Governance

New business density /1,000

IC.BUS.NDNS.ZS

Countries compared

9 countries compared out of 142 available.

Latest known value: 3.09 for Italy in 2024, over a series running from 2006 to 2024 and 7 countries compared, from the highest (China, 15.59) to the lowest (South Sudan, 0.3).

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	China	South Sudan	Ecuador	Slovenia
2024	3.09	3.67		15.59		1.59	2.62
2023	2.85	3.38		20.07		1.66	2.73
2022	2.83	3.13	3.41	15.76		1.57	2.75
2021	3	3.22		19.03		1.33	2.65
2020	2.45	2.53	3.07	14.3		0.89	2.62
2019	2.88	3.01	2.95	13.25		0.83	2.88
2018	2.98	3.08	2.94	14.12		0.75	3.03
2017	2.89	3.06	2.86	13.95		0.69	3.31
2016	2.66	3.27	2.83	14.77	0.3	0.62	3.08
2015	2.6	3.07		12.91	0.13	0.71	3.95
2014	2.38	3.04		11.24	0.32	0.75	4.47
2013	2.15	2.98		7.29	0.58	0.73	4.34
2012	1.95	2.76		6.48	0.74	0.68	4.37
2011	2.06	2.67		6.44	0.78	0.64	4.05
2010	2.25	2.51		5.92	0.18	0.58	3.82
2009	2.15	2.46		5.05	0.5	0.47	4.11
2008	2.3	3.28		3.9	0.68	0.49	4.31
2007	2.4	4.57			0.26	0.43	3.5
2006	2.31	4.86			0.08	0.42	2.76

World Bank definition

New business density (new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64)

The number of newly registered firms with limited liability per 1,000 working-age people (ages 15-64) per calendar year.

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