What country is most friendly to small business and entrepreneurs?


	What country is most friendly to small business and entrepreneurs?
jjjacob811
5-24-2007 10:57 AM
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entrepreneur, country, small business
jjjacob811 says:
Click through to read the article. Interesting that the US is near the top.
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class="headerrow"><TD colspan="3" class="colheads">Most and least friendly countries to small biz</TD></TR><TR><TD class="colheadsSm">Rank</TD><TD class="colheadsSm">Country</TD><TD class="colheadsSm colheadsRGT">FSB Score </TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor2"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">1</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">New Zealand</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">2.03</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor1"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">2</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">United States</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">2.01</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor2"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">3</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Canada</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.99</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor1"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">4</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Australia</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.93</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor2"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">5</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Singapore</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.88</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor1"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">6</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Hong Kong, China</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.86</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor2"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">7</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">United Kingdom</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.85</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor1"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">8</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Ireland</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.85</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor2"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">9</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Denmark</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.75</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor1"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">10</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Iceland</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.75</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor2"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">11</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Norway</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.70</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor1"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">12</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Sweden</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.64</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor2"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">13</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Japan</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.64</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor1"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">14</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Finland</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.60</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor2"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">15</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Thailand</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.60</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor1"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">16</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Chile</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.59</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor2"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">17</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Israel</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.59</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor1"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">18</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Latvia</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.57</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor2"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">19</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Switzerland</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.57</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor1"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">20</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">France</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.50</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor2"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">21</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Jamaica</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.49</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor1"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">22</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Netherlands</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.45</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor2"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">23</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Belgium</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.45</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor1"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">24</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Germany</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.37</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor2"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">25</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Portugal</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.36</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor1"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">26</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Peru</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.33</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor2"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">27</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">South Africa</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.32</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor1"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">28</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Malaysia</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.31</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor2"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">29</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Colombia</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.29</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor1"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">30</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Russia</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.29</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor2"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">31</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Austria</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.28</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor1"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">32</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Mexico</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.26</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor2"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">33</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Turkey</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.26</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor1"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">34</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Korea</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.25</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor2"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">35</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Czech Republic</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.24</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor1"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">36</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Italy</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.20</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor2"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">37</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Taiwan, China</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.15</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor1"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">38</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Spain</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.11</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor2"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">39</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Hungary</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.11</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor1"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">40</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Slovenia</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.10</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor2"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">41</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Uganda</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.05</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor1"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">42</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">China</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.05</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor2"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">43</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Argentina</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.04</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor1"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">44</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Poland</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">1.02</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor2"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">45</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Croatia</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">0.95</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor1"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">46</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">India</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">0.94</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor2"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">47</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Jordan</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">0.94</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor1"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">48</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Uruguay</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">0.92</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor2"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">49</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Ecuador</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">0.92</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor1"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">50</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Brazil</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">0.92</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor2"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">51</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Philippines</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">0.90</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor1"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">52</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Greece</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">0.76</TD></TR><TR class="rowcolor2"><TD class="txtlft1TBL">53</TD><TD class="txtlft2TBL">Indonesia</TD><TD class="txtrgt1TBL">0.61</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 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