057.Firm Entry Rate by country

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Countries reporting

Highest

0.6476

Malawi

Lowest

0.2094

Denmark

Median

0.3425

Years covered

1998–2014

Data points

498

What the numbers show

057.Firm Entry Rate is currently reported for 52 countries. The highest value is 0.6476 in Malawi; the lowest is 0.2094 in Denmark.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3425, and the mean is 0.3639.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Estonia (up 101.1%), and the largest decrease in Pakistan (down 37.1%).

057.Firm Entry Rate: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Malawi	0.6476	2012	up 23.7%	rising
2	Estonia	0.6358	2011	up 101.1%	rising
3	Rwanda	0.6313	2012	up 19.9%	rising
4	Uganda	0.5542	2010	down 17.8%	falling
5	Georgia	0.5179	2012	down 6.0%	falling
6	Tanzania	0.5139	2012	up 21.9%	rising
7	Zambia	0.4988	2011	down 4.7%	falling
8	Kyrgyzstan	0.4631	2012	up 2.2%	flat
9	Spain	0.4395	2014	up 11.7%	rising
10	Dominican Republic	0.4393	2014	up 7.2%	rising
11	Burkina Faso	0.4378	2012	up 12.3%	falling
12	Costa Rica	0.402	2012	up 20.9%	rising
13	Portugal	0.3968	2012	up 11.4%	rising
14	Gabon	0.3963	2008	down 6.7%	falling
15	Cameroon	0.3921	2013	down 35.1%	falling
16	Norway	0.3902	2014	up 1.4%	rising
17	Bulgaria	0.3827	2006	—	falling
18	Senegal	0.3777	2012	down 13.2%	falling
19	Croatia	0.377	2012	—	rising
20	Kenya	0.3686	2014	down 13.4%	falling
21	Botswana	0.3627	2013	down 23.7%	falling
22	North Macedonia	0.3626	2010	down 7.1%	falling
23	Uruguay	0.3561	2012	down 8.7%	falling
24	Cambodia	0.3537	2009	down 6.3%	falling
25	Morocco	0.347	2013	down 2.3%	falling
26	Albania	0.3429	2012	down 5.7%	falling
27	Madagascar	0.3421	2012	—	rising
28	Turkey	0.3396	2013	down 6.4%	falling
29	Peru	0.3311	2013	down 20.0%	falling
30	Jordan	0.3287	2012	down 17.3%	falling
31	Nicaragua	0.3279	2014	down 15.0%	falling
32	Colombia	0.3259	2013	up 3.1%	rising
33	Mexico	0.3209	2011	down 13.7%	falling
34	Chile	0.3203	2012	down 8.9%	falling
35	Bolivia	0.3201	2012	down 9.7%	flat
36	Guatemala	0.3189	2013	down 0.5%	flat
37	Romania	0.3095	2011	down 2.2%	rising
38	South Africa	0.3071	2012	down 20.7%	falling
39	Mauritius	0.3016	2012	down 5.7%	flat
40	Slovenia	0.2952	2011	up 2.0%	falling
41	Ecuador	0.2929	2014	down 14.1%	falling
42	Sweden	0.2869	2006	down 4.0%	falling
43	El Salvador	0.2861	2009	down 20.5%	falling
44	Egypt	0.2784	2012	up 2.1%	flat
45	New Zealand	0.27	2010	down 8.3%	falling
46	Pakistan	0.2525	2010	down 37.1%	falling
47	Belgium	0.2519	2013	down 16.7%	falling
48	Brazil	0.2436	2014	down 18.5%	falling
49	Bangladesh	0.2418	2014	down 9.8%	falling
50	Paraguay	0.2207	2012	—	falling
51	East Timor	0.2105	2012	up 36.8%	rising
52	Denmark	0.2094	2012	down 12.1%	falling

About this data

Indicator: 057.Firm Entry Rate
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 52 places, 498 data points, 1998–2014
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026

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