Business environment is a complex set of legal, institutional, support and economic conditions that have impact on business creation and development. It is important to understand how these external factors affect and influence business success or failure. The assessment of business environment it is a complex process that can be performed through using of international rankings as far as these rankings provide quantitative data on a series of indicators. The purpose of this article is to analyze the Republic of Moldova position in international rankings and to identify exact indicators that contributed to business environment improvement or degradation. The actuality and importance of the research derives from the need to identify the position of the Republic of Moldova in the international rankings and use of this data for the monitoring, evaluation and improvement of business environment. The research methodology is based on the comparative analysis of the results of international rankings, as well as on the quantitative analysis of the indicators provided by each ranking.