SA at 34th place in World Bank`s `ease of doing business` ranking - POLITICS

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa has been placed at 34^th position (out of 183 countries) in the World Bank's easy of doing business rankings 2011. This is down two places from its ranking of 32^nd in the 2010 Doing Business Report. The breakdown of South Africa's ranking in the different components of the index follows below. Below that are the total rankings.

Breakdown of South Africa's rankings:

Topic Rankings	DB 2011 Rank	DB 2010 Rank	Change in Rank
Starting a Business	75	66	-9
Dealing with Construction Permits	52	52	No change
Registering Property	91	87	-4
Getting Credit	2	2	No change
Protecting Investors	10	10	No change
Paying Taxes	24	23	-1
Trading Across Borders	149	148	-1
Enforcing Contracts	85	86	+1
Closing a Business	74	77	+3

Full rankings from 2011 Doing Business report:

Economy	Ease of doing business rank	Starting a business	Dealing with construction permits	Registering Property	Getting credit	Protecting Investors	Paying Taxes	Trading across borders	Enforcing Contracts	Closing a Business
Singapore	1	4	2	15	6	2	4	1	13	2
Hong Kong SAR, China	2	6	1	56	2	3	3	2	2	15
New Zealand	3	1	5	3	2	1	26	28	9	16
United Kingdom	4	17	16	22	2	10	16	15	23	7
United States	5	9	27	12	6	5	62	20	8	14
Denmark	6	27	10	30	15	28	13	5	30	5
Canada	7	3	29	37	32	5	10	41	58	3
Norway	8	33	65	8	46	20	18	9	4	4
Ireland	9	11	38	78	15	5	7	23	37	9
Australia	10	2	63	35	6	59	48	29	16	12
Saudi Arabia	11	13	14	1	46	16	6	18	140	65
Georgia	12	8	7	2	15	20	61	35	41	105
Finland	13	32	55	26	32	59	65	6	11	6
Sweden	14	39	20	15	72	28	39	7	52	18
Iceland	15	29	31	11	32	74	35	79	3	17
Korea, Rep.	16	60	22	74	15	74	49	8	5	13
Estonia	17	37	24	13	32	59	30	4	50	70
Japan	18	98	44	59	15	16	112	24	19	1
Thailand	19	95	12	19	72	12	91	12	25	46
Mauritius	20	12	39	69	89	12	12	22	61	71
Malaysia	21	113	108	60	1	4	23	37	59	55
Germany	22	88	18	67	15	93	88	14	6	35
Lithuania	23	87	59	7	46	93	44	31	17	39
Latvia	24	53	79	57	6	59	59	16	14	80
Belgium	25	31	41	177	46	16	70	44	21	8
France	26	21	19	142	46	74	55	26	7	44
Switzerland	27	80	37	14	15	167	16	43	28	41
Bahrain	28	78	17	29	89	59	14	33	117	26
Israel	29	36	121	147	6	5	82	10	96	40
Netherlands	30	71	105	46	46	109	27	13	29	11
Portugal	31	59	111	31	89	44	73	27	24	21
Austria	32	125	57	33	15	132	104	25	9	20
Taiwan, China	33	24	95	32	72	74	87	17	90	10
South Africa	34	75	52	91	2	10	24	149	85	74
Mexico	35	67	22	105	46	44	107	58	81	23
Peru	36	54	97	24	15	20	86	53	110	96
Cyprus	37	26	75	66	72	93	32	19	104	22
Macedonia, FYR	38	5	136	69	46	20	33	66	65	116
Colombia	39	73	32	55	65	5	118	99	150	29
Colombia	39	73	32	55	65	5	118	99	150	29
United Arab Emirates	40	46	26	4	72	120	5	3	134	143
Slovak Republic	41	68	56	9	15	109	122	102	71	33
Slovenia	42	28	63	97	116	20	80	56	60	38
Chile	43	62	68	45	72	28	46	68	68	91
Kyrgyz Republic	44	14	43	17	15	12	150	156	54	138
Luxembourg	45	77	42	129	116	120	15	32	1	45
Hungary	46	35	86	41	32	120	109	73	22	62
Puerto Rico	47	16	150	127	32	16	108	107	99	25
Armenia	48	22	78	5	46	93	159	82	63	54
Spain	49	147	49	54	46	93	71	54	52	19
Qatar	50	111	30	58	138	93	2	46	95	36
