The Index Simulator

This simulator is for advanced users who have an understanding of the indices and have reviewed their country's ranking in those indices. The Index Simulator allows you to imagine how a change in your country's performance in an index KPI would alter its overall ranking, and to select other countries for comparison.

Country description

Puerto Rico is a high income country. It has a GDP per capita of around 36.78 Thousand USD (2023)

Index description

The Doing Business index provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 190 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional level.

Results for Puerto Rico


2020 Simulator
projection
Rank 65
Score
70.08Value: 70.07751452
Value: 70.07751452

Comparison benchmarks
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Top 3 in Income Group
Top 3 in Region
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Income Group
Region
KPI Information icon 2020 - Puerto Rico
Weight Information icon Best Worst Aspirational value Information icon Current Value
plus interface iconStarting a business
Rank 59 / Score 91.24
Procedures (number) - MenInformation icon
Initial Value: 1/8
20.00 1.00
Worst: Venezuela 20.00
Best: Georgia 1.00
73.68%
6Value: 6
Procedures (number) - WomenInformation icon
Initial Value: 1/8
20.00 1.00
Worst: Venezuela 20.00
Best: Georgia 1.00
73.68%
6Value: 6
Time (days) - MenInformation icon
Initial Value: 1/8
230.00 0.50
Worst: Venezuela 230.00
Best: New Zealand 0.50
97.82%
5.5Value: 5.5
Time (days) - WomenInformation icon
Initial Value: 1/8
230.00 0.50
Worst: Venezuela 230.00
Best: New Zealand 0.50
97.82%
5.5Value: 5.5
Cost - Men (% of income per capita)Information icon
Initial Value: 1/8
211.80 0.00
Worst: Venezuela 211.80
Best: Rwanda 0.00
99.43%
1.2Value: 1.2
Cost - Women (% of income per capita) Information icon
Initial Value: 1/8
211.80 0.00
Worst: Venezuela 211.80
Best: Rwanda 0.00
99.43%
1.2Value: 1.2
Minimum capital (% of income per capita)Information icon
Initial Value: 1/4
179.60 0.00
Worst: Sao Tome and Principe 179.60
Best: Afghanistan 0.00
100%
0Value: 0
plus interface iconDealing with construction permits
Rank 143 / Score 59.61
Procedures (number)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
26.00 7.00
Worst: Tajikistan 26.00
Best: Denmark 7.00
21.05%
22Value: 22
Time (days)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
652.00 27.50
Worst: Cambodia 652.00
Best: Korea, Rep. 27.50
77.98%
165Value: 165
Cost (% of warehouse value)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
75.60 0.10
Worst: Afghanistan 75.60
Best: Mongolia 0.10
91.26%
6.7Value: 6.7
Building quality control index (0–15)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
15.00 0.00
Worst: Micronesia 0.00
Best: China 15.00
80%
12Value: 12
plus interface iconGetting electricity
Rank 92 / Score 73.54
Procedures (number) - ElectricityInformation icon
Initial Value: 0.25
9.00 2.00
Worst: Romania 9.00
Best: Armenia 2.00
57.14%
5Value: 5
Time (days) - ElectricityInformation icon
Initial Value: 0.25
482.00 7.00
Worst: Liberia 482.00
Best: United Arab Emirates 7.00
94.74%
32Value: 32
Cost (% of income per capita)Information icon
Initial Value: 0.25
14977.60 0.00
Worst: Burundi 14977.60
Best: China 0.00
97.87%
318.3Value: 318.3
Reliability of supply and transparency of tariffs index (0–8)Information icon
Initial Value: 0.25
8.00 0.00
Worst: Afghanistan 0.00
Best: Belarus 8.00
37.5%
3Value: 3
plus interface iconRegistering property
Rank 161 / Score 46.39
Procedures (number) - PropertyInformation icon
Initial Value: 0.25
13.61 1.00
Worst: Brazil 13.61
Best: Georgia 1.00
44.49%
8Value: 8
Time (days) - PropertyInformation icon
Initial Value: 0.25
513.00 1.00
Worst: Kiribati 513.00
Best: Georgia 1.00
63.09%
190Value: 190
Cost (% of property value)Information icon
Initial Value: 0.25
28.00 0.00
Worst: Syrian Arab Republic 28.00
Best: Belarus 0.00
94.29%
1.6Value: 1.6
Quality of land administration index (0–30)Information icon
Initial Value: 0.25
28.50 2.50
Worst: Haiti 2.50
Best: Taiwan 28.50
