Ease of Doing Business in Australia

Australia is ranked 18 among 190 economies in the ease of doing business, according to the latest World Bank annual ratings. The rank of Australia deteriorated to 18 in 2018 from 14 in 2017. Ease of Doing Business in Australia averaged 12.45 from 2008 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 18 in 2018 and a record low of 9 in 2009.

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Australia Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	0.00	-0.10	21.00	-30.00	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	54.80	51.00	62.50	29.47		[+]
Services PMI	46.50	44.80	63.00	32.50	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	2.80	3.00	12.60	-7.60	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	-0.70	1.70	10.10	-10.90	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	-0.90	-0.60	8.60	-11.80	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	81.12	80.97	84.62	78.24	percent	[+]
New Orders	22.00	34.00	49.00	-37.00	Index Points	[+]
Changes in Inventories	685.00	-9.00	4159.00	-3848.00	AUD Million	[+]
Bankruptcies	718.00	629.00	1123.00	217.00	Companies	[+]
Corporate Profits	90060.00	89305.00	90060.00	12032.00	AUD Million	[+]
Total Vehicle Sales	75550.00	99442.00	130300.00	48099.00		[+]
Car Registrations	14330.43	14078.57	14330.43	3990.94	Thousand	[+]
Leading Economic Index	-0.09	0.28	0.54	-1.10	percent	[+]
Small Business Sentiment	-4.92	-1.60	18.55	-21.17		[+]
Internet Speed	11063.10	10098.33	11063.10	1922.87	KBps	[+]
IP Addresses	9859878.00	9310525.00	13859005.00	5227461.00	IP	[+]
Private Investment	2.00	0.00	15.60	-8.60	percent	[+]
Mining Production	6.50	6.20	25.20	-16.90	percent	[+]
Steel Production	424.24	385.17	819.00	238.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]
Corruption Index	77.00	77.00	88.60	77.00	Points	[+]
Corruption Rank	13.00	13.00	13.00	7.00		[+]
Competitiveness Index	78.85	78.17	78.85	5.08	Points	[+]
Competitiveness Rank	14.00	15.00	22.00	14.00		[+]
Composite Pmi	52.20	50.00	58.30	49.10	Index Points	[+]
Business Inventories	-0.20	-0.10	2.80	-2.80	percent	[+]
Ease of Doing Business	18.00	14.00	18.00	9.00		[+]

The Ease of doing business index ranks countries against each other based on how the regulatory environment is conducive to business operationstronger protections of property rights. Economies with a high rank (1 to 20) have simpler and more friendly regulations for businesses. This page includes a chart with historical data for Ease of Doing Business in Australia. Ease of Doing Business in Australia - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on May of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	18.00	14.00	18.00	9.00	2008 - 2018		Yearly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Singapore	2.00	Dec/18	2	3 : 1
South Korea	5.00	Dec/18	4	23 : 4
United States	8.00	Dec/18	6	8 : 4
United Kingdom	9.00	Dec/18	7	11 : 5
Australia	18.00	Dec/18	14	18 : 9
Canada	22.00	Dec/18	18	22 : 8
Germany	24.00	Dec/18	20	27 : 14
Spain	30.00	Dec/18	28	62 : 28
Russia	31.00	Dec/18	35	124 : 31
France	32.00	Dec/18	31	38 : 26
Netherlands	36.00	Dec/18	32	36 : 25
Switzerland	38.00	Dec/18	33	38 : 19
Japan	39.00	Dec/18	34	39 : 13
Turkey	43.00	Dec/18	60	73 : 43
China	46.00	Dec/18	78	99 : 46
Italy	51.00	Dec/18	46	87 : 44
Mexico	54.00	Dec/18	49	55 : 42
Indonesia	73.00	Dec/18	72	129 : 72
India	77.00	Dec/18	100	139 : 77
South Africa	82.00	Dec/18	82	82 : 32
Saudi Arabia	92.00	Dec/18	92	96 : 10
Brazil	109.00	Dec/18	125	129 : 109
Argentina	119.00	Dec/18	117	124 : 112