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.

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 2020. source: World Bank

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
Business Confidence 54.20 52.60 77.50 29.40 points [+]
Manufacturing PMI 50.90 49.80 57.90 36.10 points [+]
Non Manufacturing PMI 58.10 57.10 62.00 37.80 points [+]
Services PMI 50.00 47.90 61.00 26.70 points [+]
Composite Pmi 50.30 47.90 61.00 27.00 points [+]
Industrial Production -10.80 -15.40 62.00 -33.70 percent [+]
Industrial Production Mom 5.40 1.40 16.60 -12.70 percent [+]
Manufacturing Production -11.20 -16.70 67.90 -39.40 percent [+]
Capacity Utilization 68.63 65.09 89.39 64.19 percent [+]
Durable Goods Orders 7.30 15.10 23.20 -18.40 percent [+]
Durable Goods Orders Ex Defense 9.20 15.20 25.50 -19.20 percent [+]
Durable Goods Orders Ex Transportation 3.30 3.60 6.30 -10.20 percent [+]
Factory Orders Ex Transportation 4.40 2.60 4.60 -8.90 percent [+]
New Orders 437213.00 412838.00 551446.00 223500.00 USD Million [+]
Factory Orders 6.20 7.70 10.30 -13.50 percent [+]
Business Inventories -2.30 -1.40 1.30 -2.30 percent [+]
Changes in Inventories -315.50 -80.95 177.30 -315.50 USD Billion [+]
Wholesale Inventories -1.40 -1.20 2.10 -2.00 percent [+]
Bankruptcies 22482.00 23114.00 82446.00 19695.00 Companies [+]
Corporate Profits 1672.33 1908.23 1908.23 14.67 USD Billion [+]
NFIB Business Optimism Index 98.80 100.60 108.80 80.10 points [+]
Ism New York Index 53.50 39.50 88.80 4.30 percent [+]
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index 10.00 0.00 27.00 -53.00 points [+]
Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index 24.10 27.50 58.50 -57.90 points [+]
NY Empire State Manufacturing Index 17.20 -0.20 39.00 -78.20 points [+]
Chicago Fed National Activity Index 4.11 3.50 4.11 -18.09 [+]
Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index -3.00 -6.10 47.80 -74.00 points [+]
Chicago Pmi 51.90 36.60 78.60 21.20 points [+]
Car Production 1.72 0.54 9.92 0.01 Million Units [+]
Car Registrations 265.45 180.56 1149.00 180.56 Thousand [+]
Total Vehicle Sales 14.52 13.05 21.77 8.60 Million [+]
Crude Oil Stocks Change -4.51 -7.37 19.25 -15.22 BBL/1Million [+]
Natural Gas Stocks Change 58.00 33.00 147.00 -359.00 Billion cf [+]
Gasoline Stocks Change -722.00 419.00 11456.00 -8428.00 Thousand Barrels [+]
Leading Economic Index 122.86 117.99 130.19 45.50 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 176.00 180.00 1609.00 98.00 [+]
API Crude Oil Stock Change -4.40 -8.59 14.30 -12.40 BBL/1Million [+]
API Crude Runs 0.08 0.15 1.30 -2.15 BBL/1Million [+]
API Cushing Number 1.07 1.63 6.80 -5.04 BBL/1Million [+]
API Distillate Stocks -2.95 3.82 10.24 -6.67 BBL/1Million [+]
API Gasoline Stocks -1.31 -1.75 9.45 -7.90 BBL/1Million [+]
API Heating Oil -0.43 0.43 1.90 -1.62 BBL/1Million [+]
API Product Imports -0.09 0.32 793.00 -504.00 BBL/1Million [+]
API Crude Imports -0.06 0.12 1701.00 -1472.00 BBL/1Million [+]
Cushing Crude Oil Stocks 1336.00 532.00 6417.00 -5587.00 Thousand Barrels [+]
Corruption Index 69.00 71.00 78.00 69.00 Points [+]
Corruption Rank 23.00 22.00 24.00 14.00 [+]
Crude Oil Imports -713.00 1256.00 2201.00 -2518.00 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 -120.00 126.00 570.00 -699.00 Thousand Barrels [+]
Distillate Stocks -2322.00 1592.00 11205.00 -13011.00 Thousand Barrels [+]
Ease of Doing Business 6.00 8.00 8.00 4.00 [+]
Gasoline Production 300.00 142.00 1082.00 -1638.00 Thousand Barrels [+]
Refinery Crude Runs 21.00 42.00 1572.00 -3253.00 Thousand Barrels [+]
Steel Production 4746.00 4790.00 11951.00 3799.00 Thousand Tonnes [+]
Kansas Fed Manufacturing Index 7.00 2.00 35.00 -62.00 points [+]
Mining Production -16.90 -14.10 108.20 -28.80 percent [+]
Heating Oil Stocks -230.00 44.00 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.