2021 Cost of Doing Business Index

One activity = one person targeted by one humanitarian sector
rank
context
Region
type
Cost per activity
Cost per person
# activities per person
1
Regional: Venezuela
Americas
RRP
RRP
$ 170.65
$ 436.73
2.6
2
Iraq
MENA
HRP
HRP
$ 102.53
$ 404.80
3.9
3
oPt (Palestine)
MENA
HRP
HRP
$ 92.32
$ 231.98
2.5
4
Rohingya (JRP)
Asia
RRP
RRP
$ 91.65
$ 695.50
7.6
5
South Sudan
E/S Africa
HRP
HRP
$ 78.10
$ 252.46
3.2
6
Flash: Haiti
Americas
Flash
Flash
$ 75.34
$ 690.73
9.2
7
Sudan
E/S Africa
HRP
HRP
$ 69.83
$ 217.96
3.1
8
Libya
MENA
HRP
HRP
$ 69.05
$ 419.34
6.1
9
Niger
W/C Africa
HRP
HRP
$ 68.73
$ 252.39
3.7
10
Chad
W/C Africa
HRP
HRP
$ 68.30
$ 155.80
2.3
11
Mozambique
E/S Africa
HRP
HRP
$ 62.50
$ 242.70
3.9
12
Burundi
E/S Africa
HRP
HRP
$ 61.48
$ 183.95
3.0
13
Syria
MENA
HRP
HRP
$ 60.83
$ 380.58
6.3
14
Yemen
MENA
HRP
HRP
$ 59.47
$ 240.84
4.0
15
Colombia
Americas
HRP
HRP
$ 59.46
$ 120.26
2.0
16
Mali
W/C Africa
HRP
HRP
$ 56.29
$ 118.71
2.1
17
Burkina Faso
W/C Africa
HRP
HRP
$ 51.51
$ 208.18
4.0
18
Nigeria
W/C Africa
HRP
HRP
$ 50.45
$ 157.24
3.1
19
Central African Republic
W/C Africa
HRP
HRP
$ 49.09
$ 241.72
4.9
20
Venezuela
Americas
HRP
HRP
$ 46.28
$ 157.36
3.4
21
Somalia
E/S Africa
HRP
HRP
$ 44.04
$ 270.99
6.2
22
DR Congo
W/C Africa
HRP
HRP
$ 43.70
$ 206.46
4.7
23
Cameroon
W/C Africa
HRP
HRP
$ 43.49
$ 119.53
2.7
24
Flash: Madagascar
E/S Africa
Flash
Flash
$ 43.10
$ 126.86
2.9
25
Zimbabwe
E/S Africa
HRP
HRP
$ 42.77
$ 112.66
2.6
26
Other: Northern Ethiopia
E/S Africa
Other
Other
$ 40.61
$ 182.77
4.5
27
Myanmar
Asia
HRP
HRP
$ 40.45
$ 292.71
7.2
28
Haiti
Americas
HRP
HRP
$ 40.01
$ 157.06
3.9
29
Ethiopia
E/S Africa
HRP
HRP
$ 38.84
$ 100.35
2.6
30
Other: Lebanon
MENA
Other
Other
$ 34.19
$ 153.87
4.5
31
Ukraine
Europe
HRP
HRP
$ 33.15
$ 88.41
2.7
32
Other: Myanmar
Asia
Other
Other
$ 30.27
$ 51.31
1.7
33
Pakistan
Asia
HRP
HRP
$ 23.20
$ 77.37
3.3
34
Flash: Kenya
E/S Africa
Flash
Flash
$ 23.11
$ 53.92
2.3
35
Afghanistan
Asia
HRP
HRP
$ 20.06
$ 49.08
2.4
36
El Salvador
Americas
HRP
HRP
$ 17.24
$ 46.21
2.7
37
Guatemala
Americas
HRP
HRP
$ 16.40
$ 33.51
2.0
38
Honduras
Americas
HRP
HRP
$ 10.66
$ 36.74
3.4

Note: Rohingya JRP is a shortened name for the Rohingya Joint Response Plan in Bangladesh.
Source: Hum-Insight and UN OCHA FTS (data extracted 7th November 2022), and response plan documents and the Project Module where numbers cannot be found on the two main sources.