The Enterprise Analysis Unit of the World Bank Group is currently conducting surveys in 55 economies listed in the table below. The table provides information on the type of survey, project phase, and estimated date of data delivery for each economy.

Types of surveys include:

• Enterprise Surveys: a standard establishment-level survey that is representative of the non-agricultural, non-extractive private sector, covering registered establishments with 5 or more employees. The Methodology page contains technical details, including sectoral coverage.

• Micro Enterprise Surveys: a survey of Micro Enterprises – registered establishments with less than five employees.

• Informal Sector Enterprise Surveys: a survey of unregistered businesses. All business activities are covered, including any production or service activity that is sold, traded or bartered with another party.

Project phases include:

• Preparations: the initial project phase for laying groundwork for fieldwork.

• Fieldwork: the project phase where face-to-face interviews with business owners or top managers are being conducted.

_{Notes: Data collection in the following economies will be conducted during 2023-2024 for the second edition of the Business Enabling Environment (BEE) report.}

_{EAP: China, Kiribati, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Micronesia, Fed. Sts., Papua New Guinea, Taiwan, China, Tonga}

_{ECA: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Serbia, Tajikistan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan}

_{LAC: Antigua and Barbuda, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, Panama, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay}

_{MENA: Algeria, Kuwait, Malta, Oman, Tunisia}

_{OECD: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czechia, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Rep., Latvia, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States}

_{SAR: Bhutan}

_{SSA: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Congo, Dem. Rep., Congo, Rep., Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Kenya, Mali, Namibia, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan}

_{Data collection in the following economies will be conducted during 2024-2025 for the third edition of the Business Enabling Environment (BEE) report.}

_{EAP: Brunei Darussalam, Fiji, Mongolia, Myanmar, Solomon Islands, Thailand}

_{ECA: Albania, Kosovo, Ukraine}

_{LAC: Argentina, The Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, St. Lucia, Suriname}

_{MENA: Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Arab Rep., Iran, Islamic Rep., Lebanon, Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Rep.}

_{OECD: Austria, Chile, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland}

_{SAR: Bangladesh, India, Maldives}

_{SSA: Burundi, Comoros, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe}