Economy > Micro > Small and medium enterprises > Number > Per capita: Countries Compared

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. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.

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#	COUNTRY	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	87.12 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	75.81 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	71.37 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	66.17 per 1,000 people	2003
24	Malawi	64.92 per 1,000 people	2000
25	Australia	63.16 per 1,000 people	2004
26	South Korea	62.36 per 1,000 people	2004
27	Mauritius	62.19 per 1,000 people	2002
28	Lebanon	53.95 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	Chile	43.41 per 1,000 people	2004
38	Uruguay	43.33 per 1,000 people	2000
39	Poland	43.26 per 1,000 people	2001
40	France	43.17 per 1,000 people	2004
41	Finland	42.39 per 1,000 people	2003
42	Dominican Republic	41.31 per 1,000 people	1999
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	30.37 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	Brazil	27.41 per 1,000 people	2002
59	Jordan	26.72 per 1,000 people	2004
60	Egypt	25.47 per 1,000 people	1998
61	Argentina	24.5 per 1,000 people	1999
62	Ireland	24.28 per 1,000 people	2003
63	Peru	23.9 per 1,000 people	2004
64	Virgin Islands	23.19 per 1,000 people	2002
65	South Africa	22.01 per 1,000 people	1997
66	Croatia	21.18 per 1,000 people	2005
67	Iran	20.62 per 1,000 people	1997
68	Malaysia	20.48 per 1,000 people	2005
69	United States	19.98 per 1,000 people	2004
70	Pakistan	18.98 per 1,000 people	2005
71	Algeria	18.76 per 1,000 people	2001
72	Romania	18.1 per 1,000 people	2004
73	Guam	17.15 per 1,000 people	2002
74	Lithuania	16.53 per 1,000 people	2005
75	Yemen	16.23 per 1,000 people	2002
76	Guatemala	15.92 per 1,000 people	1999
77	Morocco	15.42 per 1,000 people	2002
78	Colombia	15.2 per 1,000 people	2003
79	Trinidad and Tobago	14.72 per 1,000 people	2004
80	Tajikistan	14.71 per 1,000 people	2002
81	Latvia	13.81 per 1,000 people	2001
82	Panama	13.7 per 1,000 people	1999
83	Thailand	13.46 per 1,000 people	2002
84	Slovakia	13.11 per 1,000 people	2004
85	Albania	12.32 per 1,000 people	2004
86	Philippines	10.09 per 1,000 people	2003
87	Costa Rica	9.62 per 1,000 people	2004
88	Serbia and Montenegro	8.42 per 1,000 people	2003
89	Uzbekistan	8.31 per 1,000 people	2003
90	Georgia	7.57 per 1,000 people	2005
91	Botswana	7.44 per 1,000 people	2005
92	Ukraine	7.3 per 1,000 people	2005
93	Moldova	6.45 per 1,000 people	2003
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	Azerbaijan	6.01 per 1,000 people	2003
98	East Timor	4.47 per 1,000 people	2004
99	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.83 per 1,000 people	2003
100	Kazakhstan	3.4 per 1,000 people	1994
101	Turkey	3.12 per 1,000 people	2000
102	Oman	2.91 per 1,000 people	2004
103	Belarus	2.53 per 1,000 people	2002
104	Bangladesh	1.27 per 1,000 people	2004
105	Ghana	1.19 per 1,000 people	2004
106	Vietnam	1.11 per 1,000 people	2004
107	Tunisia	0.915 per 1,000 people	1999
108	Sudan	0.669 per 1,000 people	2001
109	Puerto Rico	0.536 per 1,000 people	2002
110	Venezuela	0.465 per 1,000 people	2000
111	India	0.3 per 1,000 people	1998
112	Nepal	0.122 per 1,000 people	2001

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