94............92.00.......... 0.92 l<br />

13 Kyrgyzstan ..........................0.93............91.30.......... 0.91 l<br />

14 Saudi Arabia ........................0.93............90.60.......... 0.91 l<br />

15 Azerbaijan ..........................0.92............89.90..........0.90 l<br />

16 United Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.91............89.20..........0.89<br />

17 Egypt ...............................0.91............88.40..........0.88 l<br />

18 Jamaica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.90............87.70..........0.88 l<br />

19 Armenia.............................0.90............87.00..........0.87 l<br />

20 France ..............................0.88............86.30..........0.86<br />

21 Panama .............................0.88............85.60..........0.86 l<br />

22 Cyprus ..............................0.86........... 84.80..........0.85<br />

23 Denmark............................0.86............84.10..........0.84<br />

24 Slovenia.............................0.85............83.40..........0.83<br />

25 Iceland..............................0.85............82.70..........0.83<br />

26 Romania ............................0.84............82.00..........0.82<br />

27 Belgium.............................0.83............81.20.......... 0.81<br />

28 Finland..............................0.82............79.80..........0.80<br />

28 Norway .............................0.82............79.80..........0.80<br />

30 Sri Lanka ............................0.81............79.10.......... 0.79 l<br />

31 Israel ................................0.81............78.40.......... 0.78<br />

32 Hungary ............................0.80............77.60.......... 0.78<br />

33 Estonia ..............................0.80............76.90..........0.77<br />

34 Sweden .............................0.79............76.20.......... 0.76<br />

35 Bulgaria .............................0.77............74.80.......... 0.75<br />

35 Iran, Islamic Rep. ....................0.77............74.80.......... 0.75 l<br />

37 United Arab Emirates ...............0.76............74.10...........0.74<br />

38 Montenegro ........................0.75............72.60.......... 0.73<br />

38 Tunisia ..............................0.75............72.60.......... 0.73<br />

40 Kazakhstan..........................0.74 ............71.90.......... 0.72<br />

41 Latvia ...............................0.72............71.20.......... 0.71<br />

42 Peru. ................................0.71............70.50.......... 0.71<br />

43 Yemen ..............................0.70............69.70.......... 0.70 l<br />

44 Albania..............................0.70............69.00..........0.69<br />

45 Croatia ..............................0.69............68.30..........0.68<br />

46 Zambia .............................0.69............67.60..........0.68 l<br />

47 Korea, Rep. ..........................0.68............66.10..........0.66<br />

47 Portugal ............................0.68............66.10..........0.66<br />

49 Chile ................................0.66............65.40..........0.65<br />

50 Turkey...............................0.66............64.70..........0.65<br />

51 Mozambique........................0.65........... 64.00..........0.64 l<br />

52 Mexico ..............................0.64............63.30..........0.63<br />

53 Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.64............62.50..........0.63<br />

