Egypt: ease of doing business score 2015-2020

Egypt scored 60.1 points in the ease of doing business, ranking it 114th out of 190 countries in 2020. Compared to the year prior, the country's score incremented by 1.54 points, which indicated an improvement in the business environment in the country. During the period under review, the indicator score dropped in 2016, after which it gradually took a positive trend. Economies scoring higher have regulations that are more friendly and simple, directed towards businesses.

Ease of doing business score in Egypt from 2015 to 2020

Characteristic	Ease of doing business score
2020	60.1
2019	58.56
2018	56.22
2017	56.64
2016	54.43
2015	59.54

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2021

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Region

Egypt

Survey time period

2015 to 2020

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The source adds the following information:
"The Ease of doing business index ranks countries against each other based on how the regulatory environment is conducive to business operation stronger protections of property rights. Economies with a high rank (1 to 20) have simpler and more friendly regulations for businesses."

Data for 2015 is "benchmarked to June 2014 and based on the average of each economy’s distance to frontier (DTF) scores for the 10 topics included in this year’s aggregate ranking. For the economies for which the data cover 2 cities, scores are a population-weighted average for the 2 cities."
Data for 2016 is "benchmarked to June 2015 and based on the average of each economy’s distance to frontier (DTF) scores".
Data for 2017 is " benchmarked to June 2016 and based on the average of each economy’s distance to frontier (DTF) scores".
Data for 2018 is "benchmarked to June 2017 and based on the average of each economy’s distance to frontier (DTF) scores".
Data for 2019 is "The ease of doing business rankings are benchmarked to May 1, 2018, and based on the average of each economy’s ease of doing business scores".
Data for 2020 is "The rankings are benchmarked to May 1, 2019, and based on the average of each economy’s ease of doing business scores".

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