Time spent dealing with the requirements of government regulations (% of senior management time)

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About this dataset

Average percentage of senior management’s time that is spent in a typical week dealing with requirements imposed by government regulations (eg. Taxes, customs, labor regulations, licensing and registration), including dealings with officials, completing forms, et cetera.

Columns (4)

countrystringiso3stringyearstringvaluenumber

Sample rows

iso3	year	value	country
AFE	2025	9.23846181868	Africa Eastern and Southern
AFW	2025	7.12586657009091	Africa Western and Central
ARB	2025	6.42803195067222	Arab World
CSS	2025	7.10385789408333	Caribbean small states
CEB	2025	8.20668387409091	Central Europe and the Baltics
EAR	2025	8.60445423871071	Early-demographic dividend
EAS	2025	7.17657191802308	East Asia & Pacific
EAP	2025	8.36734572304444	East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

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