How many new companies are registered per 1,000 people of working age.
The ranking uses the latest available value for each country — the year is shown in the row. The table spans 2009 to 2024.
Top-20 · per 1,000 people aged 15–64
The scale does not start at zero — the values lie in a narrow range, and starting from zero the bars would be indistinguishable. The axis ticks are labeled.
| # | Year | Subregion | World rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Cayman Islands
|
201.01 | 2024 | 1 | |
| 2 |
Isle of Man
|
33.58 | 2024 | 2 | |
| 3 |
Hong Kong
|
28.85 | 2024 | 3 | |
| 4 |
Estonia
|
26.76 | 2024 | 4 | |
| 5 |
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
23.74 | 2024 | 5 | |
| 6 |
Cabo Verde
|
21.76 | 2024 | 6 | |
| 7 |
United States Virgin Islands
|
19.96 | 2024 | 7 | |
| 8 |
Luxembourg
|
19.61 | 2024 | 8 | |
| 9 |
United Kingdom
|
19.19 | 2024 | 9 | |
| 10 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
18.72 | 2024 | 10 | |
| 11 |
Australia
|
18.06 | 2024 | 11 | |
| 12 |
Montenegro
|
17.86 | 2024 | 12 | |
| 13 |
New Zealand
|
16.05 | 2024 | 13 | |
| 14 |
China
|
15.59 | 2024 | 14 | |
| 15 |
Liechtenstein
|
15.57 | 2024 | 15 | |
| 16 |
Nauru
|
15.23 | 2024 | 16 | |
| 17 |
Croatia
|
15.21 | 2024 | 17 | |
| 18 |
Mauritius
|
13.98 | 2024 | 18 | |
| 19 |
Botswana
|
13.33 | 2024 | 19 | |
| 20 |
Belize
|
13.01 | 2024 | 20 | |
| 21 |
Sint Maarten
|
12.49 | 2021 | 21 | |
| 22 |
Singapore
|
11.59 | 2024 | 22 | |
| 23 |
South Africa
|
11.46 | 2024 | 23 | |
| 24 |
Portugal
|
11 | 2024 | 24 | |
| 25 |
Iceland
|
10.86 | 2024 | 25 | |
| 26 |
Bulgaria
|
10.46 | 2024 | 26 | |
| 27 |
Chile
|
9.09 | 2023 | 27 | |
| 28 |
Malta
|
8.47 | 2024 | 28 | |
| 29 |
Kosovo
|
8.35 | 2024 | 29 | |
| 30 |
Norway
|
8.32 | 2024 | 30 | |
| 31 |
Côte d'Ivoire
|
8.28 | 2024 | 31 | |
| 32 |
Mongolia
|
8.26 | 2024 | 32 | |
| 33 |
Barbados
|
8.11 | 2024 | 33 | |
| 34 |
Georgia
|
7.62 | 2024 | 34 | |
| 35 |
Romania
|
7.47 | 2024 | 35 | |
| 36 |
Sweden
|
7.08 | 2024 | 36 | |
| 37 |
Latvia
|
7.02 | 2024 | 37 | |
| 38 |
Denmark
|
6.85 | 2024 | 38 | |
| 39 |
France
|
6.82 | 2024 | 39 | |
| 40 |
Qatar
|
6.77 | 2018 | 40 | |
| 41 |
Namibia
|
6.74 | 2024 | 41 | |
| 42 |
Brazil
|
6.67 | 2024 | 42 | |
| 43 |
Ireland
|
6.65 | 2024 | 43 | |
| 44 |
Costa Rica
|
6.31 | 2024 | 44 | |
| 45 |
Bahrain
|
6.16 | 2024 | 45 | |
| 46 |
Finland
|
5.97 | 2024 | 46 | |
| 47 |
Slovakia
|
5.68 | 2024 | 47 | |
| 48 |
Saudi Arabia
|
5.46 | 2024 | 48 | |
| 49 |
Puerto Rico
|
5.33 | 2020 | 49 | |
| 50 |
Belgium
|
5.31 | 2023 | 50 | |
| 51 |
North Macedonia
|
5.18 | 2024 | 51 | |
| 52 |
Canada
|
5.17 | 2022 | 52 | |
| 53 |
Peru
|
4.9 | 2024 | 53 | |
| 54 |
Moldova
|
4.89 | 2024 | 54 | |
| 55 |
Maldives
|
4.85 | 2023 | 55 | |
| 56 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
4.66 | 2020 | 56 | |
| 57 |
Panama
|
4.52 | 2022 | 57 | |
| 58 |
Trinidad and Tobago
|
4.49 | 2020 | 58 | |
| 59 |
Eswatini
|
4.39 | 2024 | 59 | |
| 60 |
Czechia
|
4.31 | 2024 | 60 | |
| 61 |
Seychelles
|
4.26 | 2024 | 61 | |
| 62 |
Antigua and Barbuda
|
4.16 | 2024 | 62 | |
| 63 |
Armenia
|
4.12 | 2024 | 63 | |
| 64 |
Hungary
|
3.83 | 2024 | 64 | |
| 65 |
Dominica
|
3.73 | 2024 | 65 | |
| 66 |
Spain
|
3.67 | 2024 | 66 | |
| 67 |
South Korea
|
3.51 | 2023 | 67 | |
| 68 |
Netherlands
|
3.41 | 2022 | 68 | |
| 69 |
Kazakhstan
|
3.35 | 2024 | 69 | |
| 70 |
Uruguay
|
3.23 | 2024 | 70 | |
| 71 |
Switzerland
|
3.13 | 2022 | 71 | |
| 72 |
Italy
|
3.09 | 2024 | 72 | |
| 73 |
Israel
|
2.92 | 2024 | 73 | |
| 74 |
Guyana
|
2.9 | 2024 | 74 | |
| 75 |
Uzbekistan
|
2.79 | 2024 | 75 | |
| 76 |
Suriname
|
2.77 | 2022 | 76 | |
| 77 |
Zimbabwe
|
2.77 | 2024 | 77 | |
| 78 |
Grenada
|
2.74 | 2020 | 78 | |
| 79 |
Rwanda
|
2.72 | 2024 | 79 | |
| 80 |
Fiji
|
2.7 | 2024 | 80 | |
| 81 |
Morocco
|
2.66 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 82 |
Slovenia
|
2.62 | 2024 | 82 | |
| 83 |
Jamaica
|
2.6 | 2024 | 83 | |
| 84 |
United Arab Emirates
|
2.48 | 2020 | 84 | |
| 85 |
Greece
|
2.45 | 2024 | 85 | |
| 86 |
Malaysia
|
2.38 | 2024 | 86 | |
| 87 |
Poland
|
2.38 | 2024 | 87 | |
| 88 |
Timor-Leste
|
2.34 | 2022 | 88 | |
| 89 |
Albania
|
2.29 | 2024 | 89 | |
| 90 |
Russia
|
2.28 | 2024 | 90 | |
| 91 |
Colombia
|
2.22 | 2024 | 91 | |
| 92 |
Sao Tome and Principe
|
2.19 | 2020 | 92 | |
| 93 |
Kyrgyzstan
|
2.15 | 2024 | 93 | |
| 94 |
Kuwait
|
2.14 | 2024 | 94 | |
| 95 |
Lithuania
|
2.13 | 2024 | 95 | |
| 96 |
Serbia
|
2.12 | 2024 | 96 | |
| 97 |
Cyprus
|
2.08 | 2024 | 97 | |
| 98 |
Azerbaijan
|
2 | 2024 | 98 | |
| 99 |
Vietnam
|
2 | 2024 | 99 | |
| 100 |
Türkiye
|
1.98 | 2024 | 100 | |
| 101 |
Tunisia
|
1.82 | 2024 | 101 | |
| 102 |
Oman
|
1.79 | 2020 | 102 | |
| 103 |
Paraguay
|
1.76 | 2024 | 103 | |
| 104 |
Thailand
|
1.75 | 2024 | 104 | |
| 105 |
Kenya
|
1.73 | 2024 | 105 | |
| 106 |
Ukraine
|
1.65 | 2017 | 106 | |
| 107 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
1.64 | 2024 | 107 | |
| 108 |
Ecuador
|
1.59 | 2024 | 108 | |
| 109 |
Vanuatu
|
1.58 | 2018 | 109 | |
| 110 |
Gabon
|
1.57 | 2024 | 110 | |
| 111 |
Laos
|
1.57 | 2024 | 111 | |
| 112 |
Angola
|
1.55 | 2024 | 112 | |
| 113 |
Zambia
|
1.5 | 2024 | 113 | |
| 114 |
Lesotho
|
1.47 | 2020 | 114 | |
| 115 |
Dominican Republic
|
1.45 | 2018 | 115 | |
| 116 |
Germany
|
1.44 | 2024 | 116 | |
| 117 |
Gambia
|
1.4 | 2024 | 117 | |
| 118 |
Nepal
|
1.4 | 2020 | 118 | |
| 119 |
Ghana
|
1.37 | 2024 | 119 | |
| 120 |
Belarus
|
1.27 | 2022 | 120 | |
| 121 |
Senegal
|
1.22 | 2024 | 121 | |
| 122 |
Sri Lanka
|
1.19 | 2022 | 122 | |
| 123 |
El Salvador
|
1.14 | 2024 | 123 | |
| 124 |
Tuvalu
|
1.13 | 2022 | 124 | |
| 125 |
Nigeria
|
1.12 | 2022 | 125 | |
| 126 |
Solomon Islands
|
1.09 | 2018 | 126 | |
| 127 |
Uganda
|
1.08 | 2024 | 127 | |
| 128 |
Saint Lucia
|
1.06 | 2024 | 128 | |
| 129 |
Togo
|
1.04 | 2024 | 129 | |
| 130 |
Guatemala
|
1.02 | 2024 | 130 | |
| 131 |
Austria
|
1 | 2023 | 131 | |
| 132 |
Burundi
|
0.98 | 2024 | 132 | |
| 133 |
Mexico
|
0.95 | 2024 | 133 | |
| 134 |
Indonesia
|
0.94 | 2024 | 134 | |
| 135 |
Mauritania
|
0.83 | 2024 | 135 | |
