title: Starting a Business Index
text: # Starting a Business Index
  
  The Starting a Business Index is a sub-index of the World Bank Ease of Doing Business Index.
  
  ## 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".
  
  Djankov is the creator of the annual Doing Business report, once a publication of the World Bank Group. The report was discontinued in 2021.
  
  ## Ranking
  
  Ranking of all nations from 2010 report The 2019 ranking has New Zealand at the top again.
  
  | 2010 Rank | 2009 Rank | Country |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | New Zealand |
  | 2 | 2 | Canada |
  | 3 | 3 | Australia |
  | 4 | 4 | Singapore |
  | 5 | 5 | Georgia |
  | 6 | 13 | Macedonia |
  | 7 | 98 | Belarus |
  | 8 | 6 | United States |
  | 9 | 7 | Ireland |
  | 10 | 8 | Mauritius |
  | 11 | 64 | Rwanda |
  | 12 | 60 | Madagascar |
  | 13 | 31 | Saudi Arabia |
  | 14 | 34 | Kyrgyzstan |
  | 15 | 10 | Puerto Rico |
  | 16 | 9 | United Kingdom |
  | 17 | 11 | Azerbaijan |
  | 18 | 16 | Hong Kong |
  | 19 | 12 | Jamaica |
  | 20 | 131 | Samoa |
  | 21 | 65 | Armenia |
  | 22 | 14 | France |
  | 23 | 24 | Afghanistan |
  | 24 | 43 | Egypt |
  | 25 | 15 | Cyprus |
  | 26 | 42 | Slovenia |
  | 27 | 17 | Panama |
  | 28 | 18 | Denmark |
  | 29 | 119 | Taiwan |
  | 30 | 20 | Finland |
  | 31 | 21 | Belgium |
  | 32 | 22 | Tonga |
  | 33 | 19 | Iceland |
  | 34 | 28 | Israel |
  | 35 | 25 | Norway |
  | 36 | 36 | Saint Lucia |
  | 37 | 23 | Estonia |
  | 38 | 26 | Dominica |
  | 39 | 29 | Hungary |
  | 39 | 27 | Marshall Islands |
  | 41 | 33 | Sri Lanka |
  | 42 | 30 | Romania |
  | 43 | 32 | Sweden |
  | 44 | 118 | United Arab Emirates |
  | 45 | 41 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
  | 46 | 68 | Albania |
  | 47 | 38 | Tunisia |
  | 48 | 73 | Iran |
  | 49 | 37 | Maldives |
  | 50 | 81 | Bulgaria |
  | 51 | 35 | Latvia |
  | 52 | 40 | Grenada |
  | 53 | 133 | North Korea |
  | 53 | 53 | Yemen |
  | 55 | 46 | Thailand |
  | 56 | 44 | Turkey |
  | 57 | 62 | Liberia |
  | 58 | 58 | Sierra Leone |
  | 59 | 47 | Antigua and Barbuda |
  | 60 | 39 | Portugal |
  | 61 | 48 | Bahamas |
  | 62 | 78 | Oman |
  | 63 | 50 | Bahrain |
  | 63 | 80 | Pakistan |
  | 65 | 56 | Trinidad and Tobago |
  | 66 | 49 | Slovakia |
  | 67 | 45 | South Africa |
  | 68 | 57 | Qatar |
  | 69 | 55 | Chile |
  | 70 | 51 | Netherlands |
  | 71 | 52 | Switzerland |
  | 72 | 70 | Luxembourg |
  | 73 | 108 | Serbia |
  | 74 | 82 | Colombia |
  | 75 | 54 | Italy |
  | 76 | 59 | Morocco |
  | 77 | 90 | Moldova |
  | 78 | 61 | Mongolia |
  | 79 | 62 | Micronesia |
  | 80 | 66 | Bhutan |
  | 81 | 69 | Seychelles |
  | 82 | 79 | Kazakhstan |
  | 83 | 83 | Botswana |
  | 84 | 101 | Germany |
