Overall Trade Fiscal Government Monetary Foreign Banking/ Wages/ Property Regulation Black    
rank country year Score Burden Intervention Policy Investment Finance Prices Rights Market inc incyr
1 Hong Kong  2003 1.45 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1.5 23709 2000
2 Singapore  2003 1.5 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 22959 1988
3 Luxembourg  2003 1.7 2 4 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 43372 ...
4 New Zealand  2003 1.7 2 4 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 13441 2000
5 Ireland  2003 1.75 2 3 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1.5 25066 1999
6 Denmark  2003 1.8 2 4.5 3.5 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 30141 2000
7 Estonia  2003 1.8 1 3.5 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2.5 3569 1999
8 United States  2003 1.8 2 3.5 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1.5 34637 1995
9 Australia  2003 1.85 2 3.5 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 20298 1991
10 United Kingdom  2003 1.85 2 4 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1.5 24058 ...
11 Finland  2003 1.9 2 4 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 23377 2000
12 Iceland  2003 1.9 2 3 2 2 2 3 1 1 2 1 30681 1990
13 Sweden  2003 1.9 2 4.5 2.5 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 25903 1996
14 The Netherlands  2003 1.9 2 4 2 2 1 1 2 1 3 1 988 2000
15 Switzerland  2003 1.95 2 3.5 3 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 33394 1999
16 Bahrain  2003 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 3 1 2 2 9939 2000
17 Chile  2003 2 2 2.5 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 1.5 4669 1990
18 Canada  2003 2.05 2 4 2.5 1 3 2 2 1 2 1 22778 1991
19 Austria  2003 2.1 2 4.5 2 1 2 2 2 1 3 1.5 23357 2000
20 Belgium  2003 2.1 2 5 2 1 1 2 2 1 3 2 22323 1995-96
21 Germany  2003 2.1 2 4.5 2 1 1 3 2 1 3 1.5 22753 ...
22 Cyprus  2003 2.15 2 3.5 3 1 3 2 2 1 2 2 11231 1988
23 The Bahamas  2003 2.15 5 1.5 2 1 3 2 3 1 1 2 14147 1998
24 Barbados  2003 2.2 3 4 2 1 3 2 2 1 2 2 9721 1998
25 United Arab Emirates  2003 2.2 2 2 3 1 3 3 2 2 3 1 20457 ...
26 El Salvador  2003 2.25 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3.5 2103 1998
27 Norway  2003 2.3 2 4 3 1 3 3 2 1 3 1 36198 2000
28 Taiwan 2003 2.3 2 3 2.5 1 3 2 2 2 3 2.5 18000  
29 Italy  2003 2.35 2 5 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 2.5 18653 1987
30 Lithuania  2003 2.35 2 3.5 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3039 ...
31 Spain  2003 2.35 2 4 2.5 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 14054 1986
32 Portugal  2003 2.4 2 4 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 10603 2000
33 Israel  2003 2.45 2 5 3 1 2 3 2 2 3 1.5 19521 1996
34 Latvia  2003 2.45 2 4 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 3.5 2952 1995
35 Botswana  2003 2.5 2 3.5 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2.5 3225 ...
36 Cambodia  2003 2.5 2 2 1 1 3 2 3 4 4 3 237 2000
37 Czech Republic  2003 2.5 3 4.5 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 3.5 4942 1998
38 Japan  2003 2.5 2 4 3 1 3 3 2 2 3 2 37494 2000
39 Uruguay  2003 2.5 3 3.5 2.5 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 6009 2000
40 France  2003 2.55 2 4.5 3 1 3 3 2 2 3 2 21848 1999
41 Kuwait  2003 2.55 2 2.5 3 1 4 3 3 2 3 2 19871 1990
42 Thailand  2003 2.55 4 2.5 1.5 1 3 3 2 2 3 3.5 1945 2000
43 Trinidad and Tobago  2003 2.6 4 3.5 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2.5 6239 1999
