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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
Indonesian Economy
# 2
Sweden :
99.56 per 1,000 people
2005
Swedish Economy
# 3
Paraguay :
98.44 per 1,000 people
2002
Paraguayan Economy
# 4
Cyprus :
88.31 per 1,000 people
2005
Cypriot Economy
# 5
Kenya :
87.39 per 1,000 people
2002
Kenyan Economy
# 6
Iceland :
87.13 per 1,000 people
2004
Icelandic Economy
# 7
Ecuador :
83.57 per 1,000 people
2001
Ecuadorian Economy
# 8
Belize :
82.93 per 1,000 people
1993
Belizean Economy
# 9
New Zealand :
82.25 per 1,000 people
2004
New Zealand Economy
# 10
Italy :
77.88 per 1,000 people
2003
Italian Economy
# 11
Malta :
77.18 per 1,000 people
2004
Maltese Economy
# 12
Tanzania :
74.58 per 1,000 people
2002
Tanzanian Economy
# 13
United Kingdom :
73.79 per 1,000 people
2004
British Economy
# 14
Spain :
73.02 per 1,000 people
2005
Spanish Economy
# 15
El Salvador :
72.1 per 1,000 people
2001
Salvadoran Economy
# 16
Bermuda :
71.71 per 1,000 people
2004
Bermudian Economy
# 17
Greece :
69.94 per 1,000 people
2003
Greek Economy
# 18
Canada :
69.51 per 1,000 people
2005
Canadian Economy
# 19
Norway :
68.4 per 1,000 people
2005
Norwegian Economy
# 20
Israel :
67.64 per 1,000 people
2005
Israeli Economy
# 21
Bolivia :
67.01 per 1,000 people
1995
Bolivian Economy
# 22
Portugal :
66.37 per 1,000 people
2003
Portuguese Economy
# 23
Belgium :
66.16 per 1,000 people
2003
Belgian Economy
# 24
Malawi :
64.92 per 1,000 people
2000
Malawian Economy
# 25
Australia :
63.16 per 1,000 people
2004
Australian Economy
# 26
Korea, South :
62.36 per 1,000 people
2004
Korean Economy
# 27
Mauritius :
62.19 per 1,000 people
2002
Mauritian Economy
# 28
Lebanon :
59.39 per 1,000 people
1996
Lebanese Economy
# 29
Luxembourg :
53.68 per 1,000 people
2004
Luxembourg Economy
# 30
Estonia :
48.43 per 1,000 people
2005
Estonian Economy
# 31
Russia :
48.15 per 1,000 people
2005
Russian Economy
# 32
Denmark :
47.76 per 1,000 people
2004
Danish Economy
# 33
Switzerland :
46.87 per 1,000 people
2003
Swiss Economy
# 34
Slovenia :
45.63 per 1,000 people
2003
Slovenian Economy
# 35
Netherlands :
45.05 per 1,000 people
2005
Dutch Economy
# 36
Japan :
44.71 per 1,000 people
2004
Japanese Economy
# 37
Dominican Republic :
43.62 per 1,000 people
1999
Dominican Economy
# 38
Chile :
43.41 per 1,000 people
2004
Chilean Economy
# 39
Poland :
43.26 per 1,000 people
2001
Polish Economy
# 40
France :
43.17 per 1,000 people
2004
French Economy
# 41
Uruguay :
42.8 per 1,000 people
2000
Uruguayan Economy
# 42
Finland :
42.39 per 1,000 people
2003
Finnish Economy
# 43
Honduras :
40.15 per 1,000 people
2000
Honduran Economy
# 44
Hong Kong :
38.35 per 1,000 people
2004
Hong Kong Economy
# 45
Germany :
38.34 per 1,000 people
2005
German Economy
# 46
Jamaica :
37.1 per 1,000 people
1996
Jamaican Economy
# 47
Netherlands Antilles :
36.31 per 1,000 people
1998
Dutch Antillean Economy
# 48
United Arab Emirates :
34.19 per 1,000 people
1995
Emirati Economy
# 49
Armenia :
33.09 per 1,000 people
2005
Armenian Economy
# 50
Nicaragua :
32.84 per 1,000 people
1999
Nicaraguan Economy
# 51
Singapore :
32.16 per 1,000 people
2004
Singapore Economy
# 52
Austria :
30.88 per 1,000 people
2004
Austrian Economy
# 53
Laos :
30.41 per 1,000 people
1996
Lao Economy
# 54
Guyana :
29.77 per 1,000 people
1998
Guyanese Economy
# 55
Mexico :
28.33 per 1,000 people
2004
Mexican Economy
# 56
Kyrgyzstan :
28.28 per 1,000 people
2003
Kyrgyzstani Economy
# 57
Bulgaria :
27.67 per 1,000 people
2003
Bulgarian Economy
# 58
Macedonia, Republic of :
27.51 per 1,000 people
2003
Macedonian Economy
# 59
Brazil :
27.41 per 1,000 people
2002
Brazilian Economy
# 60
Jordan :
