Global Rankings: New Business Density per 1k (2022)

Rank Country Value
1 Cayman Islands 228.69
2 Isle of Man 31.53
3 Estonia 24.32
4 Hong Kong 21.00
5 Liechtenstein 19.41
6 Luxembourg 18.90
7 United Kingdom 18.62
8 Cabo Verde 18.50
9 Australia 17.26
10 New Zealand 16.32
11 Iceland 12.07
12 Singapore 11.32
13 South Africa 11.05
14 Chile 10.82
15 Canada 9.83
16 Bulgaria 9.72
17 Mauritius 9.59
18 Sweden 9.24
19 Romania 9.18
20 Norway 9.17
21 Botswana 8.68
22 Georgia 8.50
23 Malta 7.77
24 Denmark 7.30
25 Mongolia 7.24
26 Portugal 6.95
27 Latvia 6.73
28 Bahrain 6.61
29 Ireland 6.40
30 Armenia 6.35
31 Belgium 6.34
32 Croatia 6.25
33 Finland 6.11
34 Costa Rica 5.80
35 Slovakia 5.48
36 Barbados 5.46
37 Brazil 5.10
38 Peru 4.69
39 North Macedonia 4.56
40 Panama 4.55
41 Hungary 4.32
42 Maldives 4.22
43 Antigua and Barbuda 4.17
44 Belize 4.13
45 Czechia 4.06
46 Netherlands 3.43
47 Dominica 3.30
48 Uruguay 3.13
49 Moldova, Republic of 3.10
50 Korea, Republic of 3.09
51 Spain 3.08
52 Lithuania 2.95
53 Italy 2.85
54 Suriname 2.80
55 Slovenia 2.76
56 Morocco 2.57
57 Serbia 2.53
58 Russian Federation 2.52
59 Türkiye 2.45
60 Timor-Leste 2.37
61 Jamaica 2.34
62 Colombia 2.26
63 Fiji 2.22
64 Azerbaijan 2.19
65 Malaysia 2.19
66 Poland 2.16
67 Greece 2.10
68 Seychelles 1.93
69 Viet Nam 1.82
70 Albania 1.80
71 Tunisia 1.67
72 Zambia 1.56
73 Thailand 1.54
74 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.48
75 Germany 1.40
76 Ghana 1.32
77 Senegal 1.30
78 Belarus 1.29
79 Angola 1.25
80 Côte d'Ivoire 1.20
81 Sri Lanka 1.20
82 Nigeria 1.16
83 Togo 1.08
84 Tuvalu 1.00
85 Saudi Arabia 0.90
86 Mexico 0.88
87 Benin 0.76
88 Namibia 0.75
89 Comoros 0.70
90 Paraguay 0.70
91 Samoa 0.68
92 Guinea 0.66
93 Algeria 0.63
94 Japan 0.51
95 Tonga 0.49
96 Ethiopia 0.49
97 Honduras 0.48
98 Philippines 0.34
99 Somalia 0.31
100 Egypt 0.27
101 Pakistan 0.19
102 Marshall Islands 0.19
103 India 0.18
104 Iraq 0.12
105 Madagascar 0.11
106 Bhutan 0.07
107 Liberia 0.02

About This Indicator

The number of newly registered firms with limited liability per 1,000 working-age people (ages 15-64) per calendar year.

Data source: World Bank Development Indicators