DEFINITION
Micro, small, and medium-size enterprises are business that may be defined by the number of employees. There is no international standard definition of firm size; however, many institutions that collect information use the following size categories: micro enterprises have 0-9 employees, small enterprises have 10-49 employees, and medium-size enterprises have 50-249 employees.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Indonesia :
41,362,320
2002
# 2
China :
8,000,000
2000
# 3
Russia :
6,891,300
2005
# 4
United States :
5,868,737
2004
# 5
Japan :
5,712,191
2004
# 6
Brazil :
4,903,268
2002
# 7
Italy :
4,486,000
2003
# 8
United Kingdom :
4,415,260
2004
# 9
Spain :
3,168,735
2005
# 10
Germany :
3,162,111
2005
# 11
Korea, South :
2,998,223
2004
# 12
Pakistan :
2,956,704
2005
# 13
Mexico :
2,891,300
2004
# 14
Kenya :
2,800,000
2002
# 15
Tanzania :
2,700,000
2002
# 16
France :
2,612,960
2004
# 17
Canada :
2,245,245
2005
# 18
Poland :
1,654,822
2001
# 19
Egypt :
1,649,794
1998
# 20
Australia :
1,269,000
2004
# 21
Iran :
1,255,382
1997
# 22
Ecuador :
1,043,440
2001
# 23
South Africa :
900,683
1997
# 24
Sweden :
898,454
2005
# 25
Argentina :
894,169
1999
# 26
Thailand :
842,359.8
2002
# 27
Philippines :
808,634
2003
# 28
Greece :
771,000
2003
# 29
Malawi :
747,396
2000
# 30
Netherlands :
735,160
2005
# 31
Chile :
700,000
2004
# 32
Portugal :
693,000
2003
# 33
Belgium :
686,533
2003
# 34
Colombia :
664,000
2003
# 35
Peru :
658,837
2004
# 36
Algeria :
580,000
2001
# 37
Paraguay :
548,000
2002
# 38
Malaysia :
518,996
2005
# 39
Bolivia :
501,333
1995
# 40
Israel :
468,338
2005
# 41
El Salvador :
461,642
2001
# 42
Morocco :
450,000
2002
# 43
Romania :
392,544
2004
# 44
Dominican Republic :
355,175
1999
# 45
Switzerland :
344,000
2003
# 46
Ukraine :
343,786
2005
# 47
New Zealand :
334,031
2004
# 48
Norway :
316,243
2005
# 49
Yemen :
310,000
2002
# 50
India :
295,098
1998
# 51
Hong Kong :
263,959
2004
# 52
Honduras :
257,953
2000
# 53
Denmark :
257,950
2004
# 54
Austria :
252,399
2004
# 55
Finland :
221,000
2003
# 56
Bulgaria :
216,489
2003
# 57
Uzbekistan :
212,424
2003
# 58
Turkey :
210,134
2000
# 59
Lebanon :
192,569
1996
# 60
Bangladesh :
177,000
2004
# 61
Guatemala :
173,699
1999
# 62
Uganda :
160,453
2002
# 63
Nicaragua :
158,859
1999
# 64
Laos :
146,000
1996
# 65
Uruguay :
143,035
2000
# 66
Kyrgyzstan :
142,475
2003
# 67
Jordan :
141,327
2004
# 68
Singapore :
136,363
2004
# 69
Sri Lanka :
121,426
2003
# 70
Armenia :
99,805
2005
# 71
Ireland :
97,000
2003
# 72
Croatia :
94,088
2005
# 73
Jamaica :
93,110
1996
# 74
Tajikistan :
92,964
2002
# 75
Slovenia :
91,066
2003
# 76
Vietnam :
90,935
2004
# 77
United Arab Emirates :
82,440
1995
# 78
Mauritius :
75,267
2002
# 79
Slovakia :
70,553
2004
# 80
Serbia and Montenegro :
68,220
2003
# 81
Cyprus :
66,918
2005
# 82
Estonia :
65,194
2005
# 83
Lithuania :
56,428
2005
# 84
Macedonia, Republic of :
55,742
2003
# 85
Kazakhstan :
54,793
1994
# 86
Azerbaijan :
49,527
2003
# 87
Costa Rica :
40,921
2004
# 88
Panama :
39,636
1999
# 89
Albania :
38,331
2004
# 90
Georgia :
33,860
2005
# 91
Latvia :
32,571
2001
# 92
Malta :
30,974
2004
# 93
Ghana :
25,679
2004
# 94
Moldova :
25,667
2003
# 95
Iceland :
25,449
2004
# 96
Belarus :
25,107.6
2002
# 97
Luxembourg :
24,334
2004
# 98
Sudan :
22,460
2001
# 99
Guyana :
22,000
1998
# 100
Trinidad and Tobago :
19,150
2004
# 101
Belize :
17,000
1993
# 102
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
14,986
2003
# 103
Botswana :
13,137
2005
# 104
Venezuela :
11,314
2000
# 105
Tunisia :
8,650
1999
# 106
Oman :
7,373
2004
# 107
Netherlands Antilles :
6,496
1998
# 108
Bermuda :
4,519
2004
# 109
East Timor :
4,138
2004
# 110
Nepal :
3,040
2001
# 111
Guam :
2,757
2002
# 112
Virgin Islands :
2,523
2002
# 113
Puerto Rico :
2,069
2002
# 114
Northern Mariana Islands :
1,069
2002
# 115
American Samoa :
995
2002
Total :
135,661,973.4
Weighted average:
1,179,669.3
DEFINITION: Micro, small, and medium-size enterprises are business that may be defined by the number of employees. There is no international standard definition of firm size; however, many institutions that collect information use the following size categories: micro enterprises have 0-9 employees, small enterprises have 10-49 employees, and medium-size enterprises have 50-249 employees.
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