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New Business Density, 2012

2012, as World Bank Group’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

New Business Density, 2012 covers 130 countries on 2 measures. Luxembourg is highest, at 21.4728; Niger is lowest, at 0.0316. The middle country reads 1.2571. Against 2011, 126 values changed (77 up, 49 down), 4 countries joined.

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New Business Density · Data for 2012

HighestLuxembourg

21.4728

LowestNiger

0.0316

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, 2012, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 130 countries · select a heading to sort

New Business Density, 2012: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe21.47287,863—
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe15.364713,524—
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand15.163143,904—
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe13.63003,936—
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa12.302316,194—
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand12.1019184,237—
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe11.8511492,754—
LatviaLVANorthern Europe11.594515,794—
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe9.49657,949—
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa8.880111,668—
BulgariaBGREastern Europe8.349241,169—
IcelandISLNorthern Europe8.34771,781—
NorwayNORNorthern Europe7.729825,615—
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa6.8875243,917—
ChinaCHNEastern Asia6.4797119,133For China, only the data for Shanghai is included.
SwedenSWENorthern Europe6.420839,262—
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia5.972015,061—
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe5.92122,491—
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia5.830311,271—
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe5.473610,976—
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe5.145119,950—
HungaryHUNEastern Europe4.810732,706—
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe4.678216,960—
RomaniaROUEastern Europe4.512961,542—
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe4.508113,774—

02In 2012

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Luxembourg21.4728
  2. Estonia15.3647
  3. New Zealand15.1631
  4. Malta13.6300
  5. Botswana12.3023

Lowest

  1. Niger0.0316
  2. Pakistan0.0350
  3. Egypt0.0448
  4. Central African Republic0.0563
  5. Comoros0.0583

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1.2571. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • New limited liability companies registered

    HighestUnited Kingdom492,754

    LowestTuvalu3

    Middle country: 7,907

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +4 / −0countries joined / left
  • 126values changed, of 126 in both
  • 77 · 49rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Burundi+ Brunei+ Guinea-Bissau+ Uganda

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 2012.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • 129 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 (2012). New Business Density, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/new-business-density/2012

0619 held

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07Questions

New Business Density, 2012: questions and answers

Which country has the highest new business density in New Business Density, 2012?

Luxembourg, at 21.4728, of the 130 countries in the file.

What year does New Business Density, 2012 describe?

2012.

How many countries does New Business Density, 2012 cover?

130.

Where can I download New Business Density, 2012?

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, 2012 the newest?

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

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