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New Business Density, 2017

2017, as World Bank Group’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

New Business Density, 2017 covers 148 countries on 2 measures. Estonia is highest, at 21.8083; DR Congo is lowest, at 0.0433. The middle country reads 1.5208. Against 2016, 145 values changed (103 up, 42 down), 3 countries joined, 1 left.

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New Business Density · Data for 2017

HighestEstonia

21.8083

LowestDR Congo

0.0433

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, 2017, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 148 countries · select a heading to sort

New Business Density, 2017: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe21.808318,461—
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe21.56738,940—
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand18.334157,963—
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe16.81895,276—
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe16.724114,918—
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand15.3973249,048—
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe15.0041632,517—
ChinaCHNEastern Asia13.9488256,457For China, only the data for Shanghai is included.
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa13.21824,483—
IcelandISLNorthern Europe11.34612,588—
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia10.627525,911—
BulgariaBGREastern Europe10.577346,746—
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa10.4442397,940—
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe9.864536,480—
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa9.135013,690—
NorwayNORNorthern Europe8.656629,892—
SwedenSWENorthern Europe7.719648,543—
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe7.66803,181—
ChileCHLSouth America7.640197,625—
RomaniaROUEastern Europe7.581298,405—
LatviaLVANorthern Europe7.52889,405—
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe6.985222,048—
QatarQATWestern Asia6.496814,082—
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia6.007612,323—
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe5.645737,571—

02In 2017

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Estonia21.8083
  2. Luxembourg21.5673
  3. New Zealand18.3341
  4. Malta16.8189
  5. Croatia16.7241

Lowest

  1. DR Congo0.0433
  2. Niger0.0508
  3. Kiribati0.0543
  4. Central African Republic0.0653
  5. Bangladesh0.0738

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1.5208. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • New limited liability companies registered

    HighestUnited Kingdom632,517

    Lowest2 share it

    Middle country: 8,403

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −1countries joined / left
  • 145values changed, of 145 in both
  • 103 · 42rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Djibouti+ Kazakhstan+ Kenya− South Sudan

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 2017.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • 146 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 (2017). New Business Density, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/new-business-density/2017

0619 held

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07Questions

New Business Density, 2017: questions and answers

Which country has the highest new business density in New Business Density, 2017?

Estonia, at 21.8083, of the 148 countries in the file.

What year does New Business Density, 2017 describe?

2017.

How many countries does New Business Density, 2017 cover?

148.

Where can I download New Business Density, 2017?

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, 2017 the newest?

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

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