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
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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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