Extracted from CNNMoney.com (23/5/07) the below ranking for countries which are the most and least friendly to small business:

Most and least friendly countries to small biz

Rank
Country
Fortune Small
Business Score
 

1
New Zealand
2.03

2
United States
2.01

3
Canada
1.99

4
Australia
1.93

5
Singapore
1.88

6
Hong Kong, China
1.86

7
United Kingdom
1.85

8
Ireland
1.85

9
Denmark
1.75

10
Iceland
1.75

11
Norway
1.70

12
Sweden
1.64

13
Japan
1.64

14
Finland
1.60

15
Thailand
1.60

16
Chile
1.59

17
Israel
1.59

18
Latvia
1.57

19
Switzerland
1.57

20
France
1.50

21
Jamaica
1.49

22
Netherlands
1.45

23
Belgium
1.45

24
Germany
1.37

25
Portugal
1.36

26
Peru
1.33

27
South Africa
1.32

28
Malaysia
1.31

29
Colombia
1.29

30
Russia
1.29

31
Austria
1.28

32
Mexico
1.26

33
Turkey
1.26

34
Korea
1.25

35
Czech Republic
1.24

36
Italy
1.20

37
Taiwan, China
1.15

38
Spain
1.11

39
Hungary
1.11

40
Slovenia
1.10

41
Uganda
1.05

42
China
1.05

43
Argentina
1.04

44
Poland
1.02

45
Croatia
0.95

46
India
0.94

47
Jordan
0.94

48
Uruguay
0.92

49
Ecuador
0.92

50
Brazil
0.92

51
Philippines
0.90

52
Greece
0.76

53
Indonesia
0.61