Doing Business Economy Profile : Italy

Abstract

This economy profile for Doing Business
 2015 presents the 11 Doing Business indicators for Italy. To
 allow for useful comparison, the profile also provides data
 for other selected economies (comparator economies) for each
 indicator. Doing Business 2015 is the 12th edition in a
 series of annual reports measuring the regulations that
 enhance business activity and those that constrain it.
 Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business; for
 2015 Italy ranks 56. A high ease of doing business ranking
 means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the
 starting and operation of a local firm. Doing Business
 presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and
 the protection of property rights that can be compared
 across 189 economies from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe and over
 time. Doing Business measures regulations affecting 11 areas
 of the life of a business known as indicators. Ten of these
 areas are included in this year's ranking on the ease
 of doing business: starting a business, dealing with
 construction permits, getting electricity, registering
 property, getting credit, protecting minority investors,
 paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts,
 and resolving insolvency. Doing Business also measures labor
 market regulation, which is not included in this year's
 ranking. The data in this report are current as of June 1,
 2014 (except for the paying taxes indicators, which cover
 the period from January to December 2013).