World Development Indicators

Business environment: enterprise surveys
Regulations and tax	Regulations and tax	Permits and licenses	Corruption	Informality	Gender	Finance	Infrastructure	Trade	Workforce
Time spent dealing with the requirements of government regulations	Number of visits or required meetings with tax officials	Time required to obtain operating license	Bribery incidence	Firms competing against unregistered firms	Firms with female top manager	Firms using banks to finance working capital	Value lost due to electrical outages	Average time to clear exports through customs	Firms offering formal training
% of senior management time		days	% of firms	% of firms	% of firms	% of firms	% of sales	days	% of firms

Afghanistan	2014	9.8	1.5	13.7	46.8	41.5	4.7	3.9	0.3	8.1	31.7
Albania	2019	2.3	5.7	10.9	36.1	44.7	18.1	30.4	0.0	1.1	46.2
Algeria	2007	25.1	..	19.3	18.8	66.8	..	28.6	..	14.1	17.3
American Samoa	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Andorra	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Angola	2010	12.2	3.7	34.7	51.3	41.2	13.5	13.4	8.0	5.6	23.5
Antigua and Barbuda	2010	4.5	2.7	2.9	6.9	78.1	17.5	46.3	0.0	6.4	24.9
Argentina	2017	20.5	3.3	88.2	9.3	72.5	8.0	29.6	0.0	6.5	40.2
Armenia	2020	1.8	1.4	7.2	1.4	28.9	19.1	35.7	0.0	12.0	27.5
Aruba	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Australia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Austria	2021	10.7	1.5	96.2	1.3	16.9	18.8	38.7	0.0	2.3	42.6
Azerbaijan	2019	2.7	1.9	13.9	12.1	29.9	16.5	19.4	0.0	2.9	33.9
Bahamas, The	2010	3.9	1.9	17.4	21.0	67.5	33.2	28.5	0.0	9.7	37.1
Bahrain	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bangladesh	2022	13.3	2.8	28.4	23.0	36.5	3.6	38.7	2.0	6.7	6.4
Barbados	2023	5.5	1.8	9.6	0.0	52.7	16.9	21.2	0.0	4.6	9.0
Belarus	2018	13.3	2.8	38.0	4.9	20.3	21.1	31.1	0.0	1.4	31.5
Belgium	2020	10.5	1.5	95.5	4.3	19.2	17.9	54.1	0.0	6.1	57.8
Belize	2010	3.9	2.2	1.9	6.2	58.5	25.5	57.0	0.0	6.2	14.4
Benin	2016	5.7	1.6	23.2	14.5	66.8	25.9	26.0	4.0	17.9	20.0
Bermuda	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bhutan	2015	28.8	1.2	1.2	0.9	7.2	26.3	42.0	0.0	12.7	26.0
Bolivia	2017	15.1	4.3	26.6	9.1	78.9	26.3	38.0	0.0	9.7	49.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2023	9.0	1.3	13.9	3.5	27.5	15.3	34.2	0.0	1.6	24.6
Botswana	2023	7.5	2.6	7.9	6.1	40.5	23.0	20.9	0.0	3.4	34.6
Brazil	2009	14.2	1.8	79.7	11.7	69.7	19.4	52.3	0.0	14.9	42.2
Brunei Darussalam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bulgaria	2023	7.1	2.8	15.9	0.9	29.2	23.5	32.8	0.0	2.6	15.5
Burkina Faso	2009	22.2	2.2	35.8	9.8	75.0	11.3	33.1	0.0	7.8	24.8
Burundi	2014	2.3	1.8	10.1	30.3	51.3	16.3	57.9	0.3	20.6	32.0
Cambodia	2023	6.2	3.6	30.2	27.1	62.7	33.7	12.3	0.0	8.2	10.0
Cameroon	2016	17.9	4.4	35.4	26.7	80.3	22.9	20.2	5.0	6.7	37.6
