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New Business Density, 2011

2011, as World Bank Group’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

New Business Density, 2011 covers 126 countries on 2 measures. Luxembourg is highest, at 22.0694; Niger is lowest, at 0.0253. The middle country reads 1.1363. Against 2010, 122 values changed (83 up, 39 down), 4 countries joined, 1 left.

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New Business Density · Data for 2011

HighestLuxembourg

22.0694

LowestNiger

0.0253

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, 2011, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 126 countries · select a heading to sort

New Business Density, 2011: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe22.06947,857—
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe14.776413,141—
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand14.620442,269—
LatviaLVANorthern Europe12.224316,941—
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe11.52913,325—
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand11.1037166,740—
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe10.9266453,898—
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa9.520312,353—
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe8.64147,116—
IcelandISLNorthern Europe8.05801,715—
HungaryHUNEastern Europe7.693052,726—
BulgariaBGREastern Europe7.296336,440—
SwedenSWENorthern Europe7.191143,964—
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa6.59708,475—
ChinaCHNEastern Asia6.4436118,469For China, only the data for Shanghai is included.
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia6.024211,446—
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe5.61242,356—
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia5.569414,172—
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa5.1408178,811—
NorwayNORNorthern Europe4.961316,250—
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe4.926917,878—
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe4.892619,003—
RomaniaROUEastern Europe4.793765,842—
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe4.672314,322—
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe4.571631,896—

02In 2011

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Luxembourg22.0694
  2. Estonia14.7764
  3. New Zealand14.6204
  4. Latvia12.2243
  5. Malta11.5291

Lowest

  1. Niger0.0253
  2. Pakistan0.0311
  3. Egypt0.0383
  4. Central African Republic0.0406
  5. Kiribati0.0452

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1.1363. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +4 / −1countries joined / left
  • 122values changed, of 122 in both
  • 83 · 39rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Dominican Republic+ Ethiopia+ Greece+ Vietnam− Haiti

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 2011.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • 125 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 (2011). New Business Density, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/new-business-density/2011

0619 held

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07Questions

New Business Density, 2011: questions and answers

Which country has the highest new business density in New Business Density, 2011?

Luxembourg, at 22.0694, of the 126 countries in the file.

What year does New Business Density, 2011 describe?

2011.

How many countries does New Business Density, 2011 cover?

126.

Where can I download New Business Density, 2011?

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, 2011 the newest?

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

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