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New Business Density, 2009

2009, as World Bank Group’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

New Business Density, 2009 covers 123 countries on 2 measures. Luxembourg is highest, at 18.785654; Myanmar is lowest, at 0.023506. The middle country reads 1.098668. Against 2008, 118 values changed (41 up, 77 down), 5 countries joined.

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New Business Density · Data for 2009

HighestLuxembourg

18.785654

LowestMyanmar

0.023506

Shaded 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, 2009, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 123 countries · select a heading to sort

New Business Density, 2009: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe18.7856546,372—
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand16.94306248,332—
IcelandISLNorthern Europe12.3678542,651—
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand9.968887145,963—
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe9.8499797,806—
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe9.0799048,183—
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe8.9328962,582—
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe8.854777364,131—
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa8.82565210,955—
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa7.836677263,804—
BulgariaBGREastern Europe6.20070431,723—
HungaryHUNEastern Europe6.14632242,414—
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe5.9892178,084—
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe5.6160582,334—
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa5.1532346,372—
ChinaCHNEastern Asia5.05292592,901For China, only the data for Shanghai is included.
LatviaLVANorthern Europe4.9878247,253—
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe4.57220516,593—
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia4.4127908,111—
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe4.25118613,145—
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe4.1086365,837—
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe4.06520215,805—
RomaniaROUEastern Europe4.05412356,690—
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe4.04051428,381—
NorwayNORNorthern Europe4.01401012,845—

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Luxembourg18.785654
  2. New Zealand16.943062
  3. Iceland12.367854
  4. Australia9.968887
  5. Croatia9.849979

Lowest

  1. Myanmar0.023506
  2. Pakistan0.025327
  3. Bhutan0.026647
  4. Niger0.030993
  5. Central African Republic0.032030

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1.098668. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • New limited liability companies registered

    HighestBrazil383,337

    LowestTuvalu2

    Middle country: 5,714

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +5 / −0countries joined / left
  • 118values changed, of 118 in both
  • 41 · 77rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Botswana6.791633 → 8.825652+2.034020
  • China3.904308 → 5.052925+1.148617
  • Cabo Verde1.536295 → 2.566353+1.030059
  • Fiji0.274749 → 0.880331+0.605582
  • Guyana0.157839 → 0.553878+0.396038

Fell most

+ Afghanistan+ Bangladesh+ Bosnia and Herzegovina+ Central African Republic+ Mali

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • 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 2009.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • 122 empty cells

    An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

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.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2009). New Business Density, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/new-business-density/2009

0619 held

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07Questions

New Business Density, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest new business density in New Business Density, 2009?

Luxembourg, at 18.785654, of the 123 countries in the file.

What year does New Business Density, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does New Business Density, 2009 cover?

123.

Where can I download New Business Density, 2009?

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, 2009 the newest?

No. The newest held here is New Business Density, 2024.

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