Canada	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cabo Verde	2009	3.9	2.2	39.2	2.0	44.5	16.7	49.8	0.0	1.3	16.6
Cayman Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Central African Republic	2023	4.6	3.0	2.1	22.6	69.3	10.2	43.5	9.0	1.9	37.5
Chad	2023	1.1	1.9	34.1	34.3	74.8	8.5	2.6	10.0	13.7	21.0
Channel Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chile	2010	9.9	4.7	68.5	1.3	55.8	4.5	55.1	0.0	5.6	57.5
China	2012	0.9	2.1	27.5	11.6	57.7	17.5	22.1	0.0	7.6	79.2
Hong Kong SAR, China	2023	0.0	1.9	3.4	2.6	25.3	43.6	9.8	0.0	13.3	44.4
Macao SAR, China	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Colombia	2023	26.2	1.9	39.3	2.7	44.4	24.6	33.4	0.0	7.0	42.1
Comoros	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Congo, Dem. Rep.	2013	4.7	10.3	24.1	56.5	78.4	10.8	8.7	1.0	6.3	17.0
Congo, Rep.	2009	6.0	3.0	7.0	37.5	69.7	17.2	9.7	3.4	..	37.5
Costa Rica	2023	9.2	2.6	26.8	5.6	61.1	25.3	31.5	0.0	4.2	36.8
Cote d'Ivoire	2023	7.4	1.7	30.9	19.8	76.5	11.6	25.4	2.0	17.8	27.1
Croatia	2023	8.8	1.6	31.8	6.8	31.9	26.2	29.5	0.0	1.1	24.4
Cuba	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Curacao	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cyprus	2019	5.5	2.0	35.3	0.2	44.0	8.2	42.2	0.0	14.1	39.7
Czechia	2019	13.2	2.3	33.1	3.5	24.6	16.1	29.4	0.0	3.8	43.6
Denmark	2020	5.8	1.2	119.9	3.4	29.4	8.3	42.7	0.0	6.1	40.6
Djibouti	2013	5.3	1.4	8.8	11.1	22.2	14.2	25.2	0.0	10.4	21.8
Dominica	2010	1.9	2.2	2.6	5.8	10.7	23.6	37.9	0.0	4.5	18.9
Dominican Republic	2016	7.1	2.1	41.3	12.3	61.1	21.2	45.8	0.0	9.4	23.4
Ecuador	2017	15.6	3.5	29.2	5.9	67.1	22.9	40.2	0.0	9.2	73.7
Egypt, Arab Rep.	2020	0.4	2.6	14.3	4.9	39.1	6.3	4.8	0.0	6.7	7.9
El Salvador	2023	21.0	3.7	18.0	3.1	49.4	25.6	49.0	0.0	3.2	34.9
Equatorial Guinea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Eritrea	2009	0.5	1.7	7.0	0.0	28.2	7.6	5.7	0.0	7.9	26.1
Estonia	2023	4.2	1.3	8.8	0.0	23.8	16.0	28.3	0.0	3.7	42.2
Ethiopia	2015	11.9	3.7	5.4	26.8	23.1	4.5	16.4	0.0	7.7	20.8
Faroe Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fiji	2009	4.4	2.2	6.5	10.5	39.6	..	50.7	0.0	12.5	61.0
Finland	2020	7.1	1.4	34.3	2.8	22.5	12.9	42.0	0.0	6.4	50.2
France	2021	20.7	1.2	110.1	1.6	25.5	19.9	34.3	0.0	10.4	67.9
French Polynesia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gabon	2009	2.8	18.8	12.1	23.2	76.0	11.5	8.5	0.0	4.7	30.9
Gambia, The	2023	3.2	2.0	16.0	20.1	70.5	8.2	15.0	0.1	10.9	20.4
Georgia	2023	3.1	2.0	7.2	1.0	37.9	21.0	34.1	0.0	3.9	31.4
Germany	2021	9.2	1.3	122.3	2.2	16.2	14.2	35.2	0.0	4.1	44.1
Ghana	2023	6.9	2.7	17.3	17.0	55.7	19.8	26.0	0.0	7.5	49.8
Greece	2023	6.4	1.5	64.3	5.5	14.0	15.6	21.0	0.0	2.4	13.7
Greenland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Grenada	2010	7.7	3.3	22.2	6.6	72.5	24.0	50.3	0.0	7.3	46.2
