Economy > Micro > Small and medium enterprises > Number per 1000: 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. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	IndonesiaIndonesia	192.35	2002
2	SwedenSweden	99.5	2005
3	ParaguayParaguay	98.36	2002
4	IcelandIceland	87.13	2004
5	BelizeBelize	85.68	1993
6	KenyaKenya	84.85	2002
7	New ZealandNew Zealand	81.72	2004
8	EcuadorEcuador	81.64	2001
9	ItalyItaly	77.88	2003
10	MaltaMalta	77.19	2004
11	El SalvadorEl Salvador	77.13	2001
12	TanzaniaTanzania	75.41	2002
13	United KingdomUnited Kingdom	73.75	2004
14	SpainSpain	73.02	2005
15	BermudaBermuda	70.9	2004
16	GreeceGreece	69.94	2003
17	CanadaCanada	69.49	2005
18	NorwayNorway	68.4	2005
19	IsraelIsrael	67.58	2005
20	PortugalPortugal	66.37	2003
21	BelgiumBelgium	66.16	2003
22	MalawiMalawi	66.02	2000
23	BoliviaBolivia	65.66	1995
24	CyprusCyprus	64.81	2005
25	AustraliaAustralia	63.05	2004
26	LebanonLebanon	62.71	1996
27	South KoreaSouth Korea	62.41	2004
28	MauritiusMauritius	62.19	2002
29	LuxembourgLuxembourg	53.12	2004
30	EstoniaEstonia	48.43	2005
31	RussiaRussia	48.14	2005
32	DenmarkDenmark	47.73	2004
33	SwitzerlandSwitzerland	46.87	2003
34	SloveniaSlovenia	45.63	2003
35	NetherlandsNetherlands	45.05	2005
36	JapanJapan	44.71	2004
37	ChileChile	43.29	2004
38	PolandPoland	43.27	2001
39	UruguayUruguay	43.07	2000
40	FinlandFinland	42.39	2003
41	FranceFrance	41.67	2004
42	Dominican RepublicDominican Rep.	41.65	1999
43	HondurasHonduras	41.37	2000
44	Hong KongHong Kong	38.91	2004
45	GermanyGermany	38.34	2005
46	JamaicaJamaica	37.1	1996
47	United Arab EmiratesUAE	35.14	1995
48	ArmeniaArmenia	33.1	2005
49	SingaporeSingapore	32.73	2004
50	NicaraguaNicaragua	31.64	1999
51	AustriaAustria	30.89	2004
52	GuyanaGuyana	29.83	1998
53	LaosLaos	29.28	1996
54	KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan	28.25	2003
55	BulgariaBulgaria	27.67	2003
56	BrazilBrazil	27.33	2002
57	JordanJordan	26.72	2004
58	MexicoMexico	26.43	2004
59	EgyptEgypt	25.74	1998
60	ArgentinaArgentina	24.49	1999
61	IrelandIreland	24.27	2003
62	PeruPeru	24.04	2004
63	South AfricaSouth Africa	22.01	1997
64	CroatiaCroatia	21.18	2005
65	MalaysiaMalaysia	20.08	2005
66	IranIran	20.07	1997
67	United StatesUnited States	20.04	2004
68	PakistanPakistan	18.72	2005
69	RomaniaRomania	18.1	2004
70	AlgeriaAlgeria	18.04	2001
71	GuamGuam	17.53	2002
72	American SamoaAmerican Samoa	16.94	2002
73	YemenYemen	16.71	2002
74	LithuaniaLithuania	16.53	2005
75	GuatemalaGuatemala	15.87	1999
76	ColombiaColombia	15.86	2003
77	Northern Mariana IslandsN. Mariana	15.61	2002
78	MoroccoMorocco	15.35	2002
79	Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad+	14.84	2004
80	TajikistanTajikistan	14.52	2002
81	LatviaLatvia	13.83	2001
82	PanamaPanama	13.24	1999
83	ThailandThailand	13.2	2002
84	SlovakiaSlovakia	13.11	2004
85	AlbaniaAlbania	11.92	2004
86	PhilippinesPhilippines	9.79	2003
87	Costa RicaCosta Rica	9.64	2004
88	UzbekistanUzbekistan	8.31	2003
89	GeorgiaGeorgia	7.76	2005
90	UkraineUkraine	7.3	2005
91	MoldovaMoldova	7.1	2003
92	BotswanaBotswana	7	2005
93	ChinaChina	6.34	2000
94	Sri LankaSri Lanka	6.33	2003
95	UgandaUganda	6.18	2002
96	AzerbaijanAzerbaijan	6.01	2003
97	East TimorEast Timor	4.28	2004
98	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina	3.85	2003
99	KazakhstanKazakhstan	3.4	1994
100	TurkeyTurkey	3.33	2000
101	OmanOman	2.99	2004
102	BelarusBelarus	2.55	2002
103	BangladeshBangladesh	1.25	2004
104	GhanaGhana	1.23	2004
105	VietnamVietnam	1.12	2004
106	TunisiaTunisia	0.915	1999
107	SudanSudan	0.79	2001
108	Puerto RicoPuerto Rico	0.541	2002
109	VenezuelaVenezuela	0.464	2000
110	IndiaIndia	0.293	1998
111	NepalNepal	0.129	2001

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