Starting a Business Index

The Starting a Business Index is a sub-index of the World Bank Ease of Doing Business Index.

Authors of the methodology
This methodology was developed by Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-De-Silanes and Andrei Shleifer in a paper, "The Regulation of Entry".

Djankov is the creator of the annual Doing Business report, once a publication of the World Bank Group. The report was discontinued in 2021.

Ranking
Ranking of all nations from 2010 report The 2019 ranking has New Zealand at the top again.