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Hassle Factor Rankings 2008

Country

Rank

Score

UK

1

1.18

Denmark

2

1.26

Sweden

3

1.26

Netherlands

4

1.36

Luxembourg

5

1.41

Austria

6

1.42

Belgium

7

1.42

Germany

8

1.42

Australia

9

1.43

Finland

10

1.43

Canada

11

1.44

USA

12

1.53

New Zealand

13

1.54

Ireland

14

1.56

Iceland

15

1.58

Spain

16

1.6

Norway

17

1.62

Switzerland

18

1.69

France

19

1.77

Hong Kong, China

20

1.82

Malta

21

1.83

Singapore

22

1.83

Bermuda

23

2.04

Czech Republic

24

2.04

Japan

25

2.05

Macao

26

2.08

Italy

27

2.15

Estonia

28

2.17

Bahamas

29

2.18

Hungary

30

2.19

Portugal

31

2.23

Croatia

32

2.24

Taiwan

33

2.24

Israel

34

2.27

Slovenia

35

2.27

Barbados

36

2.28

Chile

37

2.32

Cyprus

38

2.34

Greece

39

2.4

Maldives

40

2.44

Slovakia

41

2.47

Greenland

42

2.48

South Korea

43

2.5

Poland

44

2.54

China

45

2.59

Brunei Darussalam

46

2.61

Lithuania

47

2.63

Palau Islands

48

2.69

Puerto Rico

49

2.69

Malaysia

50

2.8

Argentina

51

2.88

New Caledonia

52

2.95

Mauritius

53

2.96

Bahrain

54

2.99

Samoa

55

3.12

Costa Rica

56

3.13

Saudi Arabia

57

3.15

South Africa

58

3.16

Turkey

59

3.18

Trini. and Tob.

60

3.2

Jordan

61

3.21

Bulgaria

62

3.21

Thailand

63

3.26

Uruguay

64

3.3

Serbia

65

3.31

Latvia

66

3.34

Kosovo

67

3.38

Kuwait

68

3.4

UAE

69

3.42

Jamaica

70

3.42

Bosnia-Herzegovina

71

3.42

Colombia

72

3.45

Brazil

73

3.45

Egypt

74

3.46

Romania

75

3.47

Russia

76

3.49

Belarus

77

3.53

Panama

78

3.55

Venezuela

79

3.61

Montenegro

80

3.64

Fiji

81

3.64

Ukraine

82

3.66

Qatar

83

3.67

India

84

3.7

Philippines

85

3.72

Iran

86

3.74

Guatemala

87

3.76

Botswana

88

3.78

Guyana

89

3.8

Morocco

90

3.8

Suriname

91

3.82

Oman

92

3.82

Moldova

93

3.83

Mexico

94

3.84

Dominican Republic

95

3.84

Uganda

96

3.84

Namibia

97

3.86

Belize

98

3.87

Vanuatu

99

3.89

Vietnam

100

3.91

Cuba

101

3.93

Paraguay

102

3.99

Indonesia

103

3.99

Georgia

104

4.02

Bhutan

105

4.03

Macedonia

106

4.04

Madagascar

107

4.05

Tonga

108

4.05

El Salvador

109

4.05

Ghana

110

4.06

Ecuador

111

4.11

Albania

112

4.11

Lebanon

113

4.16

Tunisia

114

4.2

Armenia

115

4.22

Honduras

116

4.26

Bolivia

117

4.27

Zimbabwe

118

4.27

Peru

119

4.32

Tanzania

120

4.32

Zambia

121

4.36

Solomon Islands

122

4.38

Kazakhstan

123

4.41

Kenya

124

4.41

Kyrgyzstan

125

4.43

Swaziland

126

4.46

Libya

127

4.49

French Guiana

128

4.49

Sri Lanka

129

4.53

Syria

130

4.56

Senegal

131

4.56

Uzbekistan

132

4.57

Gabon

133

4.59

Haiti

134

4.72

Malawi

135

4.74

Cape Verde

136

4.74

Nicaragua

137

4.78

Cameroon

138

4.81

Algeria

139

4.81

Rwanda

140

4.82

Pakistan

141

4.85

Mongolia

142

4.86

Gambia

143

4.87

Palestine

144

4.87

Nepal

145

4.88

Benin

146

4.89

North Korea

147

4.91

Bangladesh

148

4.93

Myanmar

149

4.93

Djibouti

150

4.96

Cambodia

151

4.97

Nigeria

152

4.97

Azerbaijan

153

4.98

Turkmenistan

154

4.99

Laos

155

5.03

Timor-Leste

156

5.09

Cote d'Ivoire

157

5.15

Tajikistan

158

5.18

Liberia

159

5.19

Mozambique

160

5.2

Iraq

161

5.24

R. Congo

162

5.24

Papua New Guinea

163

5.25

Equatorial Guinea

164

5.26

Mali

165

5.29

Ethiopia

166

5.29

Mauritania

167

5.31

Sierra Leone

168

5.33

Angola

169

5.38

Burundi

170

5.45

Togo

171

5.45

D.R. Congo

172

5.48

Burkina Faso

173

5.51

Eritrea

174

5.67

Chad

175

5.8

Sudan

176

5.9

Yemen

177

5.98

Central African Republic

178

6

Somalia

179

6.02

Afghanistan

180

6.15

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