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Burden of government regulation
Complying with administrative requirements (permits, regulations, reporting) issued by the government in your country is (1 = burdensome, 7 = not burdensome)>
Source: World Economic Forum, Executive Opinion Survey 2007, 2008

Rank	Country	Score
1	Singapore	5.66
2	Hong Kong SAR	4.93
3	Iceland	4.73
4	Gambia, The	4.68
5	United Arab Emirates	4.68
6	Georgia	4.62
7	Oman	4.57
8	Qatar	4.51
9	Japan	4.47
10	Estonia	4.47
11	Switzerland	4.45
12	Finland	4.39
13	Malaysia	4.33
14	Saudi Arabia	4.24
15	Azerbaijan	4.2
16	Tunisia	4.19
17	Bahrain	4.12
18	Jordan	4.05
19	Mauritania	4
20	Honduras	3.91
21	Cyprus	3.9
22	Taiwan, China	3.86
23	China	3.86
24	Korea, Rep.	3.83
25	Denmark	3.83
26	Ethiopia	3.81
27	Luxembourg	3.78
28	Zambia	3.77
29	Barbados	3.76
30	Malawi	3.76
31	Mauritius	3.76
32	Guatemala	3.76
33	Uganda	3.68
34	Chile	3.66
35	Mali	3.63
36	Israel	3.63
37	Panama	3.63
38	Botswana	3.55
39	Austria	3.55
40	Canada	3.54
41	Slovenia	3.53
42	Burkina Faso	3.53
43	Sweden	3.52
44	Sri Lanka	3.51
45	Indonesia	3.49
46	Morocco	3.48
47	Thailand	3.47
48	Lithuania	3.46
49	Norway	3.45
50	United States	3.44
51	El Salvador	3.44
52	Namibia	3.43
53	Guyana	3.41
54	Romania	3.41
55	Egypt	3.4
56	Tanzania	3.4
57	Nigeria	3.36
58	Brunei Darussalam	3.34
59	Paraguay	3.34
60	Kenya	3.33
61	Ireland	3.31
62	Nicaragua	3.31
63	Syria	3.3
64	Timor-Leste	3.29
65	New Zealand	3.28
66	Mozambique	3.23
67	Albania	3.22
68	Macedonia, FYR	3.21
69	Uruguay	3.21
70	Ghana	3.19
71	Armenia	3.15
72	Costa Rica	3.14
73	Lesotho	3.12
74	Portugal	3.1
75	Burundi	3.09
76	Latvia	3.09
77	Germany	3.06
78	Pakistan	3.06
79	Kazakhstan	3.05
80	Senegal	3.05
81	Netherlands	3.01
82	United Kingdom	3
83	Montenegro	3
84	Bulgaria	3
85	Australia	2.99
86	Libya	2.98
87	Cambodia	2.98
88	Trinidad and Tobago	2.98
89	Nepal	2.96
90	India	2.93
91	Ukraine	2.91
92	Madagascar	2.9
93	Dominican Republic	2.89
94	Spain	2.86
95	South Africa	2.83
96	Colombia	2.83
97	Tajikistan	2.8
98	Malta	2.8
99	Moldova	2.77
100	Kyrgyz Republic	2.77
101	Chad	2.76
102	Slovak Republic	2.75
103	Benin	2.75
104	Turkey	2.74
105	Vietnam	2.74
106	Belgium	2.73
107	Croatia	2.73
108	Suriname	2.71
109	Philippines	2.7
110	Ecuador	2.69
111	Côte d'Ivoire	2.69
112	Mongolia	2.62
113	Kuwait	2.61
114	Bangladesh	2.55
115	Czech Republic	2.54
116	Greece	2.53
117	Algeria	2.52
118	Russian Federation	2.5
119	Argentina	2.49
120	Jamaica	2.48
121	Mexico	2.41
122	Cameroon	2.37
123	Peru	2.36
124	Zimbabwe	2.31
125	Bolivia	2.3
126	France	2.27
127	Poland	2.26
128	Hungary	2.23
129	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.21
130	Italy	2.14
131	Puerto Rico	1.88
132	Serbia	1.88
133	Brazil	1.87
134	Venezuela	1.6

Global Information Technology Report 2008-2009