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Hassle Factor Rankings 2008

Country

Rank

Score

Country

UK

Rank

1

Score

1.18

Country

Denmark

Rank

2

Score

1.26

Country

Sweden

Rank

3

Score

1.26

Country

Netherlands

Rank

4

Score

1.36

Country

Luxembourg

Rank

5

Score

1.41

Country

Austria

Rank

6

Score

1.42

Country

Belgium

Rank

7

Score

1.42

Country

Germany

Rank

8

Score

1.42

Country

Australia

Rank

9

Score

1.43

Country

Finland

Rank

10

Score

1.43

Country

Canada

Rank

11

Score

1.44

Country

USA

Rank

12

Score

1.53

Country

New Zealand

Rank

13

Score

1.54

Country

Ireland

Rank

14

Score

1.56

Country

Iceland

Rank

15

Score

1.58

Country

Spain

Rank

16

Score

1.6

Country

Norway

Rank

17

Score

1.62

Country

Switzerland

Rank

18

Score

1.69

Country

France

Rank

19

Score

1.77

Country

Hong Kong, China

Rank

20

Score

1.82

Country

Malta

Rank

21

Score

1.83

Country

Singapore

Rank

22

Score

1.83

Country

Bermuda

Rank

23

Score

2.04

Country

Czech Republic

Rank

24

Score

2.04

Country

Japan

Rank

25

Score

2.05

Country

Macao

Rank

26

Score

2.08

Country

Italy

Rank

27

Score

2.15

Country

Estonia

Rank

28

Score

2.17

Country

Bahamas

Rank

29

Score

2.18

Country

Hungary

Rank

30

Score

2.19

Country

Portugal

Rank

31

Score

2.23

Country

Croatia

Rank

32

Score

2.24

Country

Taiwan

Rank

33

Score

2.24

Country

Israel

Rank

34

Score

2.27

Country

Slovenia

Rank

35

Score

2.27

Country

Barbados

Rank

36

Score

2.28

Country

Chile

Rank

37

Score

2.32

Country

Cyprus

Rank

38

Score

2.34

Country

Greece

Rank

39

Score

2.4

Country

Maldives

Rank

40

Score

2.44

Country

Slovakia

Rank

41

Score

2.47

Country

Greenland

Rank

42

Score

2.48

Country

South Korea

Rank

43

Score

2.5

Country

Poland

Rank

44

Score

2.54

Country

China

Rank

45

Score

2.59

Country

Brunei Darussalam

Rank

46

Score

2.61

Country

Lithuania

Rank

47

Score

2.63

Country

Palau Islands

Rank

48

Score

2.69

Country

Puerto Rico

Rank

49

Score

2.69

Country

Malaysia

Rank

50

Score

2.8

Country

Argentina

Rank

51

Score

2.88

Country

New Caledonia

Rank

52

Score

2.95

Country

Mauritius

Rank

53

Score

2.96

Country

Bahrain

Rank

54

Score

2.99

Country

Samoa

Rank

55

Score

3.12

Country

Costa Rica

Rank

56

Score

3.13

Country

Saudi Arabia

Rank

57

Score

3.15

Country

South Africa

Rank

58

Score

3.16

Country

Turkey

Rank

59

Score

3.18

Country

Trini. and Tob.

