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New Business Density, 2018

2018, as World Bank Group’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

New Business Density, 2018 covers 151 countries on 2 measures. Estonia is highest, at 23.594; Kiribati is lowest, at 0.027. The middle country reads 1.581. Against 2017, 147 values changed (94 up, 53 down), 4 countries joined, 1 left.

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New Business Density · Data for 2018

HighestEstonia

23.594

LowestKiribati

0.027

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, 2018, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 151 countries · select a heading to sort

New Business Density, 2018: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe23.59419,950—
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe23.4499,912—
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe17.6345,756—
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa17.6335,974—
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand17.54156,417—
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe17.29615,585—
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe15.750664,974—
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand14.393235,684—
ChinaCHNEastern Asia14.116259,525For China, only the data for Shanghai is included.
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe11.3784,694—
BulgariaBGREastern Europe10.65346,131—
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia10.56325,562—
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa10.310401,054—
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe10.02737,185—
IcelandISLNorthern Europe9.8272,312—
NorwayNORNorthern Europe8.64129,963—
ChileCHLSouth America8.305108,160—
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa8.15612,531—
LatviaLVANorthern Europe8.0519,925—
RomaniaROUEastern Europe7.35594,244—
SwedenSWENorthern Europe7.18345,590—
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe6.94122,217—
QatarQATWestern Asia6.76614,824—
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe6.51543,114—
Costa RicaCRICentral America6.08520,758—

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Estonia23.594
  2. Luxembourg23.449
  3. Malta17.634
  4. Cabo Verde17.633
  5. New Zealand17.541

Lowest

  1. Kiribati0.027
  2. DR Congo0.064
  3. Bangladesh0.070
  4. Bhutan0.082
  5. Central African Republic0.088

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1.581. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +4 / −1countries joined / left
  • 147values changed, of 147 in both
  • 94 · 53rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Bolivia+ Canada+ Micronesia+ Papua New Guinea− Ukraine

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 2018.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • 148 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 (2018). New Business Density, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/new-business-density/2018

0619 held

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07Questions

New Business Density, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest new business density in New Business Density, 2018?

Estonia, at 23.594, of the 151 countries in the file.

What year does New Business Density, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does New Business Density, 2018 cover?

151.

Where can I download New Business Density, 2018?

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, 2018 the newest?

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

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