  | 85 | 107 | Montenegro |
  | 86 | 74 | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
  | 87 | 75 | Nepal |
  | 88 | 76 | Malaysia |
  | 89 | 85 | Laos |
  | 90 | 114 | Mexico |
  | 91 | 67 | Japan |
  | 92 | 71 | Uzbekistan |
  | 93 | 122 | Ethiopia |
  | 94 | 72 | Zambia |
  | 95 | 87 | Nicaragua |
  | 96 | 143 | Mozambique |
  | 97 | 103 | Guyana |
  | 98 | 93 | Bangladesh |
  | 99 | 77 | Lithuania |
  | 100 | 89 | Paraguay |
  | 101 | 100 | Croatia |
  | 102 | 94 | Senegal |
  | 103 | 84 | Palau |
  | 104 | 92 | Fiji |
  | 104 | 96 | Papua New Guinea |
  | 106 | 88 | Russia |
  | 107 | 86 | Dominican Republic |
  | 108 | 99 | Lebanon |
  | 108 | 95 | Nigeria |
  | 110 | 97 | Vanuatu |
  | 111 | 104 | Solomon Islands |
  | 112 | 117 | Peru |
  | 113 | 91 | Czech Republic |
  | 114 | 102 | Gambia |
  | 115 | 115 | Burkina Faso |
  | 116 | 109 | Vietnam |
  | 117 | 145 | Poland |
  | 118 | 111 | Sudan |
  | 119 | 111 | Kiribati |
  | 120 | 111 | Tanzania |
  | 121 | 105 | El Salvador |
  | 122 | 106 | Austria |
  | 123 | 116 | Namibia |
  | 124 | 110 | Kenya |
  | 125 | 119 | Jordan |
  | 126 | 127 | Brazil |
  | 127 | 123 | Costa Rica |
  | 128 | 124 | Malawi |
  | 129 | 129 | Uganda |
  | 130 | 132 | Burundi |
  | 131 | 128 | Lesotho |
  | 132 | 121 | Uruguay |
  | 133 | 125 | Syria |
  | 134 | 126 | Ukraine |
  | 135 | 136 | Ghana |
  | 136 | 164 | Cape Verde |
  | 137 | 134 | Kuwait |
  | 138 | 135 | Argentina |
  | 139 | 157 | Mali |
  | 140 | 130 | Greece |
  | 140 | 136 | São Tomé and Príncipe |
  | 142 | 141 | Venezuela |
  | 143 | 169 | Tajikistan |
  | 144 | 146 | Honduras |
  | 145 | 144 | Zimbabwe |
  | 146 | 139 | Spain |
  | 147 | 138 | Belize |
  | 148 | 141 | Algeria |
  | 149 | 140 | Mauritania |
  | 150 | 150 | East Timor |
  | 151 | 152 | China |
  | 152 | 147 | Gabon |
  | 153 | 149 | Brunei |
  | 154 | 153 | DR Congo |
  | 155 | 151 | Benin |
  | 156 | 147 | Guatemala |
  | 157 | 161 | Niger |
  | 158 | 154 | Swaziland |
  | 159 | 168 | Central African Republic |
  | 160 | 162 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
  | 161 | 173 | Indonesia |
  | 162 | 155 | Philippines |
  | 163 | 160 | Ecuador |
  | 164 | 156 | Kosovo |
  | 165 | 158 | Angola |
  | 166 | 159 | Congo |
  | 167 | 165 | Bolivia |
  | 168 | 163 | Comoros |
  | 169 | 166 | India |
  | 170 | 181 | Togo |
  | 171 | 172 | Suriname |
  | 172 | 170 | Ivory Coast |
  | 173 | 171 | Cambodia |
  | 174 | 174 | Cameroon |
  | 175 | 177 | Iraq |
  | 176 | 167 | Palestine |
  | 177 | 175 | Djibouti |
  | 178 | 176 | Equatorial Guinea |
  | 179 | 178 | Guinea |
  | 180 | 179 | Haiti |
  | 181 | 180 | Eritrea |
  | 182 | 182 | Chad |
  | 183 | 183 | Guinea-Bissau |
  