Doing Business

Doing Business publishes 24,120 indicators (120 indicators per economy) each year. To create these indicators, the team measures more than 115,000 data points, each of which is made available on the Doing Business website. Historical data for each indicator and economy are available on the website, beginning with the first year the indicator or eco... nomy was included in the report. To provide a comparable time series for research, the data set is back-calculated to adjust for changes in methodology and any revisions in data due to corrections. The website also makes available all original data sets used for background papers. The correction rate between Doing Business 2016 and Doing Business 2017 is 7.1%. Governments submit queries on the data and provide new information to Doing Business. During the Doing Business 2017 production cycle the team received 110 such queries from governments. In addition, the team held multiple video conferences with government representatives in 46 economies and in-person meetings with government representatives in 34 economies.Read More