Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1–190. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm. The rankings are determined by sorting the aggregate distance to frontier scores on 10 topics, each consisting of several indicators, giving equal weight to each topic. The rankings for all economies are benchmarked to June 2017.
| Economy | Ease of Doing Business Rank | Filtered Rank | Starting a Business | Dealing with Construction Permits | Getting Electricity | Registering Property | Getting Credit | Protecting Minority | Paying Taxes | Trading across Borders | Enforcing Contracts | Resolving Insolvency |
| Bhutan | 75 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| India | 100 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Nepal | 105 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | 111 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Maldives | 136 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| Pakistan | 147 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Bangladesh | 177 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| Afghanistan | 183 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
