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New Business Density, 2020

2020, as World Bank Group’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

New Business Density, 2020 covers 143 countries on 2 measures. Estonia is highest, at 24.1321; Paraguay is lowest, at 0.0562. The middle country reads 1.7828. Against 2019, 142 values changed (53 up, 89 down), 1 country joined.

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New Business Density · Data for 2020

HighestEstonia

24.1321

LowestParaguay

0.0562

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, 2020, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 143 countries · select a heading to sort

New Business Density, 2020: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe24.132120,329—
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe21.95019,609—
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe18.3032774,854—
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand17.552958,398—
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa14.37494,855—
ChinaCHNEastern Asia14.3015262,942For China, only the data for Shanghai is included.
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand14.1601236,447—
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe12.579311,539—
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa12.1075490,487—
IcelandISLNorthern Europe10.23482,502—
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe9.66433,396—
NorwayNORNorthern Europe9.465933,130—
SwedenSWENorthern Europe8.956557,682—
ChileCHLSouth America8.4285112,588—
BulgariaBGREastern Europe8.387535,099—
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe8.04103,271—
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe7.941729,497—
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa7.804411,676—
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia7.591218,118—
LatviaLVANorthern Europe6.86478,262—
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe6.583821,679—
RomaniaROUEastern Europe6.273478,419—
FinlandFINNorthern Europe6.237221,331—
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa6.01579,732—
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia5.542711,605—

02In 2020

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Estonia24.1321
  2. Luxembourg21.9501
  3. United Kingdom18.3032
  4. New Zealand17.5529
  5. Cabo Verde14.3749

Lowest

  1. Paraguay0.0562
  2. Chad0.0731
  3. Bhutan0.0772
  4. Iraq0.0810
  5. Central African Republic0.0850

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1.7828. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • New limited liability companies registered

    HighestUnited Kingdom774,854

    LowestTuvalu4

    Middle country: 10,304

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 142values changed, of 142 in both
  • 53 · 89rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Iran

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 2020.

  • 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 (2020). New Business Density, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/new-business-density/2020

0619 held

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07Questions

New Business Density, 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest new business density in New Business Density, 2020?

Estonia, at 24.1321, of the 143 countries in the file.

What year does New Business Density, 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does New Business Density, 2020 cover?

143.

Where can I download New Business Density, 2020?

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, 2020 the newest?

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

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