SEARCH ALL
FACTS & STATISTICS
Advanced view
Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:
DEFINITION
Total businesses registered. Because of underreporting of firms that have closed or exited, especially in developing countries, the data on total registered firms may be biased upward.
Government Statistics > Total businesses registered > number (1997) by country
Showing values for 1997.
Select another time period:
Most recent
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
7,357,077
1997
Chinese Government
# 2
Italy :
5,471,631
1997
Italian Government
# 3
Zimbabwe :
4,919,515
1997
Zimbabwean Government
# 4
Germany :
2,797,759
1997
German Government
# 5
Poland :
2,596,890
1997
Polish Government
# 6
Spain :
2,438,830
1997
Spanish Government
# 7
France :
2,390,000
1997
French Government
# 8
Peru :
1,877,900
1997
Peruvian Government
# 9
Czech Republic :
1,627,626
1997
Czech Government
# 10
United Kingdom :
1,323,100
1997
British Government
# 11
South Africa :
1,075,611
1997
South African Government
# 12
Brazil :
1,042,581
1997
Brazilian Government
# 13
Hungary :
998,264
1997
Hungarian Government
# 14
Canada :
950,800
1997
Canadian Government
# 15
Netherlands :
884,000
1997
Dutch Government
# 16
Belgium :
694,086
1997
Belgian Government
# 17
Romania :
671,131
1997
Romanian Government
# 18
Hong Kong :
633,071
1997
Hong Kong Government
# 19
Nigeria :
603,333
1997
Nigerian Government
# 20
Denmark :
509,855
1997
Danish Government
# 21
Argentina :
446,118
1997
Argentine Government
# 22
Serbia and Montenegro :
425,312
1997
Serbian Government
# 23
Thailand :
392,443
1997
Thai Government
# 24
Madagascar :
322,830
1997
Malagasy Government
# 25
Sweden :
268,374
1997
Swedish Government
# 26
Norway :
257,925
1997
Norwegian Government
# 27
Singapore :
252,297
1997
Singapore Government
# 28
Finland :
236,190
1997
Finnish Government
# 29
New Zealand :
202,137
1997
New Zealand Government
# 30
Lithuania :
181,361
1997
Lithuanian Government
# 31
Ireland :
165,260
1997
Irish Government
# 32
Austria :
138,657
1997
Austrian Government
# 33
Latvia :
112,344
1997
Latvian Government
# 34
Macedonia, Republic of :
103,024
1997
Macedonian Government
# 35
Oman :
101,063
1997
Omani Government
# 36
Moldova :
86,543
1997
Moldovan Government
# 37
Albania :
86,192
1997
Albanian Government
# 38
Estonia :
80,669
1997
Estonian Government
# 39
Cyprus :
80,057
1997
Cypriot Government
# 40
Puerto Rico :
42,463
1997
Puerto Rican Government
# 41
Georgia :
41,467
1997
Georgian Government
# 42
Malawi :
40,581
1997
Malawian Government
# 43
Jamaica :
36,082
1997
Jamaican Government
# 44
Sri Lanka :
34,446
1997
Sri Lankan Government
# 45
Bolivia :
33,699
1997
Bolivian Government
# 46
Pakistan :
33,418
1997
Pakistani Government
# 47
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
28,478
1997
Herzegovinian Government
# 48
Iceland :
15,255
1997
Icelandic Government
# 49
El Salvador :
12,190
1997
Salvadoran Government
# 50
Zambia :
9,473
1997
Zambian Government
# 51
Mozambique :
8,903
1997
Mozambican Government
# 52
Jordan :
8,564
1997
Jordanian Government
# 53
Uganda :
6,721
1997
Ugandan Government
# 54
Benin :
5,512
1997
Beninese Government
# 55
Côte d'Ivoire :
2,744
1997
Ivoirian Government
# 56
Cameroon :
1,971
1997
Cameroonian Government
# 57
Senegal :
1,470
1997
Senegalese Government
# 58
Gabon :
1,139
1997
Gabonese Government
# 59
Sierra Leone :
446
1997
Sierra Leonean Government
# 60
Burkina Faso :
221
1997
Burkinabe Government
Total :
45,167,099
Weighted average:
752,785.0
DEFINITION: Total businesses registered. Because of underreporting of firms that have closed or exited, especially in developing countries, the data on total registered firms may be biased upward.
See also
See this stat for year:
2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990
Related links:
TOP GOVERNMENT STATS