Forbes has published a ranking of the best countries for doing business in 2015.

The American financial and economic magazine Forbes conducted an analytical study of data for 2015 provided by the World Bank, the World Economic Forum, Transparency International, Freedom House, Heritage Foundation and Property Rights Alliance. Based on the results of the study, the magazine compiled a rating of the best countries for doing business in 2015. In compiling the rating, Forbes analysts studied 144 countries, evaluating them according to 11 criteria: property rights, innovation, taxes, technology, level of corruption, bureaucracy, freedom, investor protection, stock market, etc.

In 2015, Denmark took the leading place, and has not left it for the sixth year in a row. Over the past 10 years, Denmark has proven itself to be a reliable and stable country for doing business and investing, with virtually zero corruption and a developed credit and financial system.

New Zealand, which also has a low level of corruption and an attractive investment climate, took second place in the ranking. In addition, this country always has high economic indicators, for example, in 2015, economic growth was 3.3%.

Along with Denmark and New Zealand, the top ten countries for doing business in 2015 included Norway, Ireland, Switzerland, Finland, Canada, Singapore, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

In this ranking, Hong Kong is in 11th place, Germany is in 18th place, the United States is in 22nd place, Japan is in 23rd place, Bulgaria is in 45th place, Ukraine is in 61st place, Russia is in 81st place, China is in 94th place, and the last positions in the ranking are taken by Myanmar, Haiti, Libya, Guinea and Chad.