Entrepreneurship

To measure entrepreneurial activity, annual data is collected directly from 130 company registrars on the number of newly registered firms over the past seven years. The data can help answer such questions as these:

What are the trends in new firm creation across regions?
What is the relationship between entrepreneurship and the business environment and financial development?
How much did the financial crisis affect entrepreneurial activity in the formal sector?

Data is provided on new business entry density, defined as the number of newly registered corporations per 1,000 working-age people (those ages 15–64). As in the World Bank’s annual Doing Business report, the units of measurement are private, formal sector companies with limited liability.The data was collected with the support of the Kauffman Foundation.

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Economy ▲	Region	Year	New business density	Number of new limited liability companies
Afghanistan	South Asia	2011	0.12	2,241
Albania	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	2010	0.96	2,088
Algeria	Middle East & North Africa	2011	0.19	4,711
Argentina	Latin America & Caribbean	2009	0.46	11,924
Armenia	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	2011	1.12	2,391
Australia	OECD high income	2011	6.17	94,050
Austria	OECD high income	2011	0.56	3,213
Azerbaijan	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	2011	0.63	5,314
Bangladesh	South Asia	2011	0.1	9,405
Belarus	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	2011	0.91	6,142
Belgium	OECD high income	2011	3	21,624
Belize	Latin America & Caribbean	2011	4.54	999
Bhutan	South Asia	2011	0.06	28
Bolivia	Latin America & Caribbean	2011	0.48	2,898
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	2011	0.71	1,898
Botswana	Sub-Saharan Africa	2011	9.44	12,217
Brazil	Latin America & Caribbean	2009	2.38	315,645
Bulgaria	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	2009	7.2	35,545
Burkina Faso	Sub-Saharan Africa	2011	0.11	1,021
Cambodia	East Asia & Pacific	2009	0.22	2,003
Canada	OECD high income	2009	7.56	174,000
Chile	Latin America & Caribbean	2011	4.13	49,068
Colombia	Latin America & Caribbean	2011	1.8	55,687
Cook Islands*	Latin America & Caribbean	2009	12.3	93
Costa Rica	Latin America & Caribbean	2011	17.64	57,453
Croatia	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	2011	2.39	7,145
Cyprus	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	2011	24.73	19,538
Czech Republic	OECD high income	2011	2.84	21,173
Denmark	OECD high income	2011	4.55	16,559
Dominica	Latin America & Caribbean	2009	3.3	158
Dominican Republic	Latin America & Caribbean	2011	0.96	6,071
Egypt, Arab Rep.	Middle East & North Africa	2009	0.13	6,308
El Salvador	Latin America & Caribbean	2011	0.46	1,754
Estonia	OECD high income	2009	8.1	7,199
Ethiopia	Sub-Saharan Africa	2009	0.03	1,327
Finland	OECD high income	2011	3.6	12,742
France	OECD high income	2011	3.13	132,293
Gabon	Sub-Saharan Africa	2009	4.27	3,490
Georgia	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	2011	4.49	13,935
Germany	OECD high income	2010	1.35	73,234
Ghana	Sub-Saharan Africa	2011	1.09	15,649
Greece	OECD high income	2008	0.85	6,416
Guatemala	Latin America & Caribbean	2011	0.64	5,119
Guernsey*	East Asia & Pacific	2011	9.95	442
Hong Kong SAR, China	East Asia & Pacific	2011	27.67	148,329
Hungary	OECD high income	2011	7.63	52,217
Iceland	OECD high income	2011	7.94	1,700
India	South Asia	2011	0.09	70,450
Indonesia	East Asia & Pacific	2011	0.27	43,775
Iraq	Middle East & North Africa	2011	0.11	1,943
Ireland	OECD high income	2011	4.78	14,322
Isle of Man*	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	2011	11.65	643
Israel	OECD high income	2008	4.46	19,758
Italy	OECD high income	2011	1.63	64,591
Jamaica	Latin America & Caribbean	2011	1.1	1,897
Japan	OECD high income	2011	1.1	89,374
Jersey*	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	2009	37.57	2,329
Jordan	Middle East & North Africa	2011	0.83	3,039
Kazakhstan	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	2011	1.64	18,576
Kenya	Sub-Saharan Africa	2008	0.85	17,896
Kiribati	East Asia & Pacific	2011	0.11	7
Korea, Rep.	OECD high income	2011	1.83	65,973
Kosovo	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	2011	0.92	1,102
Kyrgyz Republic	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	2011	0.95	3,433
Lao PDR	East Asia & Pacific	2011	0.1	398
Latvia	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	2011	11.18	16,907
Lesotho	Sub-Saharan Africa	2011	1.22	1,573
Liechtenstein*	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	2009	25.11	606
Lithuania	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	2009	2.18	5,399
Luxembourg	OECD high income	2010	7.31	2,534
Macedonia, FYR	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	2011	4.12	6,015
Madagascar	Sub-Saharan Africa	2011	0.08	944
Malawi	Sub-Saharan Africa	2009	0.08	619
Malaysia	East Asia & Pacific	2011	2.42	45,455
Maldives	South Asia	2009	3.09	904
Malta	Middle East & North Africa	2009	9.52	2,678
Mauritius	Sub-Saharan Africa	2011	7.88	7,239
Mexico	Latin America & Caribbean	2011	0.87	65,016
Moldova	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	2009	1.32	4,180
Montenegro	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	2011	10.44	4,513
Morocco	Middle East & North Africa	2009	1.28	26,166
Netherlands	OECD high income	2011	3.2	35,600
Netherlands Antilles*	Latin America & Caribbean	2009	7.99	1,227
New Zealand	OECD high income	2011	14.53	42,447
Niger	Sub-Saharan Africa	2009	0.0	24
Nigeria	Sub-Saharan Africa	2011	0.83	72,396
Norway	OECD high income	2011	4.94	16,249
Oman	Middle East & North Africa	2009	1.67	3,165
Pakistan	South Asia	2011	0.03	3,596
Panama	Latin America & Caribbean	2011	0.08	188
Peru	Latin America & Caribbean	2011	2.54	47,978
Philippines	East Asia & Pacific	2009	0.19	11,435
Poland	OECD high income	2009	0.52	14,434
Portugal	OECD high income	2009	3.92	27,759
Romania	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	2011	4.41	65,842
Russian Federation	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	2011	0.83	84,396
Rwanda	Sub-Saharan Africa	2011	0.78	4,627
Samoa	East Asia & Pacific	2011	1.37	145
São Tomé and Príncipe	Sub-Saharan Africa	2011	2.56	243
Senegal	Sub-Saharan Africa	2011	0.19	1,306
Serbia	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	2011	1.66	8,238
Sierra Leone	Sub-Saharan Africa	2011	0.38	1,271
Singapore	East Asia & Pacific	2011	8.45	32,308
Slovak Republic	OECD high income	2011	4.81	19,026
Slovenia	OECD high income	2011	4.04	5,754
South Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	2010	0.77	25,184
South Sudan*	Sub-Saharan Africa	2010	0.31	1,596
Spain	OECD high income	2011	2.59	81,027
Sri Lanka	South Asia	2011	0.58	8,056
St. Kitts and Nevis	Latin America & Caribbean	2011	5.69	201
St. Lucia	Latin America & Caribbean	2011	3	358
Suriname	Latin America & Caribbean	2011	1.02	351
Sweden	OECD high income	2011	7.17	43,959
Switzerland	OECD high income	2011	2.52	13,551
Syrian Arab Republic	Middle East & North Africa	2011	0.05	598
Tajikistan	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	2011	0.29	1,195
Thailand	East Asia & Pacific	2009	0.59	27,520
Togo	Sub-Saharan Africa	2011	0.11	398
Tonga	East Asia & Pacific	2011	1.96	116
Tunisia	Middle East & North Africa	2011	0.63	4,711
Turkey	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	2008	0.96	45,569
Uganda	Sub-Saharan Africa	2009	0.72	11,152
Ukraine	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	2009	0.6	19,300
United Arab Emirates	Middle East & North Africa	2011	1.37	8,975
United Kingdom	OECD high income	2011	10.41	429,363
Uruguay	Latin America & Caribbean	2011	3.36	7,239
Uzbekistan	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	2011	0.82	15,999
Vanuatu	East Asia & Pacific	2009	2.18	311
Virgin Islands, British*	Latin America & Caribbean	2009	2,604.76	47,477
Zambia	Sub-Saharan Africa	2011	1.26	8,540

* This economy is not covered in the Doing Business report.

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