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Insights: business locations in numbers

Charts and league tables for everyone choosing where to invest, build or hire: how 54 countries compare on red tape, law, taxes, credit, power and growth, and which places lead for each kind of company site. Every chart explains itself; every page prints as a clean PDF.

Business climateWhich countries make it easiest to do business? 54 countries scored on red tape, rule of law, taxes, cost of capital, energy prices and growth momentum.Labour cost against talentWhich countries combine low labour costs with a large pool of students and graduates? A scatter of all Nestlyzer countries with the sweet spot marked.Corporate tax against rule of lawWhich countries combine moderate corporate tax with strong legal certainty? Headline tax rates and a rule-of-law score for every Nestlyzer country.Growth momentumReal GDP growth before 2020 against the last three years for every Nestlyzer country: who gained momentum after the energy shock and who lost it.Red tapeHow quickly can you register a company? Days to start a business and the B-READY regulatory score for every Nestlyzer country.Electricity prices for business across EuropeWhat do companies pay for electricity? Business power prices across European countries with the cheapest and the most expensive marked.Cost of capitalWhat does borrowing really cost a company? Real interest rates for the Nestlyzer countries that report them.The best places to live, by kind of householdWorld and continental leaders for 28 household profiles, from young families to retirees and remote workers, with crowns and medals.The best business locations by kind of siteWorld and continental leaders for 20 kinds of company site, from logistics hubs to research labs, with crowns and medals.Ten years of changeUnemployment, income per person, research spending and life expectancy: how every Nestlyzer country changed over exactly ten years, from the biggest gain to the biggest setback.

Country by country

Singapore · 2 Denmark · 3 Canada · Norway · Finland · Switzerland · Liechtenstein · Ireland · United Kingdom · New Zealand · Croatia · Australia · Latvia · South Korea · Estonia · Lithuania · United States · United Arab Emirates · Hong Kong · Bulgaria · Sweden · North Macedonia · Israel · Spain · Portugal · Czechia · Luxembourg · Taiwan · Albania · Netherlands · Slovenia · Serbia · Japan · Iceland · Romania · Greece · Malaysia · Cyprus · France · Poland · Belgium · Germany · Italy · Austria · Slovakia · Malta · Hungary · Morocco · Indonesia · Mexico · South Africa · India · China · Brazil

Nestlyzer scores each measure 0–100 between the 5th and 95th percentile of the countries it covers. How the method works.