Best Countries for Business 2013

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Calculated December 2013


December 2013

Rank Name GDP Growth (%) GDP/Capita ($) Trade Balance as % of GDP Population (mil)

1
Ireland
0.9 44,100 1.7 4.8
2
New Zealand
2.5 38,900 -4 4.4
3
Hong Kong
1.4 36,600 2.4 7.2
4
Denmark
-0.6 56,400 5.9 5.6
5
Sweden
1.2 57,700 7.1 9.1
6
Finland
-0.2 47,500 -1.4 5.3
7
Singapore
1.3 50,600 18.6 5.5
8
Canada
1.8 52,600 -3.3 34.6
9
Norway
3.0 106,100 15.2 4.7
10
Netherlands
-0.9 46,000 10 16.8
11
Australia
3.6 69,300 -3.1 22.3
12
United Kingdom
0.2 38,500 -2.4 63.4
13
Belgium
-0.2 46,400 -1 10.4
14
United States
2.2 49,500 -3.1 316.7
15
Iceland
1.6 43,300 -5.1 0.3
16
Switzerland
1.0 79,100 10.5 8.0
17
Slovenia
-2.3 22,900 0.7 2.0
18
Taiwan
1.3 20,300 8.6 23.3
19
France
0.0 39,600 -2.2 66.0
20
Portugal
-3.2 19,700 -2.8 10.8
21
Luxembourg
0.1 110,200 0.9 0.5
22
Chile
5.5 15,600 -3.6 17.2
23
Estonia
3.2 17,300 2.3 1.3
24
Germany
0.7 41,900 6.1 81.1
25
Lithuania
3.6 12,000 -2.5 3.5
26
Israel
3.1 31,300 -1.1 7.7
27
Cyprus
-2.4 19,900 -8.5 1.2
28
Japan
2.0 46,900 1.4 127.3
29
Mauritius
3.3 8,700 -12.5 1.3
30
Malta
0.8 21,100 -2.5 0.4
31
United Arab Emirates
3.9 65,600 7.5 5.5
32
Austria
0.8 48,500 2 8.2
33
Spain
-1.4 28,500 -1.4 47.4
34
Malaysia
5.6 10,200 7.5 29.6
35
Latvia
5.6 13,000 -1.6 2.2
36
Macedonia
-0.3 4,600 -3.3 2.1
37
Italy
-2.4 32,800 -1.5 61.5
38
South Korea
2.0 23,600 0.3 49.0
39
Poland
2.0 12,700 -3.8 38.4
40
Qatar
6.6 89,800 31.9 2.0
41
South Africa
2.5 7,900 -5.6 48.6
42
Bulgaria
0.8 7,300 1.1 7.0
43
Czech Republic
-1.2 19,300 -1.8 10.2
44
Montenegro
0.0 6,500 -45.3 0.7
45
Croatia
-2.0 12,800 -1 4.5
46
Greece
-6.4 23,100 -6.7 10.8
47
Hungary
-1.7 12,800 1.7 9.9
48
Slovakia
2.0 16,700 0.6 5.5
49
Rwanda
7.7 600 -9.1 12.0
50
Georgia
6.5 3,500 -10.5 4.6
51
Romania
0.3 7,800 -4.4 21.8
52
Uruguay
3.8 14,900 -2.4 3.3
53
Peru
6.3 6,700 -3.6 29.8
54
Mongolia
12.3 3,200 -22.9 3.2
55
Costa Rica
5.0 9,600 -5.7 4.7
56
Saudi Arabia
6.8 27,000 20.6 26.9
57
Turkey
2.6 9,800 -7.5 80.7
58
Oman
5.0 24,200 13.4 3.2
59
Bahrain
3.9 21,100 10.5 1.3
60
Botswana
3.8 8,300 1.3 2.1
61
Panama
10.7 10,200 -11.6 3.6
62
Trinidad and Tobago
0.4 20,600 10.6 1.2
63
Mexico
3.9 10,100 -0.9 116.2
64
Armenia
7.2 3,400 -11.5 3.0
65
Jordan
2.8 4,800 -10.8 6.5
66
Colombia
4.0 8,000 -3.6 45.7
67
Azerbaijan
2.2 7,200 17.9 9.6
68
Zambia
7.3 1,400 -5.1 14.2
69
Ghana
7.0 1,500 -11.7 25.2
70
Kazakhstan
5.0 11,100 6.5 17.7
71
Cape Verde
4.3 3,600 -13.6 0.5
72
Seychelles
2.8 11,300 -17.4 0.1
73
Barbados
0.0 15,600 -7.7 0.3
74
Thailand
6.4 5,400 -0.7 67.4
75
Jamaica
0.1 5,200 -10 2.9
76
Kuwait
5.1 64,300 42.2 2.7
77
Tunisia
3.6 4,200 -7.8 10.8
78
Morocco
3.0 3,000 -8.7 32.6
79
Namibia
4.0 5,600 0.4 2.2
80
Brazil
0.9 11,900 -2.7 201.0
81
Albania
1.3 4,200 -11.4 3.0
82
Bosnia and Herzegovina
-0.7 4,500 -7.9 3.9
83
Sri Lanka
6.4 2,700 -8 21.7
84
Indonesia
6.2 3,500 -2.4 251.2
85
Guyana
3.3 3,800 -11.6 0.7
86
Serbia
-1.8 5,200 -10.4 7.2
87
Lebanon
1.5 10,000 -19 4.1
88
Moldova
-0.8 2,000 -11.5 3.6
89
Madagascar
1.9 400 -22.9 22.6
90
Philippines
6.6 2,400 3.9 105.7
91
Russia
3.4 14,200 4 142.5
92
Paraguay
-1.2 3,900 -4.5 6.6
93
Guatemala
3.0 3,500 -4.1 14.4
94
China
7.8 6,100 2.6 1,349.6
95
Liberia
8.3 400 -33.9 4.0
96
Dominican Republic
3.9 5,800 -7.2 10.2
97
Lesotho
4.0 1,300 -14.5 1.9
98
India
6.5 1,500 -4.4 1,220.8
99
Ukraine
0.2 4,000 -8.2 44.6
100
Kenya
4.7 900 -9.6 44.0

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