Economy	Official rank 2018	Fixed methodology rank 2018	Difference in 2018 ranks (official rank - fixed methodology rank)	Difference in official rank (2018 - 2006)	Difference in fixed methodology rank (2018 - 2006)	Difference of the difference in official and fixed methodology ranks
Burundi	164	86	-78	21	-80	101
Bangladesh	177	156	-21	112	25	87
Saudi Arabia	92	40	-52	54	-30	84
Maldives	136	80	-56	105	23	82
Iraq	168	104	-64	54	-22	76
Kyrgyz Republic	77	48	-29	-7	-75	68
Yemen, Rep.	186	149	-37	96	29	67
Mauritania	150	106	-44	23	-42	65
Uganda	122	102	-20	50	-15	65
Pakistan	147	117	-30	87	24	63
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	155	171	16	99	37	62
Afghanistan	183	168	-15	61	0	61
Botswana	81	39	-42	41	-19	60
Nigeria	145	137	-8	51	-9	60
Kiribati	157	107	-50	112	53	59
Azerbaijan	57	32	-25	-41	-97	56
Eritrea	189	174	-15	52	0	52
Solomon Islands	116	105	-11	63	11	52
Angola	175	154	-21	40	-10	50
Sierra Leone	160	136	-24	24	-26	50
Ethiopia	161	144	-17	60	12	48
Jamaica	70	49	-21	27	-19	46
Niger	144	115	-29	-6	-52	46
Belarus	38	37	-1	-68	-113	45
Algeria	166	129	-37	38	-7	45
Ghana	120	90	-30	38	-7	45
Jordan	103	94	-9	29	-15	44
Nicaragua	131	138	7	72	28	44
Armenia	47	38	-9	1	-42	43
Kuwait	96	66	-30	49	7	42
Uzbekistan	74	51	-23	-64	-106	42
Mali	143	120	-23	-3	-43	40
Venezuela, RB	188	172	-16	68	28	40
Zambia	85	68	-17	18	-22	40
Kazakhstan	36	23	-13	-50	-89	39
Sri Lanka	111	89	-22	36	-3	39
Marshall Islands	149	153	4	101	62	39
Timor-Leste	178	167	-11	36	-2	38
Congo, Dem. Rep.	182	159	-23	27	-11	38
Samoa	87	61	-26	48	11	37
Iran, Islamic Rep.	124	83	-41	16	-20	36
São Tomé and Príncipe	169	165	-4	46	10	36
Tunisia	88	54	-34	30	-6	36
China	78	81	3	-13	-47	34
Côte d'Ivoire	139	119	-20	-6	-40	34
Benin	151	139	-12	22	-10	32
Madagascar	162	140	-22	31	-1	32
Central African Republic	184	173	-11	31	0	31
Haiti	181	169	-12	47	16	31
Mongolia	62	45	-17	1	-30	31
Palau	130	118	-12	80	49	31
South Africa	82	56	-26	54	23	31
Oman	71	34	-37	20	-10	30
Chad	180	170	-10	28	-2	30
Vanuatu	90	76	-14	41	11	30
Congo, Rep.	179	163	-16	31	3	28
Mozambique	138	133	-5	28	0	28
Sudan	170	128	-42	19	-7	26
Ukraine	76	78	2	-48	-74	26
Belgium	52	30	-22	34	9	25
Chile	55	35	-20	30	5	25
Egypt, Arab Rep.	128	113	-15	-13	-38	25
Burkina Faso	148	141	-7	-6	-30	24
Guinea	153	132	-21	9	-15	24
Lao PDR	141	110	-31	-6	-30	24
Lebanon	133	100	-33	38	15	23
Paraguay	108	85	-23	20	-3	23
Syrian Arab Republic	174	160	-14	53	30	23
Togo	156	145	-11	7	-16	23
Thailand	26	19	-7	6	-16	22
Fiji	101	75	-26	67	47	20
Mauritius	25	18	-7	2	-18	20
Senegal	140	142	2	8	-12	20
Lesotho	104	114	10	7	-10	17
Japan	34	21	-13	24	8	16
Nepal	105	98	-7	50	34	16
Malaysia	24	15	-9	3	-12	15
Cameroon	163	164	1	33	19	14
Slovenia	37	26	-11	-26	-40	14
Indonesia	72	69	-3	-43	-56	13
