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New Business Density, 2022

2022, as World Bank Group’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

New Business Density, 2022 covers 133 countries on 2 measures. Luxembourg is highest, at 24.5126; Somalia is lowest, at 0.0287. The middle country reads 2.2219. Against 2021, 130 values changed (71 up, 59 down), 3 countries joined.

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New Business Density · Data for 2022

HighestLuxembourg

24.5126

LowestSomalia

0.0287

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, 2022, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 133 countries · select a heading to sort

New Business Density, 2022: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe24.512611,091—
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe24.198820,608—
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe22.32718,964—
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa21.67477,491—
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe18.4272790,311—
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe16.452815,309—
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand16.361954,349—
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand16.1255271,369—
ChinaCHNEastern Asia15.7567289,696For China, only the data for Shanghai is included.
IcelandISLNorthern Europe12.01233,052—
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa10.3360434,024—
BulgariaBGREastern Europe9.700539,989—
ChileCHLSouth America9.6151129,615—
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa9.363414,552—
RomaniaROUEastern Europe9.2775113,931—
SwedenSWENorthern Europe9.235960,215—
NorwayNORNorthern Europe9.161532,439—
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia8.553520,233—
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa7.812719,042—
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe7.68712,756—
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe7.282227,324—
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia7.217015,488—
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa7.207012,288—
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe6.981446,119—
FranceFRAWestern Europe6.8632287,719—

02In 2022

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Luxembourg24.5126
  2. Estonia24.1988
  3. Montenegro22.3271
  4. Cabo Verde21.6747
  5. United Kingdom18.4272

Lowest

  1. Somalia0.0287
  2. Palestine0.0695
  3. Bhutan0.0714
  4. Bangladesh0.0858
  5. Central African Republic0.0928

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2.2219. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • New limited liability companies registered

    HighestBrazil825,116

    LowestTuvalu7

    Middle country: 15,309

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −0countries joined / left
  • 130values changed, of 130 in both
  • 71 · 59rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Bolivia+ Netherlands+ Suriname

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 2022.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • 130 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 (2022). New Business Density, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/new-business-density/2022

0619 held

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07Questions

New Business Density, 2022: questions and answers

Which country has the highest new business density in New Business Density, 2022?

Luxembourg, at 24.5126, of the 133 countries in the file.

What year does New Business Density, 2022 describe?

2022.

How many countries does New Business Density, 2022 cover?

133.

Where can I download New Business Density, 2022?

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, 2022 the newest?

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

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