Ease of Doing Business in New Zealand

New Zealand is ranked 1 among 190 economies in the ease of doing business, according to the latest World Bank annual ratings. The rank of New Zealand remained unchanged at 1 in 2018 from 1 in 2017. Ease of Doing Business in New Zealand averaged 2 from 2008 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 3 in 2010 and a record low of 1 in 2015.

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New Zealand Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	-24.10	-37.10	80.90	-76.40	percent	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	53.10	54.80	62.80	36.10		[+]
Industrial Production	-0.30	1.70	17.60	-10.50	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	92.80	93.20	93.60	86.33	percent	[+]
Changes in Inventories	142.00	335.00	769.00	-907.00	NZD Million	[+]
Car Registrations	4319.00	5871.00	6933.00	810.00		[+]
Internet Speed	14708.73	12865.57	14708.73	1998.81	KBps	[+]
IP Addresses	1778178.00	1690601.00	2110050.00	831298.00	IP	[+]
Services Pmi	53.00	53.40	60.90	44.70		[+]
Steel Production	58.01	53.89	89.00	30.94	Thousand Tonnes	[+]
Competitiveness Index	77.51	78.09	78.09	4.91	Points	[+]
Competitiveness Rank	18.00	16.00	25.00	16.00		[+]
Composite Pmi	54.90	53.90	59.50	40.00		[+]
Ease of Doing Business	1.00	1.00	3.00	1.00		[+]
Corruption Index	87.00	89.00	96.00	87.00	Points	[+]
Corruption Rank	2.00	1.00	4.00	1.00		[+]

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 New Zealand. Ease of Doing Business in New Zealand - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	1.00	1.00	3.00	1.00	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