Data for 2006
New Business Density, 2006
2006, as World Bank Group’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
New Business Density, 2006 covers 108 countries on 2 measures. New Zealand is highest, at 24.3843; Togo is lowest, at 0.0111. The middle country reads 1.1635.
New Business Density · Data for 2006
HighestNew Zealand
24.3843
LowestTogo
0.0111Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.
01Values only
The table
Every country and every column of New Business Density, 2006, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 108 countries · select a heading to sort
| New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand | 24.3843 | 67,859 | — |
 FijiFJIMelanesia | 19.5728 | 11,167 | — |
 IcelandISLNorthern Europe | 15.9265 | 3,234 | — |
 CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe | 13.3885 | 9,913 | — |
 EstoniaESTNorthern Europe | 13.1868 | 12,070 | — |
 NorwayNORNorthern Europe | 11.3501 | 34,849 | — |
 United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe | 10.0490 | 403,860 | — |
 AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand | 9.7012 | 133,756 | — |
 South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa | 8.4781 | 272,275 | — |
 MaltaMLTSouthern Europe | 8.4474 | 2,380 | — |
 MongoliaMNGEastern Asia | 7.6449 | 13,199 | — |
 LatviaLVANorthern Europe | 7.4837 | 11,358 | — |
 MontenegroMNESouthern Europe | 7.4342 | 3,053 | — |
 DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe | 7.3658 | 26,467 | — |
 IrelandIRLNorthern Europe | 6.4930 | 19,075 | — |
 RomaniaROUEastern Europe | 6.3478 | 92,979 | — |
 North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe | 5.8656 | 8,000 | — |
 BotswanaBWASouthern Africa | 5.7498 | 6,627 | — |
 SpainESPSouthern Europe | 4.8585 | 148,666 | — |
 QatarQATWestern Asia | 4.8295 | 3,697 | — |
 PortugalPRTSouthern Europe | 4.5356 | 31,849 | — |
 MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia | 4.5205 | 910 | — |
 RussiaRUSEastern Europe | 4.1197 | 419,318 | — |
 SwedenSWENorthern Europe | 4.0145 | 23,894 | — |
 SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe | 3.8216 | 19,471 | — |
 FranceFRAWestern Europe | 3.8079 | 157,715 | — |
 Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean | 3.6124 | 3,421 | — |
 SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe | 3.5035 | 13,499 | — |
 FinlandFINNorthern Europe | 3.3957 | 11,910 | — |
 EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa | 3.3729 | 2,068 | — |
 HungaryHUNEastern Europe | 3.2102 | 22,300 | — |
 IsraelISRWestern Asia | 3.1971 | 14,035 | — |
 BelgiumBELWestern Europe | 3.0238 | 20,989 | — |
 CyprusCYPWestern Asia | 2.7779 | 20,280 | — |
 SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe | 2.7581 | 3,892 | — |
 MoldovaMDAEastern Europe | 2.5727 | 5,220 | — |
 NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa | 2.4937 | 2,885 | — |
 LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe | 2.4138 | 5,307 | — |
 GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia | 2.3824 | 6,141 | — |
 ChileCHLSouth America | 2.3414 | 25,994 | — |
 ItalyITASouthern Europe | 2.3112 | 89,056 | — |
 BrazilBRASouth America | 2.2761 | 286,540 | — |
 CzechiaCZEEastern Europe | 2.2457 | 16,395 | — |
 MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia | 2.2334 | 38,271 | — |
 PeruPERSouth America | 2.1168 | 37,609 | — |
 SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe | 2.0976 | 10,503 | — |
 UruguayURYSouth America | 1.9869 | 4,111 | — |
 United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia | 1.8980 | 7,698 | — |
 South KoreaKOREastern Asia | 1.8673 | 65,016 | — |
 TongaTONPolynesia | 1.7995 | 107 | — |
 TaiwanTWNEastern Asia | 1.6445 | 37,620 | — |
 OmanOMNWestern Asia | 1.5046 | 2,516 | — |
 GermanyDEUWestern Europe | 1.1984 | 65,447 | — |
 TürkiyeTURWestern Asia | 1.1681 | 53,757 | — |
 ArmeniaARMWestern Asia | 1.1589 | 2,474 | — |
 JamaicaJAMCaribbean | 1.1299 | 1,963 | — |
 ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia | 0.9988 | 46,895 | — |
 UkraineUKREastern Europe | 0.9326 | 30,934 | — |
 MoroccoMARNorthern Africa | 0.9016 | 17,891 | — |
 TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa | 0.9010 | 6,368 | — |
