Doing Business 2019 is the 16th 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 190
economies—from Afghanistan to
Zimbabwe—and over time. Data in Doing Business 2019 are current
as of May 1, 2018. The indicators are
used to analyze economic outcomes
and identify what reforms of business
regulation have worked, where and why.