Source: World Bank  

Release: World Development Indicators  

Units:  1=Most Business-friendly Regulations, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Annual

Ease of doing business ranks economies from 1 to 189, with first place being the best. A high ranking (a low numerical rank) means that the regulatory environment is conducive to business operation. The index averages the country's percentile rankings on 10 topics covered in the World Bank's Doing Business. The ranking on each topic is the simple average of the percentile rankings on its component indicators.

World Bank Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).

Source Indicator: IC.BUS.EASE.XQ