 GabonGABMiddle Africa | 0.8493 | 729 | — |
 LesothoLSOSouthern Africa | 0.7722 | 875 | — |
 AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe | 0.7217 | 1,417 | — |
 TuvaluTUVPolynesia | 0.6653 | 4 | — |
 GuatemalaGTMCentral America | 0.6611 | 4,829 | — |
 KosovoXKXSouthern Europe | 0.6576 | 767 | — |
 JordanJORWestern Asia | 0.6313 | 2,387 | — |
 ZambiaZMBEastern Africa | 0.5999 | 3,714 | — |
 MexicoMEXCentral America | 0.5459 | 36,670 | — |
 El SalvadorSLVCentral America | 0.5284 | 1,874 | — |
 ArgentinaARGSouth America | 0.5135 | 12,878 | — |
 PalestinePSEWestern Asia | 0.5097 | 920 | — |
 PolandPOLEastern Europe | 0.4954 | 13,338 | — |
 KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia | 0.4533 | 1,491 | — |
 UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia | 0.4447 | 7,554 | — |
 NigeriaNGAWestern Africa | 0.4379 | 34,531 | — |
 EcuadorECUSouth America | 0.4203 | 3,649 | — |
 AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa | 0.3950 | 8,868 | — |
 Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia | 0.3749 | 5,294 | — |
 NepalNPLSouthern Asia | 0.3688 | 5,596 | — |
 SurinameSURSouth America | 0.3418 | 114 | — |
 GuyanaGUYSouth America | 0.3343 | 155 | — |
 HondurasHNDCentral America | 0.2938 | 1,273 | — |
 BelarusBLREastern Europe | 0.2802 | 1,885 | — |
 IraqIRQWestern Asia | 0.2456 | 3,842 | — |
 TajikistanTJKCentral Asia | 0.2131 | 878 | — |
 CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia | 0.2042 | 1,670 | — |
 TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa | 0.1776 | 3,745 | — |
 IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia | 0.1534 | 23,536 | — |
 Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia | 0.1326 | 36 | — |
 Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa | 0.1119 | 333 | — |
 South SudanSSDEastern Africa | 0.0793 | 333 | — |
 Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa | 0.0771 | 575 | — |
 IndiaINDSouthern Asia | 0.0682 | 49,721 | — |
 KiribatiKIRMicronesia | 0.0679 | 4 | — |
 MalawiMWIEastern Africa | 0.0637 | 420 | — |
 PakistanPAKSouthern Asia | 0.0555 | 5,537 | — |
 RwandaRWAEastern Africa | 0.0488 | 247 | — |
 JapanJPNEastern Asia | 0.0413 | 3,450 | — |
 AngolaAGOMiddle Africa | 0.0400 | 417 | — |
 ChadTCDMiddle Africa | 0.0382 | 200 | — |
 HaitiHTICaribbean | 0.0354 | 190 | — |
 NigerNERWestern Africa | 0.0332 | 232 | — |
 BeninBENWestern Africa | 0.0289 | 132 | — |
 BhutanBTNSouthern Asia | 0.0237 | 10 | — |
 EgyptEGYNorthern Africa | 0.0176 | 900 | — |
 MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia | 0.0170 | 530 | — |
| TogoTGOWestern Africa | 0.0111 | 37 | — |
02In 2006
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
- New Zealand24.3843
- Fiji19.5728
- Iceland15.9265
- Croatia13.3885
- Estonia13.1868
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1.1635. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
New limited liability companies registered
Highest
Russia419,318Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 5,422
03Caveats
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
One year of the 2025 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2006.
Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
108 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.
04The files
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What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
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World Bank Group (2006). New Business Density, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/new-business-density/2006
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06Questions
New Business Density, 2006: questions and answers
Which country has the highest new business density in New Business Density, 2006?
New Zealand, at 24.3843, of the 108 countries in the file.
What year does New Business Density, 2006 describe?
2006.
How many countries does New Business Density, 2006 cover?
108.
Where can I download New Business Density, 2006?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is New Business Density, 2006 the newest?
No. The newest held here is New Business Density, 2024.