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	ISO	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003
Country
Afghanistan	AFG	9	9	9	..	..
Albania	ALB	36	39	41	41	41
Algeria	DZA	24	24	24	24	24
Angola	AGO	119	119	119	119	119
Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	21	21	..	..	..
Argentina	ARG	31	31	31	31	67
Armenia	ARM	18	18	19	19	19
Australia	AUS	2	2	2	2	2
Austria	AUT	28	28	28	28	28
Azerbaijan	AZE	30	52	114	122	106
Bangladesh	BGD	74	50	50	50	50
Belarus	BLR	48	69	79	79	79
Belgium	BEL	4	27	34	34	56
Belize	BLZ	44	45	..	..	..
Benin	BEN	31	31	31	31	32
Bhutan	BTN	48	62	62	62	..
Bolivia	BOL	50	50	50	60	60
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	54	54	54	54	59
Botswana	BWA	108	108	108	108	108
Brazil	BRA	152	152	152	152	152
Brunei Darussalam	BRN	116	..	..	..	..
Bulgaria	BGR	32	32	32	32	32
Burkina Faso	BFA	18	34	40	40	40
Burundi	BDI	43	43	43	43	43
Cambodia	KHM	86	86	86	94	94
Cameroon	CMR	37	44	44	44	44
Canada	CAN	3	3	3	3	3
Cape Verde	CPV	52	52	..	..	..
Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	40	45	45	58	62
Central African Rep	CAF	14	14	14	14	14
Chad	TCD	75	75	75	75	75
Chile	CHL	27	27	27	27	27
China	CHN	35	35	48	48	48
Colombia	COL	42	44	43	43	60
Comoros	COM	23	23	..	..	..
Congo	COG	37	37	37	37	37
Congo, Dem Rep	COD	155	155	155	155	188
Costa Rica	CRI	77	77	77	77	77
Croatia	HRV	40	45	49	49	49
Czech Rep	CZE	17	24	40	40	40
Denmark	DNK	6	6	6	7	7
Djibouti	DJI	37	37	..	..	..
Dominica	DMA	19	19	..	..	..
Dominican Rep	DOM	22	72	74	77	77
Ecuador	ECU	65	65	69	92	92
Egypt	EGY	9	19	22	37	37
El Salvador	SLV	26	26	40	115	115
Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	136	136	..	..	..
Eritrea	ERI	84	84	84	..	..
Estonia	EST	7	35	35	72	..
Ethiopia	ETH	16	16	32	32	44
Fiji	FJI	46	46	46	45	..
Finland	FIN	14	14	14	14	31
France	FRA	7	7	7	7	41
Gabon	GAB	58	58	..	..	..
Gambia	GMB	32	27	..	..	..
Georgia	GEO	11	16	21	25	25
Germany	DEU	18	24	24	45	45
Ghana	GHA	42	81	81	85	85
Greece	GRC	38	38	38	38	38
Grenada	GRD	20	20	..	..	..
Guatemala	GTM	26	30	39	39	39
Guinea	GIN	41	41	41	41	41
Guinea-Bissau	GNB	233	233	..	..	..
Guyana	GUY	44	46	46	..	..
Haiti	HTI	202	202	202	202	202
Honduras	HND	21	44	62	62	62
Hong Kong	HKG	11	11	11	11	11
Hungary	HUN	16	38	38	52	52
Iceland	ISL	5	5	5	..	..
India	IND	33	35	71	89	89
Indonesia	IDN	105	97	151	151	168
Iran, Islamic Rep	IRN	47	47	47	48	48
Iraq	IRQ	77	77	77	..	..
Ireland	IRL	13	13	18	18	18
Israel	ISR	34	34	34	34	34
Italy	ITA	13	13	13	13	23
Jamaica	JAM	8	8	8	31	31
Japan	JPN	23	23	31	31	31
Jordan	JOR	14	18	18	28	81
Kazakhstan	KAZ	21	21	25	26	26
Kenya	KEN	44	54	54	47	60
Kiribati	KIR	21	21	21	21	..
Korea, Rep	KOR	17	17	17	17	17
Kuwait	KWT	35	35	35	35	35
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	21	21	21	21	21
Lao People's Dem Rep	LAO	103	163	198	198	198
Latvia	LVA	16	16	16	16	16
Lebanon	LBN	46	46	46	46	46
Lesotho	LSO	73	73	92	92	92
Liberia	LBR	99	..	..	..	..
Lithuania	LTU	26	26	26	26	26
Luxembourg	LUX	26	..	..	..	..