42.31%
13.5Value: 13.5
plus interface iconGetting credit
Rank 4 / Score 95
Strength of legal rights index (0-12)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
12.00 0.00
Worst: Bolivia 0.00
Best: Azerbaijan 12.00
100%
12Value: 12
Depth of credit information index (0-8)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
8.00 0.00
Worst: Afghanistan 0.00
Best: Argentina 8.00
87.5%
7Value: 7
plus interface iconProtecting minority investors
Rank 88 / Score 56
Extent of disclosure index (0-10)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
10.00 0.00
Worst: Maldives 0.00
Best: Azerbaijan 10.00
70%
7Value: 7
Extent of director liability index (0-10)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
10.00 0.00
Worst: El Salvador 0.00
Best: Cambodia 10.00
60%
6Value: 6
Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
10.00 0.00
Worst: Somalia 0.00
Best: Djibouti 10.00
80%
8Value: 8
Extent of shareholder rights index (0-6)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
6.00 0.00
Worst: Afghanistan 0.00
Best: Argentina 6.00
16.67%
1Value: 1
Extent of ownership and control index (0-7)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
7.00 0.00
Worst: Afghanistan 0.00
Best: Austria 7.00
14.29%
1Value: 1
Extent of corporate transparency index (0-7)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
7.00 0.00
Worst: Afghanistan 0.00
Best: Australia 7.00
71.43%
5Value: 5
plus interface iconPaying taxes
Rank 163 / Score 52
Payments (number per year)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
99.00 3.00
Worst: Venezuela 99.00
Best: Bahrain 3.00
86.46%
16Value: 16
Time (hours per year)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
1501.00 22.50
Worst: Brazil 1501.00
Best: Bahrain 22.50
86.78%
218Value: 218
Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
219.60 8.00
Worst: Comoros 219.60
Best: Brunei Darussalam 8.00
73.35%
64.4Value: 64.4
Time to comply with VAT refund (hours)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
119.00 0.00
Worst: Nepal 119.00
Best: Barbados 0.00
100%
No VATValue: No VAT
Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
109.90 2.30
Worst: Tanzania 109.90
Best: Estonia 2.30
102.14%
No VATValue: No VAT
Time to comply with a corporate income tax correction (hours)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
137.00 1.00
Worst: Brunei Darussalam 137.00
Best: Belarus 1.00
70.59%
41Value: 41
Time to complete a corporate income tax correction (weeks)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
113.30 0.00
Worst: Jamaica 113.30
Best: Algeria 0.00
7.41%
104.9Value: 104.9
plus interface iconTrading across borders
Rank 70 / Score 81.86
Time to export: Documentary compliance (hours)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
504.00 0.50
Worst: Iraq 504.00
Best: Austria 0.50
99.76%
1.7Value: 1.7
Time to import: Documentary compliance (hours)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
360.00 0.50
Worst: South Sudan 360.00
Best: Austria 0.50
99.67%
1.7Value: 1.7
Time to export: Border compliance (hours)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
296.00 0.00
Worst: Congo, Democratic Rep. 296.00
Best: Austria 0.00
83.78%
48Value: 48
Time to import: Border compliance (hours)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
402.00 0.00
Worst: Tanzania 402.00
Best: Austria 0.00
88.06%
48Value: 48
Cost to export: Documentary compliance (USD)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
1800.00 0.00
Worst: Iraq 1800.00
Best: Austria 0.00
95.83%
75Value: 75
Cost to import: Documentary compliance (USD)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
1025.00 0.00
Worst: Burundi 1025.00
Best: Austria 0.00
92.68%
75Value: 75
Cost to export: Border compliance (USD)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
2222.70 0.00
Worst: Congo, Democratic Rep. 2222.70
Best: Austria 0.00
82.65%
385.7Value: 385.7
Cost to import: Border compliance (USD)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
3039.00 0.00
Worst: Congo, Democratic Rep. 3039.00
Best: Armenia 0.00
