The United States is ranked 6 among 190 economies in the ease of doing business, according to the latest World Bank annual ratings. The rank of the United States improved to 6 in 2019 from 8 in 2018. source: World Bank

Ease of Doing Business in the United States averaged 5.75 from 2008 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 8 in 2016 and a record low of 4 in 2009. This page includes a chart with historical data for Ease of Doing Business in the United States. Ease of Doing Business in United States - values, historical data and charts - was last updated on August of 2021.

Ease of Doing Business in the United States is expected to reach 6.00 by the end of 2020, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Ease of Doing Business in United States is projected to trend around 6.00 in 2021, according to our econometric models.

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Ease of Doing Business in United States

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
6.00 8.00 8.00 4.00 2008 - 2019 Yearly

United States Business Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Services PMI 59.80 64.60 70.40 26.70 points [+]
Business Confidence 59.50 60.60 77.50 29.40 points [+]
Manufacturing PMI 63.40 62.10 63.40 36.10 points [+]
Non Manufacturing PMI 60.10 64.00 64.00 37.80 points [+]
Composite PMI 59.70 63.70 68.70 27.00 points [+]
Industrial Production 9.80 16.10 62.00 -33.70 percent [+]
Industrial Production Mom 0.40 0.70 16.60 -13.60 percent [+]
Manufacturing Production 9.80 17.90 67.90 -39.40 percent [+]
Capacity Utilization 75.40 75.10 89.40 63.40 percent [+]
Durable Goods Orders 0.80 3.20 23.50 -19.00 percent [+]
Durable Goods Orders Ex Defense 1.00 2.80 25.50 -19.70 percent [+]
Durable Goods Orders Ex Transportation 0.30 0.50 7.50 -7.40 percent [+]
Factory Orders Ex Transportation 1.40 1.00 6.10 -8.70 percent [+]
New Orders 495536.00 485156.00 551446.00 223500.00 USD Million [+]
Factory Orders 1.50 2.30 12.20 -13.00 percent [+]
Business Inventories 0.50 0.10 1.30 -2.20 percent [+]
Changes in Inventories -165.86 -88.28 177.30 -252.76 USD Billion [+]
Wholesale Inventories 0.80 1.30 2.10 -1.90 percent [+]
Bankruptcies 19911.00 21655.00 82446.00 19695.00 Companies [+]
Corporate Profits 1983.80 1951.40 2018.50 14.67 USD Billion [+]
NFIB Business Optimism Index 102.50 99.60 108.80 80.10 points [+]
NY Empire State Manufacturing Index 43.00 17.40 43.00 -78.20 points [+]
Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index 21.90 30.70 58.50 -57.90 points [+]
Chicago Fed National Activity Index 0.09 0.26 5.88 -17.71 [+]
Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index 27.30 31.10 48.00 -72.20 points [+]
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index 27.00 26.00 28.00 -45.00 points [+]
Chicago PMI 73.40 66.10 81.00 20.70 points [+]
Total Vehicle Sales 15.36 16.99 21.77 8.60 Million [+]
Car Production 1.41 1.58 9.92 0.01 Million Units [+]
Car Registrations 405.23 386.98 1149.00 182.77 Thousand [+]
Crude Oil Stocks Change -4.09 2.11 21.56 -15.22 BBL/1Million [+]
Natural Gas Stocks Change 36.00 49.00 147.00 -359.00 Billion cf [+]
Gasoline Stocks Change -2253.00 -121.00 11456.00 -13624.00 Thousand Barrels [+]
Leading Economic Index 127.77 127.21 130.65 45.47 points [+]
Internet Speed 18747.58 17235.62 18747.58 3609.31 KBps [+]
IP Addresses 128949703.00 127873899.00 146874246.00 89399946.00 IP [+]
Crude Oil Rigs 385.00 387.00 1609.00 98.00 [+]
API Crude Oil Stock Change -4.73 0.81 14.30 -12.40 BBL/1Million [+]
Steel Production 7100.00 7200.00 11951.00 3799.00 Thousand Tonnes [+]
API Crude Runs 0.18 -0.20 1.45 -2.23 BBL/1Million [+]
API Cushing Number -0.13 -3.57 6.80 -5.04 BBL/1Million [+]
API Distillate Stocks -1.88 -1.23 10.24 -9.05 BBL/1Million [+]
API Gasoline Stocks -6.23 3.31 9.45 -9.93 BBL/1Million [+]
API Heating Oil 0.37 -0.45 1.90 -1.62 BBL/1Million [+]
API Product Imports 0.14 -0.07 1.01 -0.72 BBL/1Million [+]
API Crude Imports 0.16 0.76 1.99 -1.47 BBL/1Million [+]
Cushing Crude Oil Stocks -1268.00 -1347.00 6417.00 -5587.00 Thousand Barrels [+]
Corruption Index 67.00 69.00 78.00 67.00 Points [+]
Corruption Rank 25.00 23.00 25.00 14.00 [+]
Crude Oil Imports -616.00 2438.00 2702.00 -2746.00 Thousand Barrels [+]
Competitiveness Index 83.67 85.64 85.64 5.42 Points [+]
Competitiveness Rank 2.00 1.00 7.00 1.00 [+]
Distillate Fuel Production -163.00 -24.00 806.00 -953.00 Thousand Barrels [+]
Distillate Stocks -3088.00 -1349.00 11205.00 -13011.00 Thousand Barrels [+]
Ease of Doing Business 6.00 8.00 8.00 4.00 [+]
Gasoline Production 649.00 -728.00 1373.00 -1638.00 Thousand Barrels [+]
Refinery Crude Runs -132.00 -86.00 2407.00 -3253.00 Thousand Barrels [+]
Lmi Inventory Costs 88.80 89.40 89.40 59.50 points [+]
Lmi Logistics Managers Index Current 74.50 75.00 75.00 51.31 points [+]
Lmi Logistics Managers Index Future 71.70 69.70 73.00 57.50 points [+]
Lmi Transportation Prices 91.00 87.30 95.81 37.66 points [+]
Lmi Warehouse Prices 88.00 85.40 88.00 58.97 points [+]
Mining Production 17.80 17.00 108.20 -28.80 percent [+]
Kansas Fed Manufacturing Index 41.00 30.00 41.00 -62.00 points [+]
Grain Stocks Corn 4.11 7.70 12.52 1.73 Billion Bushels [+]
Grain Stocks Soy 0.77 1.56 3.74 0.09 Billion Bushels [+]
Grain Stocks Wheat 0.84 1.31 2.53 0.72 Billion Bushels [+]
Heating Oil Stocks 108.00 587.00 94208.00 -92090.00 Thousand Barrels [+]


Ease of Doing Business in United States
The Ease of doing business index ranks countries against each other based on how the regulatory environment is conducive to business operationstronger protections of property rights. Economies with a high rank (1 to 20) have simpler and more friendly regulations for businesses.