Doing Business 2020 Scores — Eight Selected Economies

Source: World Bank — Doing Business 2020 (historical)

Doing Business 2020 Scores — Eight Selected Economies

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Key Findings

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New Zealand leads in Ease of Doing Business Score with 86.80 in 2020.

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Average Ease of Doing Business Score in 2020: 84.71 · median: 84.65.

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Gap in 2020: New Zealand is 1.1× larger than Norway.

About This Dataset

Doing Business 2020 Scores — Eight Selected Economies

This historical chart compares eight selected economies using scores published in the World Bank Doing Business 2020 report. The year label identifies the report edition, not a measurement of conditions in 2024 or today. The selection is not the complete global ranking.

Scores measure the report’s defined business-regulation indicators; they are not percentages of successful businesses or forecasts of investment returns. The source retains one decimal place. New Zealand’s score is 86.8, and Hong Kong’s is 85.3; earlier values on this page were corrected against the published table.

Doing Business was discontinued in September 2021. These figures are retained for historical reference and should not be presented as current regulatory conditions. Consult the source methodology before comparing them with another index or report edition.

Analysis

Among these eight selected economies, New Zealand has the highest score at 86.8, followed by Singapore at 86.2. Denmark and Hong Kong both display 85.3; South Korea and the United States both display 84.0. The range is 4.2 score points, from New Zealand’s 86.8 to Norway’s 82.6. A tie in the rounded score does not establish a tie in the source’s official rank.

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8 categories · 1 year

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Top Value

86.80

New Zealand

Ease of Doing Business Score · 2020

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Ease of Doing Business Score

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2020

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Methodology & source

Data source: World Bank — Doing Business 2020 (historical)
Coverage: 8 entities · 2020 · 8 observations
Measure: Ease of Doing Business Score
Last updated: 12 October 2026
Compiled by: The ANYSTAT team, from the source above

How the figures are calculated

Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2020.

Rankings & Full Data

8 records · Ease of Doing Business Score · ranked by 2020

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#	Category	2020
🥇	New Zealand	86.80
🥈	Singapore	86.20
🥉	Denmark	85.30
4	Hong Kong	85.30
5	South Korea	84
6	United States	84
7	United Kingdom	83.50
8	Norway	82.60

Data Sources & References

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1 https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/969941582081054931-0090022020/original/021920FindingsofDoingBusiness2020ValeriaPerotti.pdf Visit ↗

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ANYSTAT. (2026). Doing Business 2020 Scores — Eight Selected Economies [Data set]. Data: World Bank — Doing Business 2020 (historical). https://anystat.ai/stats/179/countries-ease-of-doing-business-2024

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