Bulgaria	51	43	119	62	6	44	85	108	87	83
Botswana	52	90	127	44	46	44	21	151	70	27
St. Lucia	53	41	13	77	89	28	45	105	165	52
Azerbaijan	54	15	160	10	46	20	103	177	27	88
Tunisia	55	48	106	64	89	74	58	30	78	37
Romania	56	44	84	92	15	44	151	47	54	102
Oman	57	76	70	21	128	93	8	88	104	72
Rwanda	58	9	82	41	32	28	43	159	39	183
Kazakhstan	59	47	147	28	72	44	39	181	36	48
Vanuatu	60	107	21	108	72	74	19	142	76	50
Samoa	61	20	47	34	128	28	68	94	82	140
Fiji	62	104	58	50	46	44	77	103	63	117
Czech Republic	63	130	76	47	46	93	128	62	78	32
Antigua and Barbuda	64	72	25	123	116	28	132	63	73	66
Turkey	65	63	137	38	72	59	75	76	26	115
Montenegro	66	51	161	116	32	28	139	34	135	47
Ghana	67	99	151	36	46	44	78	89	45	109
Belarus	68	7	44	6	89	109	183	128	12	93
Namibia	69	124	36	136	15	74	99	153	41	53
Poland	70	113	164	86	15	44	121	49	77	81
Tonga	71	30	34	125	116	109	31	60	56	104
Panama	72	23	66	113	32	109	175	11	119	78
Mongolia	73	86	104	27	72	28	66	158	35	119
Kuwait	74	141	91	90	89	28	9	113	114	61
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	75	52	3	138	116	28	55	41	103	183
Zambia	76	57	158	83	6	74	37	150	86	97
Bahamas, the	77	66	107	154	72	109	50	45	120	34
Vietnam	78	100	62	43	15	173	124	63	31	124
China	79	151	181	38	65	93	114	50	15	68
Italy	80	68	92	95	89	59	128	59	157	30
Jamaica	81	18	47	106	89	74	174	104	128	24
Albania	82	45	170	72	15	15	149	75	89	183
Pakistan	83	85	98	126	65	28	145	81	155	67
Croatia	84	56	132	110	65	132	42	98	47	89
Maldives	85	50	9	147	152	74	1	138	92	125
El Salvador	86	129	124	49	46	120	137	65	51	87
St. Kitts and Nevis	87	55	8	160	116	28	98	39	115	183
Dominica	88	38	28	112	72	28	67	90	167	183
Serbia	89	83	176	100	15	74	138	74	94	86
Moldova	90	94	159	18	89	109	106	141	20	92
Dominican Republic	91	137	89	114	72	59	76	40	84	145
Grenada	92	49	15	145	89	28	79	57	161	183
Kiribati	93	123	72	68	138	44	10	83	80	183
Egypt, Arab Rep.	94	18	154	93	72	74	136	21	143	131
Seychelles	95	109	61	62	152	59	38	36	69	183
Solomon Islands	96	112	46	173	89	59	51	86	108	110
Trinidad and Tobago	97	74	85	171	32	20	91	51	169	183
Kenya	98	125	35	129	6	93	162	144	125	85
Belize	99	148	4	134	89	120	69	119	168	28
Guyana	100	90	33	75	152	74	119	78	74	130
Guatemala	101	162	144	23	6	132	116	122	101	94
Sri Lanka	102	34	169	155	72	74	166	72	137	43
Papua New Guinea	103	81	120	85	89	44	101	96	163	108
Ethiopia	104	89	53	109	128	120	47	157	57	82
Yemen, Rep.	105	57	50	53	152	132	146	123	34	90
Paraguay	106	102	71	60	72	59	110	152	107	135
Bangladesh	107	79	116	172	72	20	93	112	179	101
Marshall Islands	108	39	6	183	89	154	90	70	62	127
Greece	109	149	51	153	89	154	74	84	88	49
Bosnia and Herzegovina	110	160	139	103	65	93	127	71	124	73
Jordan	111	127	92	106	128	120	29	77	129	98
Brunei Darussalam	112	133	74	183	116	120	22	52	159	42
Lebanon	113	103	142	111	89	93	36	95	122	122
Morocco	114	82	98	124	89	154	124	80	106	59
Argentina	115	142	168	118	65	109	143	115	45	77
Nepal	116	96	130	25	89	74	123	164	123	107
Nicaragua	117	97	138	142	89	93	158	85	66	75
Swaziland	118	153	40	156	46	120	52	147	170	63
Kosovo	119	163	173	65	32	173	41	130	155	31
Palau	120	105	54	20	183	173	89	121	145	60
Indonesia	121	155	60	98	116	44	130	47	154	142
