Doing Business 2016 is the 13th in a series of
annual reports investigating the regulations
that enhance business activity and those
that constrain it. Doing Business presents
quantitative indicators on business regulation
and the protection of property rights that can
be compared across 189 economies—from
Afghanistan to Zimbabwe—and over time. Data in Doing Business 2016 are current as
of June 1, 2015. The indicators are used to
analyze economic outcomes and identify what
reforms of business regulation have worked,
where and why.