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

For 2024, New business density (new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64) is led by Cayman Islands at 201. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

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

Countries ranked 134
Snapshot year 2024
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0.050.3101151201Cayman IslandsCayman Islands: 201201Isle of ManIsle of Man: 3433.6Hong Kong SAR, ChinaHong Kong SAR, China: 2928.8EstoniaEstonia: 2726.8Turks and Caicos IslandsTurks and Caicos Islands: 2423.7Cabo VerdeCabo Verde: 2221.8Virgin Islands (U.S.)Virgin Islands (U.S.): 2020.0LuxembourgLuxembourg: 2019.6United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 1919.2St. Kitts and NevisSt. Kitts and Nevis: 1918.7AustraliaAustralia: 1818.1MontenegroMontenegro: 1817.9
Rank Country Value
101 Guatemala 1
102 Burundi 1
103 Mexico 1
104 Indonesia 1
105 Mauritania 1
106 Algeria 1
107 Burkina Faso 1
108 Comoros 1
109 Sierra Leone 1
110 Tonga 1
111 Benin 1
112 Guinea 1
113 Djibouti 1
114 Jordan 1
115 Ethiopia 1
116 Japan 1
117 Argentina 1
118 Philippines 1
119 Brunei Darussalam 0
120 Guinea-Bissau 0
121 Cambodia 0
122 Congo, Rep. 0
123 Honduras 0
124 Pakistan 0
125 India 0
126 West Bank and Gaza 0
127 Chad 0
128 Madagascar 0
129 Congo, Dem. Rep. 0
130 Niger 0
131 Central African Republic 0
132 Bangladesh 0
133 Liberia 0
134 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 0
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.

Analytical takeaways

  • Cayman Islands sits at the top of the New business density (new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64) distribution in 2024 at 201, with a lead of 167 over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Slovenia at 3, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits Somalia, Fed. Rep. (0), and the page currently covers 134 countries.

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