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

Within the “Sub-Saharan Africa” group, Cabo Verde leads New business density (new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64) in 2024 at 22, while Somalia, Fed. Rep. sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 0. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.05.410.916.321.8Cabo VerdeCabo Verde: 2221.8MauritiusMauritius: 1414.0BotswanaBotswana: 1313.3South AfricaSouth Africa: 1111.5Cote d'IvoireCote d'Ivoire: 88.3NamibiaNamibia: 76.7EswatiniEswatini: 44.4SeychellesSeychelles: 44.3ZimbabweZimbabwe: 32.8RwandaRwanda: 32.7KenyaKenya: 21.7GabonGabon: 21.6

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Cabo Verde 22
2 Mauritius 14
3 Botswana 13
4 South Africa 11
5 Cote d'Ivoire 8
6 Namibia 7
7 Eswatini 4
8 Seychelles 4
9 Zimbabwe 3
10 Rwanda 3
11 Kenya 2
12 Gabon 2
13 Angola 2
14 Zambia 2
15 Gambia, The 1
16 Ghana 1
17 Senegal 1
18 Uganda 1
19 Togo 1
20 Burundi 1
21 Mauritania 1
22 Burkina Faso 1
23 Comoros 1
24 Sierra Leone 1
25 Benin 1
26 Guinea 1
27 Ethiopia 1
28 Guinea-Bissau 0
29 Congo, Rep. 0
30 Chad 0
31 Madagascar 0
32 Congo, Dem. Rep. 0
33 Niger 0
34 Central African Republic 0
35 Liberia 0
36 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 0

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Sub-Saharan Africa group for New business density (new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64) in 2024, Cabo Verde leads with a gap of 8 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 36 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Somalia, Fed. Rep. at 0.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.