Uganda	122	137	133	150	46	132	62	148	113	56
Russian Federation	123	108	182	51	89	93	105	162	18	103
Uruguay	124	139	141	159	46	93	155	132	102	57
Costa Rica	125	116	131	52	65	167	155	69	130	114
Mozambique	126	65	155	144	128	44	101	133	132	129
Brazil	127	128	112	122	89	74	152	114	98	132
Tanzania	128	122	179	151	89	93	120	109	32	113
Iran, Islamic Rep.	129	42	143	156	89	167	115	131	49	111
Ecuador	130	158	88	69	89	132	81	126	100	133
Honduras	131	145	73	89	32	167	147	110	175	120
Cape Verde	132	120	89	104	152	132	100	55	38	183
Malawi	133	132	174	81	116	74	25	173	121	126
India	134	165	177	94	32	44	164	100	182	134
West Bank and Gaza	135	173	157	76	168	44	28	111	93	183
Algeria	136	150	113	165	138	74	168	124	127	51
Nigeria	137	110	167	179	89	59	134	146	97	99
Lesotho	138	140	163	146	128	147	64	140	116	69
Tajikistan	139	136	178	87	168	59	165	178	40	64
Madagascar	140	70	110	162	176	59	72	106	153	183
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	141	92	11	183	116	173	83	97	147	154
Bhutan	142	84	123	48	176	132	94	161	33	183
Sierra Leone	143	61	166	169	128	28	159	136	144	149
Syrian Arab Republic	144	134	134	80	168	109	110	120	176	95
Ukraine	145	118	179	164	32	109	181	139	43	150
Gambia, the	146	115	80	121	138	173	176	87	67	121
Cambodia	147	170	146	117	89	74	57	118	142	183
Philippines	148	156	156	102	128	132	124	61	118	153
Bolivia	149	166	98	139	116	132	177	125	136	58
Uzbekistan	150	106	145	135	138	132	154	169	44	112
Burkina Faso	151	119	77	118	152	147	148	175	108	100
Senegal	152	101	117	167	152	167	170	67	148	79
Mali	153	117	87	88	152	147	159	154	133	106
Sudan	154	121	139	40	138	154	94	143	146	183
Liberia	155	64	135	176	138	147	84	116	166	148
Gabon	156	153	67	132	138	154	140	134	148	139
Zimbabwe	157	143	172	82	128	120	131	168	110	156
Djibouti	158	175	125	140	176	179	60	38	160	137
Comoros	159	168	68	99	168	132	96	135	152	183
Togo	160	169	152	158	152	147	157	93	151	84
Suriname	161	171	94	168	138	181	34	101	178	146
Haiti	162	178	122	128	138	167	97	145	91	151
Angola	163	164	128	174	116	59	142	166	181	147
Equatorial Guinea	164	179	109	79	138	147	170	137	72	183
Mauritania	165	152	153	73	152	147	172	163	83	144
Iraq	166	174	102	96	168	120	54	179	141	183
Afghanistan	167	25	149	170	128	183	53	183	162	183
Cameroon	168	131	118	149	138	120	169	155	173	141
Côte d'Ivoire	169	172	165	151	152	154	153	160	126	76
Benin	170	157	125	129	152	154	167	127	177	118
Lao PDR	171	93	115	163	152	182	116	170	110	183
Venezuela, R.B.	172	144	96	101	176	179	178	167	74	152
Niger	173	159	162	84	152	154	144	174	138	136
Timor-Leste	174	167	128	183	182	132	20	91	183	183
Congo, Dem. Rep.	175	146	81	118	168	154	163	172	172	155
Guinea-Bissau	176	183	103	175	152	132	133	117	139	183
Congo, Rep.	177	176	83	133	138	154	180	180	158	128
São Tomé and Principe	178	177	113	161	176	154	135	92	179	183
Guinea	179	181	171	166	168	173	173	129	130	123
Eritrea	180	180	183	178	176	109	113	165	48	183
Burundi	181	135	175	115	168	154	141	176	171	183
Central African Republic	182	161	148	141	138	132	182	182	173	183
Chad	183	182	101	137	152	154	179	171	164	183

Source: http://doingbusiness.org/

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