54 Netherlands.........................0.63............61.80..........0.62<br />

55 Trinidad and Tobago ................0.63............61.10.......... 0.61<br />

56 Madagascar.........................0.62............60.40..........0.60 l<br />

57 Colombia ...........................0.60............59.70..........0.60<br />

58 Slovakia .............................0.60............58.20..........0.58<br />

58 South Africa.........................0.60............58.20..........0.58<br />

60 Oman ...............................0.59............57.50..........0.58<br />

61 Switzerland .........................0.58............56.80..........0.57<br />

62 Bahrain..............................0.58............55.30.......... 0.55<br />

62 Luxembourg ........................0.58............55.30.......... 0.55<br />

64 Bangladesh .........................0.57............54.60.......... 0.55<br />

65 Serbia ...............................0.56............53.90..........0.54<br />

66 Morocco ............................0.55............53.20.......... 0.53<br />

67 Ghana...............................0.54............52.50.......... 0.53<br />

68 Pakistan.............................0.53............51.70.......... 0.52 l<br />

69 Mongolia ...........................0.53............51.00.......... 0.51<br />

70 Lao PDR.............................0.52............50.30..........0.50 l<br />

71 Germany ............................0.52............48.90.......... 0.49<br />

71 Lithuania............................0.52............48.90.......... 0.49<br />

rank country/Economy value Score (0–100) percent rank<br />

73 Ethiopia .............................0.51 ........... 48.20..........0.48<br />

74 Botswana ...........................0.50............47.40.......... 0.47<br />

75 Guyana .............................0.49............46.70.......... 0.47<br />

76 Nepal ...............................0.48........... 46.00..........0.46<br />

77 Moldova, Rep........................0.48............45.30.......... 0.45<br />

78 Thailand ............................0.47........... 44.60.......... 0.45<br />

79 Jordan ..............................0.47............43.80..........0.44<br />

80 Japan ...............................0.46............43.10.......... 0.43<br />

81 Viet Nam ............................0.46............42.40.......... 0.42<br />

82 Paraguay............................0.45............41.70.......... 0.42<br />

83 Burundi .............................0.45............41.00...........0.41 l<br />

84 Senegal .............................0.44............40.20..........0.40<br />

85 Lebanon ............................0.43............39.50..........0.40<br />

86 Fiji...................................0.43............38.80..........0.39<br />

87 Russian Federation..................0.42............38.10..........0.38<br />

88 Uzbekistan..........................0.42............37.40.......... 0.37<br />

89 Nigeria ..............................0.41 ............36.60.......... 0.37<br />

90 Malaysia.............................0.40............35.90..........0.36<br />

91 Gambia .............................0.38............35.20.......... 0.35<br />

92 Poland ..............................0.37............34.50.......... 0.35<br />

93 Costa Rica...........................0.37............33.80..........0.34<br />

94 Mali . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.36............33.00.......... 0.33<br />

95 Burkina Faso ........................0.36............31.60.......... 0.32<br />

95 Ukraine .............................0.36............31.60.......... 0.32<br />

97 Nicaragua...........................0.34............30.90.......... 0.31<br />

98 Tanzania, United Rep. ...............0.34............30.20..........0.30<br />

99 Sudan...............................0.33............29.40..........0.29<br />

100 Qatar................................0.32............28.70..........0.29<br />

101 Brazil ................................0.32............28.00..........0.28<br />

102 Namibia.............................0.31 ............27.30..........0.27<br />

103 Austria ..............................0.31 ............26.60..........0.27<br />

104 Kenya ...............................0.30............25.80..........0.26<br />

105 El Salvador ..........................0.30............25.10..........0.25<br />

106 Czech Republic .....................0.29............24.40.......... 0.24<br />

107 Cameroon ..........................0.29............23.70.......... 0.24<br />

108 Malawi ..............................0.28............23.00..........0.23<br />

109 Syrian Arab Rep......................0.27............22.30..........0.22<br />

110 Brunei Darussalam ..................0.27............21.50..........0.22<br />

111 Uganda .............................0.26............20.80.......... 0.21<br />

112 Tajikistan ............................0.25............20.10..........0.20<br />

113 Dominican Republic ................0.25............19.40...........0.19<br />

114 Uruguay ............................0.24............18.70...........0.19<br />

115 Lesotho .............................0.24............17.90...........0.18<br />

116 Kuwait ..............................0.23............17.20...........0.17<br />

117 Zimbabwe ..........................0.23............16.50...........0.17<br />

118 Argentina ...........................0.22............15.80...........0.16<br />

119 Venezuela, Bolivarian Rep. ..........0.21............15.10...........0.15<br />

120 Honduras ...........................0.20............14.30...........0.14<br />

121 Belize ...............................0.20............13.60...........0.14<br />

122 Spain................................0.19 ............12.90...........0.13<br />

123 Greece ..............................0.19 ............12.20...........0.12<br />

124 Algeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.18 ............10.70...........0.11<br />

124 China ...............................0.18 ............10.70...........0.11<br />

126 Gabon ..............................0.16 ............10.00...........0.10<br />

127 Philippines ..........................0.15 .............9.30..........0.09<br />

128 Indonesia ...........................0.15 .............8.60..........0.09<br />

129 Swaziland ...........................0.14 .............7.90..........0.08<br />

130 Benin ...............................0.14 .............7.10.......... 0.07<br />

131 Niger................................0.13 .............6.40..........0.06<br />

132 Ecuador .............................0.13 .............5.70..........0.06<br />

133 Bosnia and Herzegovina ............0.12 .............5.00..........0.05<br />

134 Guatemala ..........................0.11 .............4.30..........0.04<br />

135 Angola ..............................0.10 .............3.50..........0.04<br />

136 India ................................0.09.............2.80.......... 0.03<br />

137 Bolivia, Plurinational St. .............0.09.............2.10.......... 0.02<br />

138 Togo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.08.............1.40.......... 0.01<br />

139 Cambodia...........................0.07.............0.70.......... 0.01<br />

140 Côte d’Ivoire ........................0.07.............0.00..........0.00<br />

n/a Malta................................ n/a..............n/a...........n/a<br />

SOURCE: World Bank, Ease of Doing Business <strong>Index</strong> <strong>2012</strong>, Doing Business <strong>2012</strong><br />

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THE GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX <strong>2012</strong> II: Data Tables

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