Guam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guatemala	2017	9.1	3.8	37.5	2.8	77.1	18.5	30.0	0.0	4.5	55.7
Guinea	2016	3.9	2.9	14.5	7.9	75.7	5.8	11.4	1.0	4.0	16.0
Guinea-Bissau	2006	2.9	3.9	30.4	27.6	53.7	..	1.1	0.0	6.5	12.4
Guyana	2010	11.5	5.2	22.4	14.9	59.8	17.7	59.3	0.0	11.7	63.0
Haiti	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Honduras	2016	9.4	2.1	48.9	8.7	72.5	28.0	38.1	0.0	3.8	47.7
Hungary	2023	3.6	1.6	32.5	1.2	37.9	18.1	24.9	0.0	2.5	28.1
Iceland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
India	2022	12.6	1.8	23.8	27.2	32.7	6.8	33.9	0.0	17.3	7.7
Indonesia	2023	1.3	1.7	4.6	20.3	55.6	31.8	23.5	0.0	8.3	8.4
Iran, Islamic Rep.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Iraq	2022	2.8	1.4	20.3	50.5	44.0	1.6	2.1	0.0	8.1	16.8
Ireland	2020	13.9	1.4	15.4	0.4	35.8	15.1	24.4	0.0	3.3	59.8
Isle of Man	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Israel	2013	4.3	1.1	192.9	0.1	17.4	10.1	34.3	0.0	5.3	18.6
Italy	2019	8.9	1.3	32.7	11.8	22.2	15.3	27.8	0.0	5.5	12.6
Jamaica	2010	1.7	1.6	9.3	19.3	66.4	24.1	53.1	0.0	8.2	25.9
Japan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Jordan	2019	0.4	1.7	2.8	2.5	48.6	3.1	20.0	0.0	4.7	16.9
Kazakhstan	2019	4.3	2.3	26.0	11.6	39.2	26.0	13.2	0.0	9.0	21.8
Kenya	2018	8.6	2.7	11.4	23.9	68.8	18.1	36.2	1.0	9.7	37.4
Kiribati	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Korea, Rep.	2005	0.1	..	..	..	..	..	41.2	..	7.2	39.5
Kosovo	2019	10.4	2.6	19.4	3.2	18.7	2.7	53.1	0.0	2.8	20.4
Kuwait	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Kyrgyz Republic	2023	8.4	2.0	30.6	31.4	47.0	21.7	18.5	0.0	2.8	24.1
Lao PDR	2018	0.8	2.8	27.0	40.3	39.9	43.1	23.1	0.0	7.2	24.4
Latvia	2019	26.8	1.6	18.1	2.0	37.4	32.6	26.5	0.0	2.1	52.9
Lebanon	2019	2.4	1.6	7.3	21.8	56.3	5.9	44.5	0.0	12.3	20.8
Lesotho	2023	7.3	1.7	15.0	7.3	55.4	30.0	15.8	0.2	13.9	33.1
Liberia	2017	5.4	4.9	10.4	56.1	68.7	20.4	20.1	0.0	10.0	22.8
Libya	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Liechtenstein	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lithuania	2019	6.2	1.4	14.8	0.2	47.3	30.7	20.9	0.0	4.0	27.5
Luxembourg	2020	9.6	1.2	87.8	0.0	14.0	7.4	30.3	0.0	3.8	66.1
North Macedonia	2023	5.8	2.2	30.9	9.6	56.6	16.4	34.2	0.0	1.1	44.3
Madagascar	2022	3.3	1.2	12.0	19.2	46.0	37.3	12.5	0.0	19.7	10.5
Malawi	2014	5.0	2.8	19.0	24.2	71.7	14.2	29.2	0.0	10.1	32.9
Malaysia	2019	5.2	1.6	13.5	0.4	29.6	33.2	32.1	0.0	4.6	24.0
Maldives	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mali	2016	27.5	2.9	44.2	33.7	79.5	11.6	51.7	2.0	16.5	17.7
Malta	2019	8.3	1.7	98.8	2.4	26.8	11.3	61.8	0.0	3.5	49.9
Marshall Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mauritania	2014	17.2	2.4	64.6	28.9	78.5	4.5	29.4	0.0	26.0	52.7
Mauritius	2023	6.2	1.9	37.2	5.7	40.8	18.1	47.7	0.0	7.1	47.0