Namibia	106	109	3	73	60	13
Kenya	80	95	15	12	0	12
Iceland	23	12	-11	11	0	11
Russian Federation	35	44	9	-44	-54	10
Canada	18	10	-8	14	5	9
Costa Rica	61	82	21	-28	-37	9
Papua New Guinea	109	123	14	45	37	8
Colombia	59	60	1	-7	-14	7
Norway	8	4	-4	3	-4	7
Rwanda	41	53	12	-98	-105	7
Ireland	17	7	-10	6	3	3
Netherlands	32	25	-7	8	5	3
Malawi	110	126	16	14	12	2
Hong Kong SAR, China	5	3	-2	-2	-3	1
New Zealand	1	1	0	0	-1	1
Georgia	9	13	4	-91	-91	0
Australia	14	20	6	8	9	-1
Denmark	3	5	2	-5	-4	-1
United Kingdom	7	6	-1	-2	-1	-1
Lithuania	16	24	8	1	2	-1
Singapore	2	2	0	0	1	-1
Tonga	89	96	7	53	54	-1
Israel	54	50	-4	25	27	-2
Guyana	126	97	-29	21	24	-3
Macedonia, FYR	11	22	11	-70	-67	-3
Puerto Rico (U.S.)	64	72	8	42	47	-5
Taiwan, China	15	9	-6	-20	-15	-5
United States	6	11	5	3	8	-5
Sweden	10	16	6	-4	2	-6
Spain	28	31	3	-2	5	-7
Finland	13	17	4	0	7	-7
Poland	27	41	14	-27	-20	-7
Uruguay	94	99	5	9	16	-7
Bolivia	152	158	6	41	50	-9
Cambodia	135	148	13	2	11	-9
Serbia	43	71	28	-49	-40	-9
Zimbabwe	159	157	-2	33	42	-9
Switzerland	33	46	13	16	27	-11
Morocco	69	55	-14	-33	-22	-11
France	31	36	5	-13	-1	-12
Portugal	29	28	-1	-13	-1	-12
Estonia	12	27	15	-4	9	-13
Albania	65	63	-2	-52	-38	-14
Bhutan	75	91	16	-29	-14	-15
Czech Republic	30	59	29	-11	4	-15
Korea, Rep.	4	8	4	-23	-8	-15
West Bank and Gaza	114	127	13	-11	5	-16
Germany	20	33	13	1	18	-17
Peru	58	47	-11	-13	4	-17
Latvia	19	43	24	-7	11	-18
Romania	45	57	12	-33	-15	-18
India	100	147	47	-16	5	-21
Vietnam	68	74	6	-31	-10	-21
Austria	22	29	7	-10	12	-22
Honduras	115	124	9	3	25	-22
United Arab Emirates	21	14	-7	-48	-24	-24
Argentina	117	152	35	40	65	-25
Mexico	49	42	-7	-24	1	-25
Tanzania	137	143	6	-3	22	-25
Ecuador	118	122	4	11	40	-29
Hungary	48	77	29	-4	25	-29
Bosnia and Herzegovina	86	135	49	-1	29	-30
Brazil	125	150	25	6	37	-31
Slovak Republic	39	64	25	2	33	-31
Bulgaria	50	62	12	-12	22	-34
Dominican Republic	99	111	12	-4	30	-34
Moldova	44	73	29	-39	-5	-34
Philippines	113	146	33	0	39	-39
El Salvador	73	108	35	-3	37	-40
Guatemala	97	130	33	-12	30	-42
Italy	46	52	6	-24	18	-42
Turkey	60	65	5	-33	9	-42
Croatia	51	79	28	-67	-23	-44
Greece	67	87	20	-13	34	-47
Panama	79	112	33	22	73	-51
Antigua and Barbuda	107	92	-15	44	-	-
Belize	121	93	-28	30	-	-
Comoros	158	151	-7	13	-	-
Cabo Verde	127	103	-24	7	-	-
Djibouti	154	88	-66	-39	-	-
Dominica	98	84	-14	38	-	-
Gabon	167	155	-12	37	-	-
Gambia, The	146	134	-12	18	-	-
Guinea-Bissau	176	161	-15	-4	-	-
Equatorial Guinea	173	162	-11	23	-	-
Grenada	142	116	-26	40	-	-
St. Kitts and Nevis	134	131	-3	64	-	-
St. Lucia	91	67	-24	22	-	-
Suriname	165	166	1	23	-	-
Swaziland	112	125	13	46	-	-
Seychelles	95	70	-25	23	-	-
Tajikistan	123	58	-65	-98	-	-
Trinidad and Tobago	102	121	19	59	-	-
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	129	101	-28	50	-	-