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New Business Density, 2016

2016, as World Bank Group’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

New Business Density, 2016 covers 146 countries on 2 measures. Luxembourg is highest, at 21.23025; DR Congo is lowest, at 0.04244. The middle country reads 1.43529. Against 2015, 143 values changed (99 up, 44 down), 3 countries joined.

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New Business Density · Data for 2016

HighestLuxembourg

21.23025

LowestDR Congo

0.04244

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, 2016, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 146 countries · select a heading to sort

New Business Density, 2016: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe21.230258,576—
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe19.4775716,572—
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa19.1533526,613—
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand18.7979858,182—
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe16.782485,125—
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe15.77180663,616—
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe15.3016613,502—
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand15.23529243,105—
ChinaCHNEastern Asia14.77032271,561For China, only the data for Shanghai is included.
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa12.3165217,999—
IcelandISLNorthern Europe12.084012,683—
BulgariaBGREastern Europe10.4165346,965—
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa9.90747375,547—
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa9.808203,327—
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe9.1678433,757—
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia8.9288021,932—
LatviaLVANorthern Europe8.1659510,372—
NorwayNORNorthern Europe8.1296127,920—
SwedenSWENorthern Europe7.9961649,751—
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe6.764012,818—
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe6.6574220,754—
Costa RicaCRICentral America6.1793920,693—
ChileCHLSouth America6.0585476,138—
RomaniaROUEastern Europe5.6213273,889—
QatarQATWestern Asia5.4647911,535—

02In 2016

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Luxembourg21.23025
  2. Estonia19.47757
  3. Botswana19.15335
  4. New Zealand18.79798
  5. Malta16.78248

Lowest

  1. DR Congo0.04244
  2. Pakistan0.05423
  3. Kiribati0.05513
  4. Paraguay0.06008
  5. Niger0.06445

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1.43529. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −0countries joined / left
  • 143values changed, of 143 in both
  • 99 · 44rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Mauritania+ Netherlands+ Uruguay

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 2016.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • 144 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 (2016). New Business Density, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/new-business-density/2016

0619 held

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07Questions

New Business Density, 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest new business density in New Business Density, 2016?

Luxembourg, at 21.23025, of the 146 countries in the file.

What year does New Business Density, 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does New Business Density, 2016 cover?

146.

Where can I download New Business Density, 2016?

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, 2016 the newest?

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

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