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.
Economy Statistics > Micro, small and medium enterprises > per 1,000 people (most recent) by country
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Countries
Amount
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#1 Indonesia :
195.27 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#2 Sweden :
99.56 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#3 Paraguay :
98.44 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#4 Cyprus :
88.31 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#5 Kenya :
87.39 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#6 Iceland :
87.13 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#7 Ecuador :
83.57 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#8 Belize :
82.93 per 1,000 people
1993 ...
#9 New Zealand :
82.25 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#10 Italy :
77.88 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#11 Malta :
77.18 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#12 Tanzania :
74.58 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#13 United Kingdom :
73.79 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#14 Spain :
73.02 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#15 El Salvador :
72.1 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#16 Bermuda :
71.71 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#17 Greece :
69.94 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#18 Canada :
69.51 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#19 Norway :
68.4 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#20 Israel :
67.64 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#21 Bolivia :
67.01 per 1,000 people
1995 ...
#22 Portugal :
66.37 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#23 Belgium :
66.16 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#24 Malawi :
64.92 per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#25 Australia :
63.16 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#26 Korea, South :
62.36 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#27 Mauritius :
62.19 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#28 Lebanon :
59.39 per 1,000 people
1996 ...
#29 Luxembourg :
53.68 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#30 Estonia :
48.43 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#31 Russia :
48.15 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#32 Denmark :
47.76 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#33 Switzerland :
46.87 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#34 Slovenia :
45.63 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#35 Netherlands :
45.05 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#36 Japan :
44.71 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#37 Dominican Republic :
43.62 per 1,000 people
1999 ...
#38 Chile :
43.41 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#39 Poland :
43.26 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#40 France :
43.17 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#41 Uruguay :
42.8 per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#42 Finland :
42.39 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#43 Honduras :
40.15 per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#44 Hong Kong :
38.35 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#45 Germany :
38.34 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#46 Jamaica :
37.1 per 1,000 people
1996 ...
#47 Netherlands Antilles :
36.31 per 1,000 people
1998 ...
#48 United Arab Emirates :
34.19 per 1,000 people
1995 ...
#49 Armenia :
33.09 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#50 Nicaragua :
32.84 per 1,000 people
1999 ...
#51 Singapore :
32.16 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#52 Austria :
30.88 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#53 Laos :
30.41 per 1,000 people
1996 ...
#54 Guyana :
29.77 per 1,000 people
1998 ...
#55 Mexico :
28.33 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#56 Kyrgyzstan :
28.28 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#57 Bulgaria :
27.67 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#58 Macedonia, Republic of :
27.51 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#59 Brazil :
27.41 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#60 Jordan :
26.42 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#61 Egypt :
25.47 per 1,000 people
1998 ...
#62 Argentina :
24.49 per 1,000 people
1999 ...
#63 Ireland :
24.28 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#64 Peru :
23.9 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#65 Virgin Islands :
23.19 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#66 South Africa :
22.01 per 1,000 people
1997 ...
#67 Croatia :
21.18 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#68 Iran :
20.62 per 1,000 people
1997 ...
#69 Malaysia :
20.48 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#70 United States :
19.99 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#71 Pakistan :
18.98 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#72 Algeria :
18.76 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#73 Romania :
18.1 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#74 Guam :
17.15 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#75 Lithuania :
16.53 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#76 Yemen :
16.24 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#77 Guatemala :
15.92 per 1,000 people
1999 ...
#78 Morocco :
15.8 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#79 Colombia :
15.01 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#80 Tajikistan :
14.77 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#81 Trinidad and Tobago :
14.72 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#82 Latvia :
13.81 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#83 Panama :
13.7 per 1,000 people
1999 ...
#84 Thailand :
13.46 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#85 Slovakia :
13.11 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#86 Albania :
12.32 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#87 Philippines :
10.09 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#88 Costa Rica :
9.62 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#89 Serbia and Montenegro :
8.42 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#90 Uzbekistan :
8.31 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#91 Georgia :
7.57 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#92 Botswana :
7.44 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#93 Ukraine :
7.3 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#94 China :
6.34 per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#95 Sri Lanka :
6.31 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#96 Uganda :
6.18 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#97 Moldova :
6.07 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#98 Azerbaijan :
6.01 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#99 East Timor :
4.48 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#100 Bosnia and Herzegovina :
3.82 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#101 Kazakhstan :
3.4 per 1,000 people
1994 ...
#102 Turkey :
3.12 per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#103 Oman :
2.91 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#104 Belarus :
2.53 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#105 Bangladesh :
1.27 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#106 Ghana :
1.19 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#107 Vietnam :
1.11 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#108 Tunisia :
0.91 per 1,000 people
1999 ...
#109 Sudan :
0.67 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#110 Puerto Rico :
0.54 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#111 Venezuela :
0.47 per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#112 India :
0.3 per 1,000 people
1998 ...
#113 Nepal :
0.12 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
Weighted average:
35.6 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.
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