Rank

60

Score

3.2

Country

Jordan

Rank

61

Score

3.21

Country

Bulgaria

Rank

62

Score

3.21

Country

Thailand

Rank

63

Score

3.26

Country

Uruguay

Rank

64

Score

3.3

Country

Serbia

Rank

65

Score

3.31

Country

Latvia

Rank

66

Score

3.34

Country

Kosovo

Rank

67

Score

3.38

Country

Kuwait

Rank

68

Score

3.4

Country

UAE

Rank

69

Score

3.42

Country

Jamaica

Rank

70

Score

3.42

Country

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Rank

71

Score

3.42

Country

Colombia

Rank

72

Score

3.45

Country

Brazil

Rank

73

Score

3.45

Country

Egypt

Rank

74

Score

3.46

Country

Romania

Rank

75

Score

3.47

Country

Russia

Rank

76

Score

3.49

Country

Belarus

Rank

77

Score

3.53

Country

Panama

Rank

78

Score

3.55

Country

Venezuela

Rank

79

Score

3.61

Country

Montenegro

Rank

80

Score

3.64

Country

Fiji

Rank

81

Score

3.64

Country

Ukraine

Rank

82

Score

3.66

Country

Qatar

Rank

83

Score

3.67

Country

India

Rank

84

Score

3.7

Country

Philippines

Rank

85

Score

3.72

Country

Iran

Rank

86

Score

3.74

Country

Guatemala

Rank

87

Score

3.76

Country

Botswana

Rank

88

Score

3.78

Country

Guyana

Rank

89

Score

3.8

Country

Morocco

Rank

90

Score

3.8

Country

Suriname

Rank

91

Score

3.82

Country

Oman

Rank

92

Score

3.82

Country

Moldova

Rank

93

Score

3.83

Country

Mexico

Rank

94

Score

3.84

Country

Dominican Republic

Rank

95

Score

3.84

Country

Uganda

Rank

96

Score

3.84

Country

Namibia

Rank

97

Score

3.86

Country

Belize

Rank

98

Score

3.87

Country

Vanuatu

Rank

99

Score

3.89

Country

Vietnam

Rank

100

Score

3.91

Country

Cuba

Rank

101

Score

3.93

Country

Paraguay

Rank

102

Score

3.99

Country

Indonesia

Rank

103

Score

3.99

Country

Georgia

Rank

104

Score

4.02

Country

Bhutan

Rank

105

Score

4.03

Country

Macedonia

Rank

106

Score

4.04

Country

Madagascar

Rank

107

Score

4.05

Country

Tonga

Rank

108

Score

4.05

Country

El Salvador

Rank

109

Score

4.05

Country

Ghana

Rank

110

Score

4.06

Country

Ecuador

Rank

111

Score

4.11

Country

Albania

Rank

112

Score

4.11

Country

Lebanon

Rank

113

Score

4.16

Country

Tunisia

Rank

114

Score

4.2

Country

Armenia

Rank

115

Score

4.22

Country

Honduras

Rank

116

Score

4.26

Country

Bolivia

Rank

117

Score

4.27

Country

Zimbabwe

Rank

118

Score

4.27

Country

Peru

Rank

119

Score

4.32

Country

Tanzania

Rank

120

Score

4.32

Country

Zambia

Rank

121

Score

4.36

Country

Solomon Islands

Rank

122

Score

4.38

Country

Kazakhstan

Rank

123

Score

4.41

Country

Kenya

Rank

124

Score

4.41

Country

Kyrgyzstan

Rank

125

Score

4.43

Country

Swaziland

Rank

126

Score

4.46

Country

Libya

Rank

127

Score

4.49

Country

French Guiana

Rank

128

Score

4.49

Country

Sri Lanka

Rank

129

Score

4.53

Country

Syria

Rank

130

Score

4.56

Country

Senegal

Rank

131

Score

4.56

Country

Uzbekistan

Rank

132

Score

4.57

Country

Gabon

Rank

133

Score

4.59

Country

Haiti

Rank

134

Score

4.72

Country

Malawi

Rank

135

Score

4.74

Country

Cape Verde

Rank

136

Score

4.74

Country

Nicaragua

Rank

137

Score

4.78

Country

Cameroon

Rank

138

Score

4.81

Country

Algeria

Rank

139

Score

4.81

Country

Rwanda

Rank

140

Score

4.82

Country

Pakistan

Rank

141

Score

4.85

Country

Mongolia

Rank

142

Score

4.86

Country

Gambia

Rank

143

Score

4.87

Country

Palestine

Rank

144

Score

4.87

Country

Nepal

Rank

145

Score

4.88

Country

Benin

Rank

146

Score

4.89

Country

North Korea

Rank

147

Score

4.91

Country

Bangladesh

Rank

148

Score

4.93

Country

Myanmar

Rank

149

Score

4.93

Country

Djibouti

Rank

150

Score

4.96

Country

Cambodia

Rank

151

Score

4.97

Country

Nigeria

Rank

152

Score

4.97

Country

Azerbaijan

Rank

153

Score

4.98

Country

Turkmenistan

Rank

154

Score

4.99

Country

Laos

Rank

155

Score

5.03

Country

Timor-Leste

Rank

156

Score

5.09

Country

Cote d'Ivoire

Rank

157

Score

5.15

Country

Tajikistan

Rank

158

Score

5.18

Country

Liberia

Rank

159

Score

5.19

Country

Mozambique

Rank

160

Score

5.2

Country

Iraq

Rank

161

Score

5.24

Country

R. Congo

Rank

162

Score

5.24

Country

Papua New Guinea

Rank

163

Score

5.25

Country

Equatorial Guinea

Rank

164

Score

5.26

Country

Mali

Rank

165

Score

5.29

Country

Ethiopia

Rank

166

Score

5.29

Country

Mauritania

Rank

167

Score

5.31

Country

Sierra Leone

Rank

168

Score

5.33

Country

Angola

Rank

169

Score

5.38

Country

Burundi

Rank

170

Score

5.45

Country

Togo

Rank

171

Score

5.45

Country

D.R. Congo

Rank

172

Score

5.48

Country

Burkina Faso

Rank

173

Score

5.51

Country

Eritrea

Rank

174

Score

5.67

Country

Chad

Rank

175

Score

5.8

Country

Sudan

Rank

176

Score

5.9

Country

Yemen

Rank

177

Score

5.98

Country

Central African Republic

Rank

178

Score

6

Country

Somalia

Rank

179

Score

6.02

Country

Afghanistan

Rank

180

Score

6.15

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