Business

Where is it easiest to start a business?

Joe Myers
Writer, Forum Stories

New Zealand has emerged as the economy where it is easiest to start a business, according to the World Bank’s new Doing Business report.

The 2016 report assesses economies on 10 topics including access to electricity, paying taxes and trading across borders. The ease of starting a business measure assesses the paid-in minimum capital requirement, number of procedures and the time and cost for a small- to medium-sized limited liability to start-up and begin formal operation.

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New Zealand tops the chart with a near perfect score of 99.96. This is courtesy of a number of factors, including the requirement of only 1 procedure (the global average is over 7) and total time of only half a day – the global average on this factor is over 20 days.

Macedonia follows New Zealand in second place, just 0.1 behind. Canada completes the top 3, with a score of 98.23.

Eastern European and Eurasian nations feature strongly on the list, including Armenia in 5th, Georgia in 6th, Azerbaijan in 7th and Lithuania in 8th. Jamaica, Hong Kong and Singapore complete the top 10.

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Author: Joe Myers is a Digital Content Producer at Formative Content. 

Image: A man using his mobile phone stands near a glass window/ REUTERS/Yuya Shino

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