According to a recent study, Chile was the country in Latin America and the Caribbean where doing business was the easiest. In 2019, Chile received a score of 72.6 on a scale from 0 to 100, where 100 is the best possible performance in easiness of doing business. Venezuela was deemed the least business friendly country in the region, with a score of 30.2 percent.
Ease of doing business in Latin America as of May 2019, by country
* The source adds the following information: "An economy’s ease of doing business score is reflected on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the lowest and 100 represents the best performance."
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World Bank, & Doing Business. (October 24, 2019). Ease of doing business in Latin America as of May 2019, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1063865/latin-america-ease-doing-business-country/
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