Doing Business 2020 is the 17th in a
series of annual studies investigating
the regulations that enhance
business activity and those that
constrain it. Doing Business presents
quantitative indicators on business
regulations and the protection
of property rights that can be
compared across 190 economies—
from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe—and
over time. Data in Doing Business 2020 are
current as of May 1, 2019. The
indicators are used to analyze
economic outcomes and identify
what reforms of business regulation
have worked, where and why.