| 136 |
Algeria
|
0.83 | 2024 | 136 | |
| 137 |
Burkina Faso
|
0.77 | 2024 | 137 | |
| 138 |
Comoros
|
0.76 | 2024 | 138 | |
| 139 |
Sierra Leone
|
0.73 | 2024 | 139 | |
| 140 |
Samoa
|
0.72 | 2022 | 140 | |
| 141 |
Tonga
|
0.7 | 2024 | 141 | |
| 142 |
Benin
|
0.69 | 2024 | 142 | |
| 143 |
Guinea
|
0.69 | 2024 | 143 | |
| 144 |
Djibouti
|
0.68 | 2024 | 144 | |
| 145 |
Papua New Guinea
|
0.67 | 2020 | 145 | |
| 146 |
Jordan
|
0.67 | 2024 | 146 | |
| 147 |
Ethiopia
|
0.61 | 2024 | 147 | |
| 148 |
Iran
|
0.6 | 2020 | 148 | |
| 149 |
Japan
|
0.58 | 2024 | 149 | |
| 150 |
Argentina
|
0.52 | 2024 | 150 | |
| 151 |
Philippines
|
0.51 | 2024 | 151 | |
| 152 |
Bolivia
|
0.47 | 2023 | 152 | |
| 153 |
Brunei Darussalam
|
0.47 | 2024 | 153 | |
| 154 |
Guinea-Bissau
|
0.47 | 2024 | 154 | |
| 155 |
Cambodia
|
0.45 | 2024 | 155 | |
| 156 |
Republic of the Congo
|
0.4 | 2024 | 156 | |
| 157 |
Myanmar
|
0.39 | 2018 | 157 | |
| 158 |
Honduras
|
0.37 | 2024 | 158 | |
| 159 |
Micronesia
|
0.37 | 2018 | 159 | |
| 160 |
South Sudan
|
0.3 | 2016 | 160 | |
| 161 |
Egypt
|
0.26 | 2022 | 161 | |
| 162 |
Mali
|
0.25 | 2020 | 162 | |
| 163 |
Mozambique
|
0.25 | 2020 | 163 | |
| 164 |
Afghanistan
|
0.22 | 2018 | 164 | |
| 165 |
Marshall Islands
|
0.2 | 2022 | 165 | |
| 166 |
Pakistan
|
0.2 | 2024 | 166 | |
| 167 |
India
|
0.18 | 2024 | 167 | |
| 168 |
Tanzania
|
0.17 | 2018 | 168 | |
| 169 |
Palestine
|
0.17 | 2024 | 169 | |
| 170 |
Tajikistan
|
0.15 | 2018 | 170 | |
| 171 |
Chad
|
0.13 | 2024 | 171 | |
| 172 |
Madagascar
|
0.12 | 2024 | 172 | |
| 173 |
Iraq
|
0.12 | 2022 | 173 | |
| 174 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
0.11 | 2024 | 174 | |
| 175 |
Niger
|
0.1 | 2024 | 175 | |
| 176 |
Central African Republic
|
0.1 | 2024 | 176 | |
| 177 |
Malawi
|
0.09 | 2009 | 177 | |
| 178 |
Bhutan
|
0.07 | 2022 | 178 | |
| 179 |
Haiti
|
0.07 | 2010 | 179 | |
| 180 |
Bangladesh
|
0.06 | 2024 | 180 | |
| 181 |
Liberia
|
0.05 | 2024 | 181 | |
| 182 |
Kiribati
|
0.03 | 2018 | 182 | |
| 183 |
Somalia
|
0.02 | 2024 | 183 |
The number of newly registered limited liability companies per 1,000 people of working age (15–64) over a year. It is an indicator of entrepreneurial activity and of the ease of entering a market. Only limited liability companies are counted, so in countries where sole proprietorships dominate the figure is understated.
Important: The aggregate is weighted by the population aged 15–64 — the same denominator that stands in the indicator. Only new limited liability companies are counted, so where other legal forms are common the value is understated.
How many limited liability companies are registered in a country in a year.
Labor 1991–2025 Self-employedThe share of workers who work for themselves — from entrepreneurs to the informally employed.
Labor 2007–2025 Firms with female top managersWhat part of the firms in a country are run by women — from enterprise surveys.
Business 1975–2025 Listed domestic companiesHow many domestic companies are quoted on a country's exchanges.