Tajikistan has been placed at the 128th position among the 190 countries in the World Bank’s ease of doing business index for the year 2017.
The index was released as part of the World Bank’s annual report Doing Business 2017: Equal Opportunity for All. This report had revised Tajikistan’s rank to 128 from earlier 132nd for the year 2016. Thus, Tajikistan has improved its place by four positions in the 2017 index.
However, Tajikistan ranks lowest in Doing Business among Central Asia’s nations: Kazakhstan (35th); Kyrgyzstan (75th); and Uzbekistan (87th).
Top 10 countries: New Zealand (1st), Singapore (2nd), Denmark (3rd), Hong Kong (4th), South Korea (5th), Norway (6th), UK (7th), US (8th), Sweden (9th) and Macedonia (10th). (News.tj/Business World Magazine)