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New Business Density, 2010

2010, as World Bank Group’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

New Business Density, 2010 covers 123 countries on 2 measures. Luxembourg is highest, at 20.897; Niger is lowest, at 0.024. The middle country reads 1.104. Against 2009, 122 values changed (92 up, 30 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.

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New Business Density · Data for 2010

HighestLuxembourg

20.897

LowestNiger

0.024

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, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe20.8977,241—
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand15.67945,128—
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand10.724159,246—
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe10.4003,005—
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe10.2779,212—
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe9.691400,867—
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa9.19811,693—
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe8.8297,139—
LatviaLVANorthern Europe8.48012,018—
IcelandISLNorthern Europe7.6991,639—
HungaryHUNEastern Europe6.49644,690—
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa6.161210,741—
BulgariaBGREastern Europe5.92529,969—
ChinaCHNEastern Asia5.920108,848For China, only the data for Shanghai is included.
SwedenSWENorthern Europe5.68434,709—
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe5.6722,370—
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa5.2246,586—
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia5.0539,447—
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe5.0006,719—
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe4.97218,053—
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe4.50717,519—
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe4.47913,793—
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia4.41411,314—
NorwayNORNorthern Europe4.31113,956—
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe4.16022,139—

02In 2010

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Luxembourg20.897
  2. New Zealand15.679
  3. Australia10.724
  4. Malta10.400
  5. Estonia10.277

Lowest

  1. Niger0.024
  2. Pakistan0.028
  3. Bhutan0.033
  4. Central African Republic0.035
  5. Myanmar0.036

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1.104. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • New limited liability companies registered

    HighestBrazil404,793

    LowestKiribati4

    Middle country: 6,399

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −1countries joined / left
  • 122values changed, of 122 in both
  • 92 · 30rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Comoros− Malawi

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 2010.

  • 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 (2010). New Business Density, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/new-business-density/2010

0619 held

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07Questions

New Business Density, 2010: questions and answers

Which country has the highest new business density in New Business Density, 2010?

Luxembourg, at 20.897, of the 123 countries in the file.

What year does New Business Density, 2010 describe?

2010.

How many countries does New Business Density, 2010 cover?

123.

Where can I download New Business Density, 2010?

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, 2010 the newest?

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

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