via World Bank Data Blog



Doing Business 2017 finds that 137 economies worldwide implemented 283 business regulatory reforms last year. This represents an increase of more than 20% over the previous year. Areas of reform include starting a business, paying taxes, getting credit and registering property.



In 2017 the 10 top ranked easiest places to do business are:

1 New Zealand

2 Singapore

3 Denmark

4 Hong Kong SAR, China

5 Korea, Rep

6 Norway

7 United Kingdom

8 United States

9 Sweden

10 Macedonia, FYR