44 Armenia  2003 2.65 1 2.5 3 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 506 ...
45 Bolivia  2003 2.65 3 3 2 1 1 2 2 4 4 4.5 995 1992
46 Costa Rica  2003 2.65 2 3 2.5 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 3964 ...
47 Hungary  2003 2.65 3 4 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 2.5 4649 1992-93
48 Madagascar  2003 2.65 2 2.5 1 3 3 3 2 3 3 4 249 ...
49 Panama  2003 2.65 3 4 3 1 2 1 2 4 3 3.5 3508 1993
50 Qatar  2003 2.65 3 2.5 3 1 3 3 2 3 4 2 29100 2000
51 South Africa  2003 2.65 3 4.5 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2954 1999
52 Malta  2003 2.7 3 4 3 1 3 3 3 1 2 4 9069 2000
53 Namibia  2003 2.7 3 4 3.5 3 2 2 2 2 3 2.5 1981 1999
54 SOUTH Korea 2003 2.7 3 3 4 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 9782  
55 Belize  2003 2.75 4 3.5 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 3 3345 1997
56 Greece  2003 2.8 2 4 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 10680 2000
57 Guatemala  2003 2.8 3 2 1 3 3 2 2 4 4 4 1659 2000
58 Jamaica  2003 2.8 4 4 3 3 1 2 2 3 3 3 2801 1999
59 Mexico  2003 2.8 2 3.5 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3.5 5805 1990
60 Oman  2003 2.8 3 3 4 1 3 3 3 3 3 2 7811 1988
61 Peru  2003 2.8 4 2.5 3 1 2 2 2 4 4 3.5 2085 1999
62 Jordan  2003 2.85 5 3.5 4 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 1556 2000
63 Slovenia  2003 2.85 4 4 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 2.5 9118 1988-89
64 The Philippines  2003 2.85 2 2.5 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 988 2000
65 Uganda  2003 2.85 3 3 2 1 3 3 2 3 4 4.5 257 1999
66 Poland  2003 2.9 3 4.5 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 3.5 4082 1994
67 Slovak Republic  2003 2.9 3 4.5 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 3.5 3570 1989
68 Argentina  2003 2.95 4 3 2 1 3 4 2 4 3 3.5 7678 ...
69 Morocco  2003 2.95 5 4 2.5 1 2 3 2 4 3 3 1101 1985-89
70 Saudi Arabia  2003 2.95 4 2.5 4 1 3 4 2 3 3 3 8309 1991
71 Tunisia  2003 2.95 5 4 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 2.5 2058 ...
72 Brazil  2003 3 4 2.5 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3.5 3484 2000
73 Colombia  2003 3 4 3.5 3 3 2 2 2 4 3 3.5 1930 2000
74 Malaysia  2003 3 3 3 3 1 4 4 3 3 3 3 4035 1999
75 Mali  2003 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 5 230 1998
76 Mauritius  2003 3 5 3 3 2 3 2 4 2 3 3 3886 1988
77 Mongolia  2003 3 2 4.5 2.5 3 3 3 2 3 4 3 391 2000
78 Nicaragua  2003 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 4 4 4 478 2000
79 Swaziland  2003 3 2 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 1507 1999
80 Central African Republic  2003 3.05 5 2.5 3 1 2 3 3 3 4 4 241 ...
81 Honduras  2003 3.05 3 2.5 3 3 3 3 2 3 4 4 919 ...
82 Senegal  2003 3.05 4 2.5 3 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 468 1999
83 Sri Lanka  2003 3.05 3 3.5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 854 ...
84 Dominican Republic  2003 3.1 5 1.5 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 3.5 2982 1998
85 Guinea  2003 3.1 5 3 1 3 3 2 2 4 4 4 397 1997
86 Kenya  2003 3.1 4 3.5 3 1 3 3 2 3 4 4.5 342 2000
87 Mauritania  2003 3.1 4 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 296 1999
88 Cape Verde  2003 3.15 4 4.5 4 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 1299 1999
89 Croatia  2003 3.15 3 4 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 3.5 4089 1996
90 Gabon  2003 3.15 5 4.5 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 3 3988 2000
91 Guyana  2003 3.2 4 4 3 2 3 3 2 3 4 4 846 1998-99
