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. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Economy Statistics > Micro, small and medium enterprises > number (per capita) (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
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Date
#1
Indonesia :
195.274
per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#2
Paraguay :
98.44
per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#3
Kenya :
87.391
per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#4
Iceland :
87.125
per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#5
Ecuador :
83.572
per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#6
Belize :
82.927
per 1,000 people
1993 ...
#7
New Zealand :
82.245
per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#8
Italy :
77.876
per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#9
Malta :
77.184
per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#10
Tanzania :
74.575
per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#11
United Kingdom :
73.791
per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#12
El Salvador :
72.104
per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#13
Bermuda :
71.71
per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#14
Greece :
69.941
per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#15
Bolivia :
67.008
per 1,000 people
1995 ...
#16
Portugal :
66.373
per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#17
Belgium :
66.165
per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#18
Malawi :
64.921
per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#19
Australia :
63.159
per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#20
Korea, South :
62.356
per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#21
Mauritius :
62.194
per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#22
Lebanon :
59.388
per 1,000 people
1996 ...
#23
Luxembourg :
53.682
per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#24
Denmark :
47.758
per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#25
Switzerland :
46.873
per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#26
Slovenia :
45.631
per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#27
Japan :
44.709
per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#28
Dominican Republic :
43.615
per 1,000 people
1999 ...
#29
Chile :
43.414
per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#30
Poland :
43.262
per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#31
France :
43.174
per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#32
Uruguay :
42.805
per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#33
Finland :
42.394
per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#34
Honduras :
40.152
per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#35
Hong Kong :
38.352
per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#36
Jamaica :
37.097
per 1,000 people
1996 ...
#37
Netherlands Antilles :
36.313
per 1,000 people
1998 ...
#38
United Arab Emirates :
34.193
per 1,000 people
1995 ...
#39
Nicaragua :
32.84
per 1,000 people
1999 ...
#40
Singapore :
32.159
per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#41
Austria :
30.876
per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#42
Laos :
30.41
per 1,000 people
1996 ...
#43
Guyana :
29.765
per 1,000 people
1998 ...
#44
Mexico :
28.332
per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#45
Kyrgyzstan :
28.277
per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#46
Bulgaria :
27.673
per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#47
Macedonia, Republic of :
27.507
per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#48
Brazil :
27.409
per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#49
Jordan :
26.416
per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#50
Egypt :
25.47
per 1,000 people
1998 ...
#51
Argentina :
24.495
per 1,000 people
1999 ...
#52
Ireland :
24.276
per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#53
Peru :
23.903
per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#54
Virgin Islands :
23.187
per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#55
South Africa :
22.008
per 1,000 people
1997 ...
#56
Iran :
20.622
per 1,000 people
1997 ...
#57
United States :
19.985
per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#58
Algeria :
18.762
per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#59
Romania :
18.102
per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#60
American Samoa :
17.456
per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#61
Guam :
17.147
per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#62
Yemen :
16.235
per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#63
Guatemala :
15.921
per 1,000 people
1999 ...
#64
Morocco :
15.798
per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#65
Colombia :
15.014
per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#66
Tajikistan :
14.772
per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#67
Trinidad and Tobago :
14.716
per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#68
Northern Mariana Islands :
13.883
per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#69
Latvia :
13.807
per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#70
Panama :
13.699
per 1,000 people
1999 ...
#71
Thailand :
13.459
per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#72
Slovakia :
13.108
per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#73
Albania :
12.318
per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#74
Philippines :
10.087
per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#75
Costa Rica :
9.622
per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#76
Serbia and Montenegro :
8.422
per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#77
Uzbekistan :
8.308
per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#78
China :
6.336
per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#79
Sri Lanka :
6.307
per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#80
Uganda :
6.18
per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#81
Moldova :
6.066
per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#82
Azerbaijan :
6.015
per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#83
East Timor :
4.475
per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#84
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
3.825
per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#85
Kazakhstan :
3.404
per 1,000 people
1994 ...
#86
Turkey :
3.117
per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#87
Oman :
2.91
per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#88
Belarus :
2.53
per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#89
Bangladesh :
1.271
per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#90
Ghana :
1.185
per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#91
Vietnam :
1.107
per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#92
Tunisia :
0.915
per 1,000 people
1999 ...
#93
Sudan :
0.669
per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#94
Puerto Rico :
0.536
per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#95
Venezuela :
0.465
per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#96
India :
0.3
per 1,000 people
1998 ...
#97
Nepal :
0.122
per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#98
Sweden :
0.1
per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#99
Cyprus :
0.088
per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#100
Spain :
0.073
per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#101
Canada :
0.07
per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#102
Norway :
0.068
per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#103
Israel :
0.068
per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#104
Russia :
0.048
per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#105
Estonia :
0.048
per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#106
Netherlands :
0.045
per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#107
Germany :
0.038
per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#108
Armenia :
0.033
per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#109
Croatia :
0.021
per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#110
Malaysia :
0.02
per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#111
Pakistan :
0.019
per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#112
Lithuania :
0.017
per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#113
Georgia :
0.008
per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#114
Ukraine :
0.007
per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#115
Botswana :
0.007
per 1,000 people
2005 ...
Weighted average:
28.5
per 1,000 people
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. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
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