Ukraine has improved its position in the World Bank's 2018 annual ease of doing business ranking, having climbed by four positions, to the 76th place, according to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
"Ukraine has risen by four more positions in the annual Doing Business ranking, by taking 76th place among 190 countries," he has tweeted.
As UNIAN reported earlier, the World Bank Doing Business 2018 will be published on October 31.
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In 2016, Ukraine climbed three positions in the Doing Business ranking: from the 83rd to 80th place. Ukraine showed the greatest progress in simplifying regulations for starting a business (from 190th to 20th place), while the slowest progress was recorded in its anti-corruption efforts (from 190th to 140th place).
UNIAN memo. The rating will take into account measures to improve the country's business climate, taken before May 20. The further measures will be estimated in the following year's rank.