Macedonia, FYR	MKD	15	18	48	48	48
Madagascar	MDG	7	21	38	44	67
Malawi	MWI	37	37	37	37	43
Malaysia	MYS	24	30	30	30	30
Maldives	MDV	9	9	9	9	..
Mali	MLI	26	42	42	42	42
Marshall Islands	MHL	17	17	17	17	..
Mauritania	MRT	65	82	82	82	82
Mauritius	MUS	7	46	46	..	..
Mexico	MEX	27	27	58	58	58
Micronesia, Fed States	FSM	16	16	16	16	..
Moldova, Rep	MDA	23	30	30	30	42
Mongolia	MNG	20	20	20	20	31
Montenegro	MNE	24	24	..	..	..
Morocco	MAR	12	12	12	12	36
Mozambique	MOZ	29	113	153	153	153
Namibia	NAM	99	95	95	85	85
Nepal	NPL	31	31	31	31	31
Netherlands	NLD	10	10	11	11	11
New Zealand	NZL	12	12	12	12	12
Nicaragua	NIC	39	39	39	39	48
Niger	NER	23	24	35	35	35
Nigeria	NGA	34	43	43	44	44
Norway	NOR	10	8	8	18	18
Oman	OMN	34	34	34	34	34
Pakistan	PAK	24	24	24	24	24
Palau	PLW	28	28	24	24	..
Palestinian Territories		92	93	93	..	..
Panama	PAN	19	19	19	19	19
Papua New Guinea	PNG	56	56	56	56	56
Paraguay	PRY	35	74	74	74	74
Peru	PER	72	72	102	98	98
Philippines	PHL	58	58	58	60	60
Poland	POL	31	31	31	31	31
Portugal	PRT	7	8	54	78	78
Puerto Rico	PRI	7	7	7	7	7
Romania	ROU	14	11	11	28	29
Russian Federation	RUS	29	29	34	37	43
Rwanda	RWA	16	16	18	18	18
Saint Kitts and Nevis	KNA	46	46	..	..	..
Samoa	WSM	35	35	35	42	..
Sao Tome & Principe	STP	144	144	144	..	..
Saudi Arabia	SAU	15	39	64	71	71
Senegal	SEN	58	58	58	58	58
Serbia	SRB	23	23	23	56	56
Seychelles	SYC	38	38	..	..	..
Sierra Leone	SLE	26	26	26	26	26
Singapore	SGP	5	6	6	8	8
Slovakia	SVK	25	25	25	52	103
Slovenia	SVN	60	60	60	60	60
Solomon Islands	SLB	57	57	57	57	..
South Africa	ZAF	31	35	35	38	38
Spain	ESP	47	47	47	114	114
Sri Lanka	LKA	39	50	50	50	58
St. Lucia	LCA	40	40	..	..	..
St. Vincent & Grenadines	VCT	12	12	..	..	..
Sudan	SDN	39	39	39	..	..
Suriname	SUR	694	694	..	..	..
Swaziland	SWZ	61	61	..	..	..
Sweden	SWE	15	15	15	15	15
Switzerland	CHE	20	20	20	20	20
Syrian Arab Rep	SYR	43	43	43	43	43
Taiwan	TWN	48	48	48	48	48
Tajikistan	TJK	49	67	..	..	..
Tanzania	TZA	29	30	31	31	31
Thailand	THA	33	33	33	33	33
Timor-Leste	TMP	82	92	92	..	..
Togo	TGO	53	53	53	53	53
Tonga	TON	32	32	32	32	..
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	43	43	..	..	..
Tunisia	TUN	11	11	11	11	11
Turkey	TUR	6	6	6	6	38
Uganda	UGA	28	28	34	34	34
Ukraine	UKR	27	33	34	34	40
United Arab Emirates	ARE	62	62	62	62	62
United Kingdom	GBR	13	13	13	13	13
United States	USA	6	6	6	6	6
Uruguay	URY	44	43	45	45	45
Uzbekistan	UZB	13	29	29	29	29
Vanuatu	VUT	39	39	39	39	..
Venezuela	VEN	141	141	141	141	141
Viet Nam	VNM	50	50	50	56	63
Yemen	YEM	63	63	63	63	72
Zambia	ZMB	33	35	35	35	35
Zimbabwe	ZWE	96	96	96	96	96

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Source

The World Bank Group. 2007. Doing Business Custom Datasets. Washington, DC: The World Bank. Available online at http://www.doingbusiness.org/CustomQuery/.