26.42 per 1,000 people
2004
Jordanian Economy
# 61
Egypt :
25.47 per 1,000 people
1998
Egyptian Economy
# 62
Argentina :
24.49 per 1,000 people
1999
Argentine Economy
# 63
Ireland :
24.28 per 1,000 people
2003
Irish Economy
# 64
Peru :
23.9 per 1,000 people
2004
Peruvian Economy
# 65
Virgin Islands :
23.19 per 1,000 people
2002
Virgin Islander Economy
# 66
South Africa :
22.01 per 1,000 people
1997
South African Economy
# 67
Croatia :
21.18 per 1,000 people
2005
Croatian Economy
# 68
Iran :
20.62 per 1,000 people
1997
Iranian Economy
# 69
Malaysia :
20.48 per 1,000 people
2005
Malaysian Economy
# 70
United States :
19.99 per 1,000 people
2004
American Economy
# 71
Pakistan :
18.98 per 1,000 people
2005
Pakistani Economy
# 72
Algeria :
18.76 per 1,000 people
2001
Algerian Economy
# 73
Romania :
18.1 per 1,000 people
2004
Romanian Economy
# 74
Guam :
17.15 per 1,000 people
2002
Guamanian Economy
# 75
Lithuania :
16.53 per 1,000 people
2005
Lithuanian Economy
# 76
Yemen :
16.24 per 1,000 people
2002
Yemeni Economy
# 77
Guatemala :
15.92 per 1,000 people
1999
Guatemalan Economy
# 78
Morocco :
15.8 per 1,000 people
2002
Moroccan Economy
# 79
Colombia :
15.01 per 1,000 people
2003
Colombian Economy
# 80
Tajikistan :
14.77 per 1,000 people
2002
Tajikistani Economy
# 81
Trinidad and Tobago :
14.72 per 1,000 people
2004
Tobagonian Economy
# 82
Latvia :
13.81 per 1,000 people
2001
Latvian Economy
# 83
Panama :
13.7 per 1,000 people
1999
Panamanian Economy
# 84
Thailand :
13.46 per 1,000 people
2002
Thai Economy
# 85
Slovakia :
13.11 per 1,000 people
2004
Slovak Economy
# 86
Albania :
12.32 per 1,000 people
2004
Albanian Economy
# 87
Philippines :
10.09 per 1,000 people
2003
Philippine Economy
# 88
Costa Rica :
9.62 per 1,000 people
2004
Costa Rican Economy
# 89
Serbia and Montenegro :
8.42 per 1,000 people
2003
Serbian Economy
# 90
Uzbekistan :
8.31 per 1,000 people
2003
Uzbekistani Economy
# 91
Georgia :
7.57 per 1,000 people
2005
Georgian Economy
# 92
Botswana :
7.44 per 1,000 people
2005
Motswana -Batswana Economy
# 93
Ukraine :
7.3 per 1,000 people
2005
Ukrainian Economy
# 94
China :
6.34 per 1,000 people
2000
Chinese Economy
# 95
Sri Lanka :
6.31 per 1,000 people
2003
Sri Lankan Economy
# 96
Uganda :
6.18 per 1,000 people
2002
Ugandan Economy
# 97
Moldova :
6.07 per 1,000 people
2003
Moldovan Economy
# 98
Azerbaijan :
6.01 per 1,000 people
2003
Azerbaijani Economy
# 99
East Timor :
4.48 per 1,000 people
2004
Timorese Economy
# 100
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
3.82 per 1,000 people
2003
Herzegovinian Economy
# 101
Kazakhstan :
3.4 per 1,000 people
1994
Kazakhstani Economy
# 102
Turkey :
3.12 per 1,000 people
2000
Turkish Economy
# 103
Oman :
2.91 per 1,000 people
2004
Omani Economy
# 104
Belarus :
2.53 per 1,000 people
2002
Belarusian Economy
# 105
Bangladesh :
1.27 per 1,000 people
2004
Bangladeshi Economy
# 106
Ghana :
1.19 per 1,000 people
2004
Ghanaian Economy
# 107
Vietnam :
1.11 per 1,000 people
2004
Vietnamese Economy
# 108
Tunisia :
0.91 per 1,000 people
1999
Tunisian Economy
# 109
Sudan :
0.67 per 1,000 people
2001
Sudanese Economy
# 110
Puerto Rico :
0.54 per 1,000 people
2002
Puerto Rican Economy
# 111
Venezuela :
0.47 per 1,000 people
2000
Venezuelan Economy
# 112
India :
0.3 per 1,000 people
1998
Indian Economy
# 113
Nepal :
0.12 per 1,000 people
2001
Nepalese Economy
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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"Micro, small and medium enterprises > per 1,000 people by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/eco_mic_sma_and_med_ent_per_1000_peo-enterprises-per-1-000-people
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