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New Business Density, 2021

2021, as World Bank Group’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

New Business Density, 2021 covers 130 countries on 2 measures. Estonia is highest, at 29.4050; Somalia is lowest, at 0.0165. The middle country reads 1.9698. Against 2020, 128 values changed (116 up, 12 down), 2 countries joined, 15 left.

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New Business Density · Data for 2021

HighestEstonia

29.4050

LowestSomalia

0.0165

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, 2021, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 130 countries · select a heading to sort

New Business Density, 2021: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe29.405024,728—
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe28.485212,644—
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa27.00659,191—
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand19.473864,791—
ChinaCHNEastern Asia19.0284349,849For China, only the data for Shanghai is included.
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe18.0401766,688—
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand17.9366298,665—
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe14.835313,711—
IcelandISLNorthern Europe13.04123,231—
ChileCHLSouth America11.4703153,869—
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa11.4364472,324—
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe11.24364,540—
NorwayNORNorthern Europe10.643437,380—
SwedenSWENorthern Europe9.697362,778—
BulgariaBGREastern Europe9.522939,544—
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe9.25503,261—
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia9.157421,680—
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa8.984213,710—
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe8.851732,960—
RomaniaROUEastern Europe8.3429103,019—
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa7.994413,279—
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe7.571125,282—
LatviaLVANorthern Europe7.16028,521—
FinlandFINNorthern Europe6.762623,109—
FranceFRAWestern Europe6.5975276,181—

02In 2021

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Estonia29.4050
  2. Luxembourg28.4852
  3. Cabo Verde27.0065
  4. New Zealand19.4738
  5. China19.0284

Lowest

  1. Somalia0.0165
  2. Bhutan0.0815
  3. Iraq0.0966
  4. Central African Republic0.1027
  5. Bangladesh0.1028

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1.9698. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • New limited liability companies registered

    HighestBrazil802,127

    LowestTuvalu12

    Middle country: 13,711

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −15countries joined / left
  • 128values changed, of 128 in both
  • 116 · 12rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Sri Lanka+ Somalia− United Arab Emirates− Bolivia− Iran− Israel− Lesotho− Mali− Mozambique− Netherlands− Nepal− Oman− Papua New Guinea− Puerto Rico− São Tomé and Príncipe− Suriname− Trinidad and Tobago

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 2021.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • 127 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 (2021). New Business Density, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/new-business-density/2021

0619 held

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07Questions

New Business Density, 2021: questions and answers

Which country has the highest new business density in New Business Density, 2021?

Estonia, at 29.4050, of the 130 countries in the file.

What year does New Business Density, 2021 describe?

2021.

How many countries does New Business Density, 2021 cover?

130.

Where can I download New Business Density, 2021?

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, 2021 the newest?

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

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