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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. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesia | 192.35 | 2002 | ||
| 2 | Sweden | 99.5 | 2005 | ||
| 3 | Paraguay | 98.36 | 2002 | ||
| 4 | Iceland | 87.13 | 2004 | ||
| 5 | Belize | 85.68 | 1993 | ||
| 6 | Kenya | 84.85 | 2002 | ||
| 7 | New Zealand | 81.72 | 2004 | ||
| 8 | Ecuador | 81.64 | 2001 | ||
| 9 | Italy | 77.88 | 2003 | ||
| 10 | Malta | 77.19 | 2004 | ||
| 11 | El Salvador | 77.13 | 2001 | ||
| 12 | Tanzania | 75.41 | 2002 | ||
| 13 | United Kingdom | 73.75 | 2004 | ||
| 14 | Spain | 73.02 | 2005 | ||
| 15 | Bermuda | 70.9 | 2004 | ||
| 16 | Greece | 69.94 | 2003 | ||
| 17 | Canada | 69.49 | 2005 | ||
| 18 | Norway | 68.4 | 2005 | ||
| 19 | Israel | 67.58 | 2005 | ||
| 20 | Portugal | 66.37 | 2003 | ||
| 21 | Belgium | 66.16 | 2003 | ||
| 22 | Malawi | 66.02 | 2000 | ||
| 23 | Bolivia | 65.66 | 1995 | ||
| 24 | Cyprus | 64.81 | 2005 | ||
| 25 | Australia | 63.05 | 2004 | ||
| 26 | Lebanon | 62.71 | 1996 | ||
| 27 | South Korea | 62.41 | 2004 | ||
| 28 | Mauritius | 62.19 | 2002 | ||
| 29 | Luxembourg | 53.12 | 2004 | ||
| 30 | Estonia | 48.43 | 2005 | ||
| 31 | Russia | 48.14 | 2005 | ||
| 32 | Denmark | 47.73 | 2004 | ||
| 33 | Switzerland | 46.87 | 2003 | ||
| 34 | Slovenia | 45.63 | 2003 | ||
| 35 | Netherlands | 45.05 | 2005 | ||
| 36 | Japan | 44.71 | 2004 | ||
| 37 | Chile | 43.29 | 2004 | ||
| 38 | Poland | 43.27 | 2001 | ||
| 39 | Uruguay | 43.07 | 2000 | ||
| 40 | Finland | 42.39 | 2003 | ||
| 41 | France | 41.67 | 2004 | ||
| 42 | Dominican Republic | 41.65 | 1999 | ||
| 43 | Honduras | 41.37 | 2000 | ||
| 44 | Hong Kong | 38.91 | 2004 | ||
| 45 | Germany | 38.34 | 2005 | ||
| 46 | Jamaica | 37.1 | 1996 | ||
| 47 | United Arab Emirates | 35.14 | 1995 | ||
| 48 | Armenia | 33.1 | 2005 | ||
| 49 | Singapore | 32.73 | 2004 | ||
| 50 | Nicaragua | 31.64 | 1999 | ||
| 51 | Austria | 30.89 | 2004 | ||
| 52 | Guyana | 29.83 | 1998 | ||
| 53 | Laos | 29.28 | 1996 | ||
| 54 | Kyrgyzstan | 28.25 | 2003 | ||
| 55 | Bulgaria | 27.67 | 2003 | ||
| 56 | Brazil | 27.33 | 2002 | ||
| 57 | Jordan | 26.72 | 2004 | ||
| 58 | Mexico | 26.43 | 2004 | ||
| 59 | Egypt | 25.74 | 1998 | ||
| 60 | Argentina | 24.49 | 1999 | ||
| 61 | Ireland | 24.27 | 2003 | ||
| 62 | Peru | 24.04 | 2004 | ||
| 63 | South Africa | 22.01 | 1997 | ||
| 64 | Croatia | 21.18 | 2005 | ||
| 65 | Malaysia | 20.08 | 2005 | ||
| 66 | Iran | 20.07 | 1997 | ||
| 67 | United States | 20.04 | 2004 | ||
| 68 | Pakistan | 18.72 | 2005 | ||
| 69 | Romania | 18.1 | 2004 | ||
| 70 | Algeria | 18.04 | 2001 | ||
| 71 | Guam | 17.53 | 2002 | ||
| 72 | American Samoa | 16.94 | 2002 | ||
| 73 | Yemen | 16.71 | 2002 | ||
| 74 | Lithuania | 16.53 | 2005 | ||
| 75 | Guatemala | 15.87 | 1999 | ||
| 76 | Colombia | 15.86 | 2003 | ||
| 77 | Northern Mariana Islands | 15.61 | 2002 | ||
| 78 | Morocco | 15.35 | 2002 | ||
| 79 | Trinidad and Tobago | 14.84 | 2004 | ||
| 80 | Tajikistan | 14.52 | 2002 | ||
| 81 | Latvia | 13.83 | 2001 | ||
| 82 | Panama | 13.24 | 1999 | ||
| 83 | Thailand | 13.2 | 2002 | ||
| 84 | Slovakia | 13.11 | 2004 | ||
| 85 | Albania | 11.92 | 2004 | ||
| 86 | Philippines | 9.79 | 2003 | ||
| 87 | Costa Rica | 9.64 | 2004 | ||
| 88 | Uzbekistan | 8.31 | 2003 | ||
| 89 | Georgia | 7.76 | 2005 | ||
| 90 | Ukraine | 7.3 | 2005 | ||
| 91 | Moldova | 7.1 | 2003 | ||
| 92 | Botswana | 7 | 2005 | ||
| 93 | China | 6.34 | 2000 | ||
| 94 | Sri Lanka | 6.33 | 2003 | ||
| 95 | Uganda | 6.18 | 2002 | ||
| 96 | Azerbaijan | 6.01 | 2003 | ||
| 97 | East Timor | 4.28 | 2004 | ||
| 98 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.85 | 2003 | ||
| 99 | Kazakhstan | 3.4 | 1994 | ||
| 100 | Turkey | 3.33 | 2000 | ||
| 101 | Oman | 2.99 | 2004 | ||
| 102 | Belarus | 2.55 | 2002 | ||
| 103 | Bangladesh | 1.25 | 2004 | ||
| 104 | Ghana | 1.23 | 2004 | ||
| 105 | Vietnam | 1.12 | 2004 | ||
| 106 | Tunisia | 0.915 | 1999 | ||
| 107 | Sudan | 0.79 | 2001 | ||
| 108 | Puerto Rico | 0.541 | 2002 | ||
| 109 | Venezuela | 0.464 | 2000 | ||
| 110 | India | 0.293 | 1998 | ||
| 111 | Nepal | 0.129 | 2001 |
