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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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 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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