by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economics of regulation, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, property rights Tags: British economy, doing business, France, Germany, Italy, World Bank

Figure 1: Starting a business rankings – World Bank Doing Business rankings, OECD countries, 2014

Source: Doing Business – Measuring Business Regulations – World Bank Group.

There is surprising wide range in the World Bank Doing Business ranking of the difficulty and delays in starting a business across the OECD.

Germany is ranked 114 from the world for starting a business. New Zealand is ranked first with the USA, Italy and the UK ranked in the mid 40s in the Doing Business database.