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Compare business complexity across 77 jurisdictions worldwide

The Global Business Complexity Index ranks countries based on the complexity of their business environments. A higher score indicates greater complexity in regulatory requirements, tax compliance, corporate governance, and employment regulations.

81-100: Very High61-80: High41-60: Medium21-40: Low0-20: Very Low

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Rank↓	Country	Region	Overall	Regulatory	Tax	Corporate	Employment
1	Greece	EMEA	85	86	84	82	88
2	France	EMEA	83	82	81	80	85
3	Colombia	Americas	81	79	83	78	82
4	Mexico	Americas	79	78	80	76	81
5	Bolivia	Americas	78	76	79	75	80
6	Turkey	EMEA	77	75	78	74	79
7	Brazil	Americas	76	74	77	73	78
8	Italy	EMEA	75	74	76	72	77
9	Peru	Americas	74	72	75	71	76
10	Kazakhstan	EMEA	73	71	74	70	75
11	China's Mainland	APAC	72	75	70	69	73
12	Argentina	Americas	71	70	73	68	72
13	Paraguay	Americas	70	68	72	67	71
14	Belgium	EMEA	69	67	71	66	70
15	Spain	EMEA	68	65	70	65	69
16	Indonesia	APAC	67	65	69	64	68
17	Croatia	EMEA	66	64	68	63	67
18	Poland	EMEA	65	63	67	62	66
19	South Korea	APAC	64	62	66	61	65
20	Romania	EMEA	63	61	65	60	64
21	Chile	Americas	62	60	64	59	63
22	Venezuela	Americas	61	59	63	58	62
23	Hungary	EMEA	60	58	62	57	61
24	Ukraine	EMEA	59	57	61	56	60
25	Portugal	EMEA	58	56	60	55	59
26	Uruguay	Americas	57	55	59	54	58
27	Slovakia	EMEA	56	54	58	53	57
28	Egypt	EMEA	55	53	57	52	56
29	Malaysia	APAC	54	52	56	51	55
30	Ecuador	Americas	53	51	55	50	54
31	Slovenia	EMEA	52	50	54	49	53
32	Austria	EMEA	51	49	53	48	52
33	India	APAC	50	48	52	47	51
34	Philippines	APAC	49	47	51	46	50
35	Russia	EMEA	48	50	50	45	47
36	Germany	EMEA	47	49	49	44	46
37	Saudi Arabia	EMEA	46	48	48	43	45
38	Japan	APAC	45	47	47	42	44
39	Panama	Americas	44	46	46	41	43
40	United Arab Emirates	EMEA	43	45	41	40	42
41	Serbia	EMEA	42	44	44	39	41
42	Sweden	EMEA	41	39	43	38	40
43	Bulgaria	EMEA	40	42	42	37	39
44	Guatemala	Americas	39	41	41	36	38
45	Canada	Americas	38	40	40	35	37
46	Dominican Republic	Americas	37	39	39	34	36
47	Singapore	APAC	36	34	38	33	35
48	Qatar	EMEA	35	37	33	32	34
49	Vietnam	APAC	34	36	36	31	33
50	El Salvador	Americas	33	35	35	30	32
51	Costa Rica	Americas	32	34	34	29	31
52	Taiwan ROC	APAC	31	33	33	28	30
53	Nicaragua	Americas	30	32	32	27	29
54	Thailand	APAC	29	31	31	26	28
55	Finland	EMEA	28	30	30	25	27
56	Switzerland	EMEA	27	29	29	24	26
57	South Africa	EMEA	26	28	28	23	25
58	Australia	APAC	25	27	27	22	24
59	Israel	EMEA	24	26	26	21	23
60	Honduras	Americas	23	25	25	20	22
61	Mauritius	EMEA	22	24	20	23	21
62	Cyprus	EMEA	21	23	22	19	20
63	United States of America	Americas	20	22	23	18	19
64	Luxembourg	EMEA	19	21	21	17	18
65	Guernsey	EMEA	18	20	17	19	17
66	Norway	EMEA	17	19	19	16	16
67	Republic of Ireland	EMEA	16	18	18	15	15
68	Malta	EMEA	15	17	16	14	14
69	Czech Republic	EMEA	14	16	15	13	13
70	Jamaica	Americas	13	15	14	12	12
71	British Virgin Islands	Americas	12	14	10	13	11
72	Jersey	EMEA	11	13	9	12	10
73	United Kingdom	EMEA	10	12	11	9	9
74	The Netherlands	EMEA	9	11	12	8	8
75	New Zealand	APAC	8	10	8	7	7
76	Hong Kong SAR	APAC	7	9	7	6	6
77	Denmark	EMEA	6	8	6	5	5
78	Curacao	Americas	5	7	5	4	4
79	Cayman Islands	Americas	4	6	4	3	3

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Understanding the Metrics

Dimension Metrics

Regulatory: Evaluates the complexity of regulatory frameworks, government processes, and administrative requirements.
Tax: Measures the complexity of tax systems, including compliance requirements, reporting burden, and frequency of changes.
Corporate: Assesses the complexity of corporate governance, entity formation, and ongoing compliance obligations.
Employment: Gauges the complexity of labor laws, hiring/termination procedures, and HR compliance requirements.

Trend Indicators

Upward arrow: Indicates increasing complexity compared to the previous year.
Downward arrow: Indicates decreasing complexity compared to the previous year.
Horizontal line: Indicates no significant change in complexity compared to the previous year.

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