87.31%
385.7Value: 385.7
plus interface iconEnforcing contracts
Rank 10 / Score 83.31
Time (days) - ContractsInformation icon
Initial Value: 1
1785.00 164.00
Worst: Guinea-Bissau 1785.00
Best: Singapore 164.00
71.25%
630Value: 630
Cost (% of claim) Information icon
Initial Value: 1
163.20 9.00
Worst: Timor-Leste 163.20
Best: Iceland 9.00
86.25%
30.2Value: 30.2
Quality of judicial processes index (0-18)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
16.50 1.50
Worst: Iraq 1.50
Best: China 16.50
63.33%
11Value: 11
plus interface iconResolving insolvency
Rank 10 / Score 83.31
Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
92.10 0.00
Worst: Angola 0.00
Best: Japan 92.10
73.51%
67.7Value: 67.7
Strength of insolvency framework index (0-16)Information icon
Initial Value: 1
15.50 0.00
Worst: Angola 0.00
Best: Serbia 15.50
96.77%
15Value: 15
Index Global Highlights
Global Details
Global Average
63.04 Value: 63.0419503045263
Developed Economies Average
77.48 77.4773146805556
Developing Economies Average
63.42 63.4162016964935
Highest Ranked Country Country New Zealand
Score
86.75 86.75393037
Global Rank 1
Lowest Ranked Country Country Somalia
Score
20.04 20.03911258
Global Rank 190
Highest Ranked Developed Country Country New Zealand
Score
86.75 86.75393037
Global Rank 1
Lowest Ranked Developed Country Country Malta
Score
66.14 66.13947845
Global Rank 88
Highest Ranked Developing Country Country Singapore
Score
86.19 86.190677
Global Rank 2
Lowest Ranked Developing Country Country Yemen
Score
31.76 31.76468122
Global Rank 187
Arab Region Details Information icon
Arab Average
56.54 56.5401682677273
Arab Diversified Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, State of Palestine
57.61 57.606129476
Arab LDC Comoros, Djibouti, Mauritania, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Yemen
42.58 42.5752160485714
Highest Ranked Country Country United Arab Emirates
Score
80.91 80.90849269
Global Rank 16
Lowest Ranked Country Country Somalia
Score
20.04 20.03911258
Global Rank 190
Highest Arab Diversified Country Country Jordan
Score
68.98 68.97542462
Global Rank 75
Lowest Arab Diversified Country Country Iraq
Score
44.69 44.6936998
Global Rank 172
Highest Arab LDC Country Djibouti
Score
60.49 60.49228924
Global Rank 112
Lowest Arab LDC Country Somalia
Score
20.04 20.03911258
Global Rank 190
Economies per capita
High-Income Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Nauru, Chile, Cyprus, Denmark, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Monaco, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mauritius, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Palau, Panama, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Qatar, Korea, Rep., Romania, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Czech Republic, Hong Kong SAR
74.56 74.5622401379661
Upper-Middle-Income Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Georgia, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Rep., Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Montenegro, Namibia, Paraguay, Peru, Russian Federation, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Serbia, Kosovo, Suriname, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Venezuela, South Africa, North Macedonia
64.06 64.059360595098
Lower-Middle-Income Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Myanmar, Comoros, Congo, Rep., Djibouti, Egypt, El Salvador, Eswatini, Ghana, Honduras, India, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Lesotho, Mauritania, Micronesia, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Moldova, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Ukraine, Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Viet Nam, Uruguay, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Cote d'Ivoire, State of Palestine
57.89 57.8905600975
Low Income Afghanistan, Chad, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Korea Dem Rep., Congo, Democratic Rep., Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Haiti, Malawi, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Niger, Somalia, Rwanda, Togo, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Uganda, Yemen, Central African Republic
