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New Business Density, 2014

2014, as World Bank Group’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

New Business Density, 2014 covers 142 countries on 2 measures. Luxembourg is highest, at 26.2604; Niger is lowest, at 0.0231. The middle country reads 1.2617. Against 2013, 138 values changed (87 up, 51 down), 4 countries joined.

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New Business Density · Data for 2014

HighestLuxembourg

26.2604

LowestNiger

0.0231

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, 2014, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 142 countries · select a heading to sort

New Business Density, 2014: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe26.260410,099—
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe17.08185,014—
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand16.555248,949—
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe16.092113,867—
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe15.051612,964—
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand14.2502222,294—
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe14.0340585,672—
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa13.804618,621—
ChinaCHNEastern Asia11.2424206,699For China, only the data for Shanghai is included.
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa11.231215,564—
LatviaLVANorthern Europe10.692914,052—
IcelandISLNorthern Europe9.51972,063—
BulgariaBGREastern Europe8.384839,394—
NorwayNORNorthern Europe7.654125,888—
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia7.328618,254—
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe7.32023,075—
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe7.132125,951—
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa6.8733252,827—
SwedenSWENorthern Europe6.852242,068—
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia6.488412,931—
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe5.728017,547—
ChileCHLSouth America5.517867,862—
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean4.78734,682—
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe4.688731,860—
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe4.544625,085—

02In 2014

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Luxembourg26.2604
  2. Malta17.0818
  3. New Zealand16.5552
  4. Estonia16.0921
  5. Croatia15.0516

Lowest

  1. Niger0.0231
  2. Central African Republic0.0266
  3. Kiribati0.0285
  4. Pakistan0.0396
  5. DR Congo0.0444

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1.2617. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +4 / −0countries joined / left
  • 138values changed, of 138 in both
  • 87 · 51rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Guinea+ Gambia+ Madagascar+ Mozambique

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 2014.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • 140 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 (2014). New Business Density, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/new-business-density/2014

0619 held

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07Questions

New Business Density, 2014: questions and answers

Which country has the highest new business density in New Business Density, 2014?

Luxembourg, at 26.2604, of the 142 countries in the file.

What year does New Business Density, 2014 describe?

2014.

How many countries does New Business Density, 2014 cover?

142.

Where can I download New Business Density, 2014?

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, 2014 the newest?

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

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