058.Firm Exit Rate by country

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Countries reporting

Highest

0.6327

Malawi

Lowest

0.1667

East Timor

Median

0.3377

Years covered

1998–2014

Data points

497

What the numbers show

058.Firm Exit Rate is currently reported for 52 countries. The highest value is 0.6327 in Malawi; the lowest is 0.1667 in East Timor.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3377, and the mean is 0.3508.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Tanzania (up 57.5%), and the largest decrease in East Timor (down 65.0%).

058.Firm Exit Rate: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Malawi	0.6327	2012	down 8.7%	flat
2	Tanzania	0.5547	2012	up 57.5%	rising
3	Rwanda	0.5223	2012	up 13.0%	rising
4	Georgia	0.5071	2012	up 8.1%	flat
5	Zambia	0.5057	2011	up 15.1%	rising
6	Cameroon	0.4705	2013	up 18.2%	falling
7	Dominican Republic	0.456	2014	up 8.7%	rising
8	Spain	0.4555	2014	up 18.3%	rising
9	Kyrgyzstan	0.4497	2012	down 6.9%	falling
10	Nicaragua	0.4126	2014	up 6.0%	rising
11	Botswana	0.4008	2013	up 2.2%	flat
12	Jordan	0.4	2012	down 3.8%	flat
13	Gabon	0.3991	2008	up 4.0%	falling
14	Kenya	0.3986	2014	down 16.2%	falling
15	Bulgaria	0.3976	2006	—	falling
16	Costa Rica	0.3953	2012	up 13.6%	flat
17	Uganda	0.3927	2010	up 25.0%	flat
18	Burkina Faso	0.3906	2012	up 5.7%	falling
19	Estonia	0.3855	2011	up 34.8%	rising
20	Norway	0.3712	2014	up 2.9%	rising
21	Portugal	0.3699	2012	up 12.7%	rising
22	Madagascar	0.3634	2012	—	rising
23	Uruguay	0.3482	2012	up 2.1%	flat
24	Senegal	0.3462	2012	down 7.8%	flat
25	Peru	0.3403	2013	down 6.9%	falling
26	North Macedonia	0.3388	2010	down 19.3%	falling
27	Chile	0.3367	2012	up 3.2%	flat
28	Morocco	0.3326	2013	down 7.9%	falling
29	Albania	0.3325	2012	up 2.6%	flat
30	Croatia	0.3299	2012	—	rising
31	Bolivia	0.3201	2012	up 4.3%	flat
32	Ecuador	0.3152	2014	down 8.4%	flat
33	Guatemala	0.3149	2013	up 0.5%	rising
34	Mexico	0.3145	2011	down 20.6%	falling
35	Colombia	0.3091	2013	up 0.0%	falling
36	Mauritius	0.3085	2012	up 18.1%	rising
37	El Salvador	0.3016	2009	down 47.4%	falling
38	Turkey	0.2955	2013	up 3.9%	falling
39	New Zealand	0.2809	2010	up 5.7%	rising
40	Slovenia	0.2773	2011	up 6.1%	flat
41	Sweden	0.2763	2006	down 3.5%	flat
42	Romania	0.2704	2011	down 12.9%	falling
43	Cambodia	0.269	2009	down 36.7%	falling
44	Egypt	0.2592	2012	down 4.7%	rising
45	South Africa	0.2529	2012	down 29.7%	falling
46	Belgium	0.2485	2012	down 20.6%	falling
47	Bangladesh	0.2416	2014	up 13.4%	rising
48	Pakistan	0.2405	2010	down 25.2%	falling
49	Paraguay	0.2303	2012	—	falling
50	Brazil	0.227	2014	up 3.1%	falling
51	Denmark	0.1875	2012	up 1.8%	flat
52	East Timor	0.1667	2012	down 65.0%	volatile

About this data

Indicator: 058.Firm Exit Rate
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 52 places, 497 data points, 1998–2014
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026

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