Doing Business measures aspects of business regulation affecting domestic small and medium-size firms defined based on standardized case scenarios and located in the largest business city of each economy. In addition, for 11 economies a second city is covered.

The role of government policy in the daily operations of domestic small and medium-size firms is a central focus of the Doing Business data.

Doing Business data show that it has become easier for small and medium-size enterprises to do business in 62.6% of economies worldwide (or 119 of the 190 economies measured by Doing Business).