46.48 46.480781225
Oil Exporting/Importing
Oil Exporting Average Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Chad, China, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Congo, Rep., Congo, Democratic Rep., Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Rep., Iraq, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Libya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Slovak Republic, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Sudan, Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen
63.44 63.4429514067647
Oil Importing Average Afghanistan, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Croatia, Korea Dem Rep., Myanmar, Nauru, Chile, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Haiti, Malawi, Mali, Monaco, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Somalia, Korea, Rep., Moldova, Romania, Rwanda, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Togo, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Uruguay, Czech Republic, Hong Kong SAR, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Central African Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, South Africa, State of Palestine, North Macedonia
62.82 62.8184414934426
Oil Exporting Best Country New Zealand
Score
86.75 86.75393037
Global Rank 1
Oil Exporting Worst Country Venezuela
Score
30.24 30.23923102
Global Rank 188
Oil Importing Best Country Singapore
Score
86.19 86.190677
Global Rank 2
Oil Importing Worst Country Somalia
Score
20.04 20.03911258
Global Rank 190
OECD Information icon
OECD Average
77.93 77.9252251343243
OECD Developed Average Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Czech Republic
78.18 78.1756504927273
OECD Developing Average Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Korea, Rep., Turkey
75.16 75.160419268
OECD Best Country New Zealand
Score
86.75 86.75393037
Global Rank 1
OECD Worst Country Greece
Score
68.43 68.43058719
Global Rank 79
OECD Developed Best Country New Zealand
Score
86.75 86.75393037
Global Rank 1
OECD Developed Worst Country Greece
Score
68.43 68.43058719
Global Rank 79
OECD Developing Best Country Korea, Rep.
Score
83.99 83.99438246
Global Rank 5
OECD Developing Worst Country Colombia
Score
70.05 70.05470687
Global Rank 67
Arab region Information icon
Simple Average
55.94
Highest Ranked Country Country United Arab Emirates
Score 80.91
Rank 16
Lowest Ranked Country Country Somalia
Score 20.04
Rank 190
AMU Information icon
Simple Average
54.87
Highest Ranked Country Country Morocco
Score 73.39
Rank 53
Lowest Ranked Country Country Libya
Score 32.69
Rank 186
East Asia and Pacific Information icon
Simple Average
69.14
Highest Ranked Country Country New Zealand
Score 86.75
Rank 1
Lowest Ranked Country Country Myanmar
Score 46.82
Rank 165
Europe and Central Asia Information icon
Simple Average
75.65
Highest Ranked Country Country Denmark
Score 85.29
Rank 4
Lowest Ranked Country Country Tajikistan
Score 61.27
Rank 106
Latin America and The Caribbean Information icon
Simple Average
59.54
Highest Ranked Country Country Chile
Score 72.59
Rank 59
Lowest Ranked Country Country Venezuela
Score 30.24
Rank 188
North America Information icon
Simple Average
81.81
Highest Ranked Country Country United States
Score 83.99
Rank 6
Lowest Ranked Country Country Canada
Score 79.64
Rank 23
South Asia Information icon
Simple Average
58.21
Highest Ranked Country Country India
Score 71.05
Rank 63
Lowest Ranked Country Country Afghanistan
Score 44.07
Rank 173
Sub-Saharan Africa Information icon
Simple Average
54.61
Highest Ranked Country Country Mauritius
Score 81.48
Rank 13
Lowest Ranked Country Country Central African Republic
Score 35.56
Rank 184
Organization of Islamic Cooperation Information icon
Simple Average
57.7
Highest Ranked Country Country Malaysia
Score 81.48
Rank 12
Lowest Ranked Country Country Somalia
Score 20.04
Rank 190
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