Ease of Doing Business Index by Country
Hungary has the highest PIllar 1 Regulatory Framework in 2024 (78.23), followed by Portugal (78.11) and Georgia (77.67). Timor-Leste has the lowest (46.21).
7 sources
- Business Ready - World Bank
- World Bank Group to Discontinue Doing Business Report - World Bank
- Doing Business 2020 - World Bank
- Doing Business 2019 - World Bank
- Doing Business 2018 - World Bank
- The Best and Worst Countries for Business - The Wall Street Journal
- World Bank Group Launches Business Ready Project - World Bank
PIllar 1 Regulatory Framework, 2024
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All 49 ranked
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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Data
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| 1 | Hungary | 78.23 | 69.5 | 70.68 |
| 2 | Portugal | 78.11 | 69.53 | 70.53 |
| 3 | Georgia | 77.67 | 63.33 | 84.75 |
| 4 | Slovakia | 77.29 | 68.17 | 71.14 |
| 5 | Colombia | 76.5 | 66.28 | 66.38 |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 76.33 | 64.03 | 74.82 |
| 7 | Romania | 76.19 | 63.19 | 65.74 |
| 8 | Greece | 75.6 | 64.51 | 58.98 |
| 9 | Mexico | 75.07 | 57.25 | 61.73 |
| 10 | Croatia | 73.48 | 70.24 | 68.31 |
| 11 | Estonia | 72.84 | 73.31 | 80.28 |
| 12 | Montenegro | 72.48 | 48.92 | 71.03 |
| 13 | Hong Kong | 72.4 | 62.64 | 78.52 |
| 14 | Singapore | 72.37 | 70.4 | 87.33 |
| 15 | Costa Rica | 71.41 | 63.58 | 53.66 |
| 16 | Philippines | 70.68 | 50.8 | 57.95 |
| 17 | Rwanda | 70.35 | 67.37 | 81.31 |
| 18 | North Macedonia | 69.95 | 53.56 | 75.81 |
| 19 | Peru | 69.51 | 59.76 | 56.2 |
| 20 | Togo | 69.03 | 49.58 | 64.36 |
| 21 | Morocco | 68.92 | 58.66 | 59.66 |
| 22 | Ivory Coast | 68.16 | 40.34 | 50.31 |
| 23 | New Zealand | 67.45 | 68.91 | 76.39 |
| 23 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 67.45 | 37.81 | 70.05 |
| 25 | Ghana | 66.91 | 47.67 | 54.42 |
| 26 | Vietnam | 66.81 | 53.41 | 72.78 |
| 27 | Botswana | 66.01 | 48.52 | 67.73 |
| 28 | Kyrgyzstan | 65.22 | 41.23 | 74.71 |
| 29 | Tanzania | 65 | 51.56 | 62.15 |
| 30 | Mauritius | 64.55 | 56.28 | 69.79 |
| 31 | Indonesia | 63.98 | 63.44 | 61.31 |
| 32 | Cambodia | 62.94 | 39.14 | 60.66 |
| 33 | Chad | 61.22 | 23.51 | 48.05 |
| 34 | Paraguay | 60.9 | 50.68 | 60.6 |
| 35 | El Salvador | 60.38 | 45.36 | 54.53 |
| 36 | Nepal | 59.34 | 49.29 | 72.21 |
| 37 | Pakistan | 59.1 | 44.97 | 65.9 |
| 38 | Seychelles | 58.85 | 37.21 | 63.57 |
| 39 | Barbados | 58.81 | 46.4 | 66.55 |
| 40 | Madagascar | 57.38 | 31.64 | 52.29 |
| 41 | Samoa | 57.13 | 40.04 | 68.32 |
| 42 | Bangladesh | 56.99 | 41.64 | 70.49 |
| 43 | Lesotho | 54.94 | 37.89 | 66.06 |
| 44 | Sierra Leone | 54.09 | 30.73 | 52.51 |
| 45 | Gambia | 53.37 | 20.11 | 48.44 |
| 46 | Vanuatu | 50.44 | 32.06 | 43.94 |
| 47 | Iran | 49.39 | 21.45 | 46.79 |
| 48 | Palestine | 47.54 | 28.42 | 52.75 |
| 49 | Timor-Leste | 46.21 | 23.8 | 44.83 |
What correlates with PIllar 1 Regulatory Framework (2024)?
Pearson r against 1,488 other country metrics sharing at least 30 countries. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
Places that have a higher PIllar 1 Regulatory Framework tend to score higher on these (or rank better)
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- Government Response (higher is better)Countries that Still Have SlaveryPlotr = +0.73 · very strong · n = 47
- LP Economic QualityLegatum Prosperity IndexA rank: rank 1 is the bestPlotr = −0.71 · very strong · n = 44
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- LP Investment EnvironmentLegatum Prosperity IndexA rank: rank 1 is the bestPlotr = −0.71 · very strong · n = 44
Opposite directions
Places that have a higher PIllar 1 Regulatory Framework tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)
Quick answers
- Which country has the highest PIllar 1 Regulatory Framework?
- Hungary has the highest PIllar 1 Regulatory Framework in 2024, at 78.23, followed by Portugal (78.11) and Georgia (77.67).
- Which country has the lowest PIllar 1 Regulatory Framework?
- Timor-Leste has the lowest PIllar 1 Regulatory Framework in 2024, at 46.21.
- What is the median PIllar 1 Regulatory Framework across countries?
- The median is 66.91 across the 49 countries with data in 2024.
- Where does this ease of doing business index by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Business Ready - World Bank; World Bank Group to Discontinue Doing Business Report - World Bank; Doing Business 2020 - World Bank; Doing Business 2019 - World Bank.
















