Mexico	2023	15.8	1.4	18.0	15.8	21.5	15.7	44.9	0.0	20.5	37.8
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	2009	12.4	2.3	7.3	4.5	41.1	..	19.4	0.0	17.5	58.3
Moldova	2019	9.8	2.4	11.1	11.9	41.0	18.6	23.4	0.0	2.3	38.1
Monaco	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mongolia	2019	18.5	2.5	42.0	24.7	22.3	38.9	37.5	0.0	4.6	66.2
Montenegro	2023	7.9	3.4	13.4	8.0	44.3	13.5	36.8	0.0	1.3	25.6
Morocco	2023	0.6	1.2	12.8	29.6	55.4	5.4	28.9	0.0	3.5	8.8
Mozambique	2018	6.5	2.7	24.9	21.1	58.0	15.6	9.0	0.0	39.3	20.7
Myanmar	2016	0.8	1.8	39.2	29.3	31.5	41.1	11.2	0.0	10.2	5.9
Namibia	2014	3.1	2.0	24.4	9.1	41.7	27.4	11.8	0.0	4.1	25.4
Nepal	2023	7.1	1.8	2.8	6.2	37.7	10.3	39.6	1.0	2.9	14.1
Netherlands	2020	6.3	1.4	77.4	0.3	18.0	13.7	36.3	0.0	3.3	54.1
New Caledonia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
New Zealand	2023	11.1	1.0	43.1	4.0	45.7	20.3	36.1	0.0	25.0	66.0
Nicaragua	2016	11.1	3.7	27.3	6.5	72.9	27.0	30.4	0.0	5.2	57.3
Niger	2017	11.4	3.3	14.0	7.8	85.1	10.6	28.9	0.2	7.4	27.5
Nigeria	2014	7.5	3.7	14.4	28.9	46.2	13.9	16.9	3.0	6.6	30.7
Northern Mariana Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Norway	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Oman	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Pakistan	2022	0.2	2.2	4.5	15.9	44.6	3.4	3.5	0.0	18.6	5.9
Palau	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Panama	2010	33.3	2.1	66.3	7.1	51.4	23.5	9.0	0.0	3.1	11.0
Papua New Guinea	2015	8.8	1.4	20.9	26.4	72.3	13.8	22.9	2.0	9.8	73.7
Paraguay	2023	12.7	2.5	71.1	16.1	54.2	19.1	46.8	0.0	16.7	36.5
Peru	2023	12.3	3.2	118.3	7.6	58.4	22.4	64.5	0.0	8.0	61.4
Philippines	2023	7.2	1.3	9.9	8.3	34.1	43.4	11.6	0.0	27.6	42.2
Poland	2019	7.7	1.5	1.2	2.8	27.4	27.8	43.9	0.0	3.1	21.7
Portugal	2023	13.2	2.0	50.5	7.7	26.4	19.1	24.8	0.0	7.9	39.5
Puerto Rico	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Qatar	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Romania	2023	15.1	1.6	38.3	2.7	11.9	19.0	29.9	0.0	1.7	17.6
Russian Federation	2019	5.6	1.7	22.5	26.8	28.2	24.3	33.4	0.0	15.6	11.8
Rwanda	2023	5.9	5.1	28.5	12.3	41.4	28.1	31.0	0.0	7.3	27.4
Samoa	2023	5.7	2.1	33.7	2.4	53.7	48.0	38.9	0.0	4.4	20.8
San Marino	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sao Tome and Principe	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Saudi Arabia	2022	13.0	3.2	6.7	4.5	19.0	3.0	12.8	0.0	3.7	3.9
Senegal	2014	3.0	2.1	27.8	11.1	76.4	14.1	19.6	0.0	7.1	17.4
Serbia	2019	10.0	2.1	92.8	6.9	49.7	18.2	51.0	0.0	1.6	38.3
Seychelles	2023	18.4	2.0	12.4	6.9	41.6	26.3	28.9	0.0	..	37.6
Sierra Leone	2023	6.6	2.0	17.9	18.0	56.9	13.0	9.0	2.0	5.4	20.8
Singapore	2023	6.8	1.3	17.2	0.6	13.9	21.8	22.7	0.0	4.1	42.9
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Slovak Republic	2023	5.3	1.6	57.9	2.1	22.9	20.4	41.7	0.0	2.4	53.0
