Notably, managers from trans-national energy enterprises appraised poorly the three Central Asian countries. In a report covering 2007 to 2010, the economic performance of these three countries lagged behind the global average. Environmental regulation in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan only slightly exceeded the global average. The remaining 15 indices fell below their respective global averages (Table 5). The overall performance of Turkmenistan and business infrastructures in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan ranked among the lowest globally.