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New Business Density, 2019

2019, as World Bank Group’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

New Business Density, 2019 covers 142 countries on 2 measures. Estonia is highest, at 24.7379; Central African Republic is lowest, at 0.0854. The middle country reads 1.8742. Against 2018, 141 values changed (90 up, 51 down), 1 country joined, 10 left.

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New Business Density · Data for 2019

HighestEstonia

24.7379

LowestCentral African Republic

0.0854

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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe24.737920,899—
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe22.80469,828—
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa18.00896,093—
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand16.280253,122—
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe16.1817684,874—
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe16.088414,633—
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand13.4837223,389—
ChinaCHNEastern Asia13.2526243,657For China, only the data for Shanghai is included.
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe12.19984,172—
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa10.5151417,453—
BulgariaBGREastern Europe10.155043,093—
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe10.08344,132—
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia9.559822,936—
IcelandISLNorthern Europe9.19252,215—
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe8.915633,103—
NorwayNORNorthern Europe8.683830,264—
ChileCHLSouth America8.1659108,124—
LatviaLVANorthern Europe7.90689,632—
RomaniaROUEastern Europe7.493894,869—
SwedenSWENorthern Europe7.245346,377—
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe7.112546,880—
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe6.938022,561—
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa6.555410,330—
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia5.839112,120—
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa5.77428,468—

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Estonia24.7379
  2. Luxembourg22.8046
  3. Cabo Verde18.0089
  4. New Zealand16.2802
  5. United Kingdom16.1817

Lowest

  1. Central African Republic0.0854
  2. Bangladesh0.0920
  3. DR Congo0.0931
  4. Bhutan0.0935
  5. Chad0.1003

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1.8742. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • New limited liability companies registered

    HighestUnited Kingdom684,874

    LowestTuvalu6

    Middle country: 10,341

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −10countries joined / left
  • 141values changed, of 141 in both
  • 90 · 51rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Kuwait− Afghanistan− Dominican Republic− Micronesia− Kiribati− Sri Lanka− Myanmar− Qatar− Solomon Islands− Tajikistan− Tanzania

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 2019.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • 139 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 (2019). New Business Density, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/new-business-density/2019

0619 held

Other years

07Questions

New Business Density, 2019: questions and answers

Which country has the highest new business density in New Business Density, 2019?

Estonia, at 24.7379, of the 142 countries in the file.

What year does New Business Density, 2019 describe?

2019.

How many countries does New Business Density, 2019 cover?

142.

Where can I download New Business Density, 2019?

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, 2019 the newest?

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

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