92 Moldova  2003 3.2 2 3.5 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 3.5 299 2000
93 Algeria  2003 3.25 5 3.5 3 2 2 4 3 4 3 3 1663 2000
94 Burkina Faso  2003 3.25 4 3.5 3 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 204 1999
95 Lebanon  2003 3.25 5 3.5 3 1 3 2 2 4 4 5 4788 1989
96 Macedonia  2003 3.25 5 2.5 3 2 3 2 2 4 4 5 1641 2000
97 Mozambique  2003 3.25 4 3.5 3 3 2 2 3 4 4 4 195 ...
98 Djibouti  2003 3.3 4 4 4 1 3 3 2 4 4 4 847 2000
99 Gambia, The  2003 3.3 4 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 4 5 311 1990
100 Indonesia  2003 3.3 3 2.5 3 3 3 4 2 4 4 4.5 723 2000
101 Pakistan  2003 3.3 5 3 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 4 458 1986
102 Paraguay  2003 3.3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 1405 1990
103 Albania  2003 3.35 5 3.5 3 2 2 3 2 4 4 5 1197 ...
104 Azerbaijan  2003 3.35 3 3 3 1 4 4 3 4 4 4.5 655 1997
105 Benin  2003 3.35 4 3.5 3 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 349 1999
106 Bulgaria  2003 3.35 4 4 2 5 3 3 2 3 4 3.5 1508 1996
107 Cameroon  2003 3.35 5 3 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 4.5 626 1991
108 Egypt  2003 3.35 4 5 3 1 3 4 3 3 4 3.5 1355 1997
109 Kyrgyz Republic  2003 3.35 4 2.5 2 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 265 ...
110 Lesotho  2003 3.35 3 4.5 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 448 ...
111 Tanzania  2003 3.35 5 2.5 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 210 ...
112 Chad  2003 3.4 5 4 2 3 3 2 2 4 4 5 112 2000
113 Fiji  2003 3.4 5 4 3 2 4 2 3 4 3 4 2031 ...
114 Georgia  2003 3.4 4 2 2 4 3 3 3 4 4 5 573 1988
115 Ghana  2003 3.4 4 3.5 3 5 3 3 3 3 3 3.5 251 1993
116 Niger  2003 3.4 4 3 3 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 170 1989
117 Ecuador  2003 3.45 4 2.5 2 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 1088 ...
118 Bangladesh  2003 3.5 5 2 3 1 3 4 3 4 5 5 362 2000
119 Ethiopia  2003 3.5 5 3.5 3 1 4 4 3 4 4 3.5 102 ...
120 India  2003 3.5 5 4 3 2 3 4 3 3 4 4 476 2000
121 Kazakhstan  2003 3.5 4 3 2 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 1129 1999
122 Nepal  2003 3.5 5 2 2 2 4 4 3 4 4 5 230 ...
123 Turkey  2003 3.5 3 4.5 3 5 3 3 3 3 4 3.5 2998 1996
124 Venezuela  2003 3.5 4 3 2 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 5017 2000
125 Zambia  2003 3.5 4 4 2 5 3 3 3 3 4 4 336 1989
126 China 2003 3.55 5 3 4 1 4 4 3 4 4 3.5 866 1988
127 Equatorial Guinea  2003 3.6 5 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 2628 1998
128 Haiti  2003 3.6 3 2 2 4 4 3 3 5 5 5 432 ...
129 Togo  2003 3.6 3 3 3 2 4 4 3 4 5 5 306 1989
130 Malawi  2003 3.65 4 4 3 5 3 4 3 3 4 3.5 141 2000
131 Rwanda  2003 3.65 5 2.5 3 2 4 3 3 4 5 5 187 1993
132 Ukraine  2003 3.65 3 4.5 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 639 1989
133 Yemen  2003 3.65 3 4.5 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 5 465 1989
134 Congo 2003 3.7 5 4 3 1 4 4 3 4 4 5 1005 2000
135 Russia  2003 3.7 4 3.5 2.5 5 3 4 3 4 4 4 1726 2000
136 Vietnam  2003 3.7 5 3 3 1 4 4 3 5 5 4 401 1989
137 Romania  2003 3.75 4 4.5 3 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 1635 1986
138 Bosnia and Herzegovina  2003 3.8 2 4 5 2 4 3 3 5 5 5 1074 ...
139 Nigeria  2003 3.85 5 3.5 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 5 244 2000
140 Sierra Leone  2003 3.85 5 3.5 2 3 4 4 2 5 5 5 142 1986
141 Guinea-Bissau  2003 3.9 4 4 2 3 3 5 3 5 5 5 279 1990
142 Suriname  2003 3.95 4 4.5 4 5 3 4 3 3 4 5 1584 2000
143 Syria  2003 3.95 4 4.5 4 1 4 5 4 4 4 5 2721 1986
144 Tajikistan  2003 3.95