Slovenia	2019	7.5	1.7	78.5	1.8	18.2	18.8	41.6	0.0	4.7	44.0
Solomon Islands	2015	9.2	2.0	11.7	43.8	59.7	22.6	35.5	1.0	6.3	42.0
Somalia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
South Africa	2020	9.7	1.0	14.5	1.5	17.1	38.5	9.9	0.0	8.2	7.9
South Sudan	2014	18.0	3.2	9.2	48.0	69.8	9.5	6.0	0.0	..	17.1
Spain	2021	13.4	1.7	78.5	3.5	31.0	17.6	55.2	0.0	7.0	55.2
Sri Lanka	2011	1.7	2.4	16.7	10.0	47.4	8.8	40.6	1.0	7.6	18.4
St. Kitts and Nevis	2010	10.6	2.8	1.9	2.2	65.4	21.1	52.0	0.8	5.8	49.5
St. Lucia	2010	2.2	2.2	1.9	11.6	18.2	23.7	49.2	0.0	4.9	13.6
St. Martin (French part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	2010	4.7	2.2	7.3	4.9	65.0	38.6	52.7	0.0	4.3	45.7
Sudan	2014	4.1	3.3	4.7	17.6	90.5	3.4	2.6	0.0	8.6	9.5
Suriname	2018	4.9	3.1	125.2	12.7	54.6	11.9	44.5	0.0	17.7	34.8
Eswatini	2016	2.0	3.7	5.3	6.7	73.5	27.4	32.0	0.0	4.1	36.1
Sweden	2020	4.4	1.1	34.4	0.0	18.1	14.0	25.0	0.0	2.9	61.9
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Syrian Arab Republic	2009	12.2	..	169.2	69.6	52.6	22.8	16.0	..	5.1	38.3
Tajikistan	2019	10.7	4.3	15.9	11.1	11.8	6.6	12.8	0.0	2.1	24.3
Tanzania	2023	13.6	2.6	11.8	6.9	53.1	17.5	13.7	0.0	6.5	20.0
Thailand	2016	4.8	1.2	2.5	9.9	25.1	64.8	28.9	0.0	1.9	18.0
Timor-Leste	2021	17.2	1.3	22.9	9.8	14.2	32.2	5.3	0.0	6.3	8.1
Togo	2023	2.4	1.7	8.5	2.0	55.3	13.2	36.5	1.0	4.4	37.9
Tonga	2009	6.6	1.3	3.2	24.9	86.8	..	3.0	0.0	2.4	11.1
Trinidad and Tobago	2010	7.9	1.4	28.7	10.5	69.2	20.8	63.8	0.0	5.2	28.0
Tunisia	2020	0.1	1.4	73.5	11.9	60.9	10.4	41.7	0.0	6.7	19.1
Turkiye	2019	5.9	1.5	17.9	1.4	50.2	3.9	34.0	0.0	2.6	30.7
Turkmenistan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Turks and Caicos Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuvalu	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Uganda	2013	6.5	3.9	10.4	22.0	95.2	15.4	21.4	1.0	7.2	34.7
Ukraine	2019	10.8	1.8	21.5	37.4	50.3	17.7	21.5	0.0	3.9	24.3
United Arab Emirates	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
United Kingdom	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
United States	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Uruguay	2017	19.2	2.9	176.0	2.4	67.9	10.6	39.8	0.0	2.1	53.3
Uzbekistan	2019	4.9	2.9	15.7	5.9	21.5	12.4	23.7	0.0	3.7	16.9
Vanuatu	2023	8.1	1.6	16.4	23.5	26.5	39.7	19.5	0.0	..	42.9
Venezuela, RB	2010	27.6	3.8	117.2	10.3	29.8	31.1	27.1	0.0	18.3	56.0
Viet Nam	2023	4.5	1.7	13.2	31.1	37.1	19.4	38.7	0.0	4.0	8.7
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
West Bank and Gaza	2023	4.5	2.8	9.0	1.1	49.8	2.7	16.4	0.0	5.2	11.5
Yemen, Rep.	2013	1.9	4.0	7.0	64.3	43.0	1.6	4.6	10.0	11.3	14.3
Zambia	2019	8.1	3.3	20.0	9.6	65.4	12.9	13.1	10.0	10.8	36.6
Zimbabwe	2016	3.2	3.0	8.1	17.5	73.9	16.3	12.0	0.0	5.9	26.4

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