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New Business Density, 2013

2013, as World Bank Group’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

New Business Density, 2013 covers 138 countries on 2 measures. Luxembourg is highest, at 24.4292; DR Congo is lowest, at 0.0185. The middle country reads 1.3394. Against 2012, 130 values changed (85 up, 45 down), 8 countries joined.

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New Business Density · Data for 2013

HighestLuxembourg

24.4292

LowestDR Congo

0.0185

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, 2013, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 138 countries · select a heading to sort

New Business Density, 2013: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe24.42929,167—
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe16.696714,186—
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe16.356814,242—
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand15.629545,466—
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe15.46054,477—
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand13.0849201,855—
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe12.5566522,439—
LatviaLVANorthern Europe11.510415,405—
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa11.332315,092—
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa10.774814,536—
IcelandISLNorthern Europe9.13951,963—
BulgariaBGREastern Europe8.360040,090—
NorwayNORNorthern Europe7.852026,297—
ChinaCHNEastern Asia7.2861133,960For China, only the data for Shanghai is included.
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia7.127517,856—
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa7.0303253,801—
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe6.923426,749—
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe6.89102,900—
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia6.517912,803—
SwedenSWENorthern Europe6.393939,137—
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe5.018215,326—
ChileCHLSouth America4.759757,955—
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe4.676932,081—
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe4.652416,880—
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe4.500824,601—

02In 2013

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Luxembourg24.4292
  2. Croatia16.6967
  3. Estonia16.3568
  4. New Zealand15.6295
  5. Malta15.4605

Lowest

  1. DR Congo0.0185
  2. Central African Republic0.0269
  3. Kiribati0.0290
  4. Pakistan0.0337
  5. Niger0.0361

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1.3394. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +8 / −0countries joined / left
  • 130values changed, of 130 in both
  • 85 · 45rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Côte d’Ivoire+ DR Congo+ Colombia+ Costa Rica+ Ghana+ Paraguay+ São Tomé and Príncipe+ Timor-Leste

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 2013.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • 136 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 (2013). New Business Density, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/new-business-density/2013

0619 held

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07Questions

New Business Density, 2013: questions and answers

Which country has the highest new business density in New Business Density, 2013?

Luxembourg, at 24.4292, of the 138 countries in the file.

What year does New Business Density, 2013 describe?

2013.

How many countries does New Business Density, 2013 cover?

138.

Where can I download New Business Density, 2013?

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, 2013 the newest?

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

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