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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