| New businesses registered (number) - Business environment - Private Sector & Trade - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data) |
Rank | Country | Value |
|---|
| 1 |  United States (2005) | 676,830 |
| 2 | Brazil (2005) | 490,542 |
| 3 | Russia (2007) | 489,955 |
| 4 | United Kingdom (2007) | 449,700 |
| 5 | Mexico (2005) | 306,400 |
| 6 | Canada (2007) | 207,000 |
| 7 | Spain (2007) | 145,593 |
| 8 | Japan (2006) | 145,151 |
| 9 | France (2006) | 137,481 |
| 10 | Netherlands (2005) | 116,000 |
| 11 | Romania (2007) | 103,733 |
| 12 | Turkey (2007) | 93,634 |
| 13 | Australia (2007) | 89,960 |
| 14 | Hong Kong (2007) | 80,935 |
| 15 | Italy (2007) | 77,587 |
| 16 | New Zealand (2007) | 74,247 |
| 17 | Germany (2005) | 66,747 |
| 18 | Bulgaria (2007) | 49,328 |
| 19 | Malaysia (2007) | 43,279 |
| 20 | Ukraine (2007) | 41,809 |
| 21 | South Africa (2005) | 41,356 |
| 22 | Portugal (2007) | 30,934 |
| 23 | Denmark (2007) | 28,811 |
| 24 | Colombia (2007) | 28,801 |
| 25 | Peru (2002) | 28,233 |
| 26 | Hungary (2007) | 28,153 |
| 27 | Belgium (2006) | 28,016 |
| 28 | Sweden (2007) | 27,994 |
| 29 | Poland (2006) | 26,388 |
| 30 | Singapore (2007) | 25,904 |
| 31 | Thailand (2007) | 25,184 |
| 32 | Chile (2006) | 25,124 |
| 33 | Morocco (2007) | 24,811 |
| 34 | India (2006) | 20,000 |
| 35 | Indonesia (2006) | 18,960 |
| 36 | Israel (2006) | 18,814 |
| 37 | Ireland (2007) | 18,704 |
| 38 | Switzerland (2007) | 18,284 |
| 39 | Philippines (2007) | 18,189 |
| 40 | Norway (2006) | 18,082 |
| 41 | Argentina (2006) | 16,400 |
| 42 | Czech Republic (2006) | 16,395 |
| 43 | Slovakia (2007) | 16,025 |
| 44 | Cyprus (2005) | 14,494 |
| 45 | Latvia (2007) | 12,017 |
| 46 | Croatia (2007) | 11,055 |
| 47 | Serbia (2007) | 10,876 |
| 48 | Algeria (2007) | 10,662 |
| 49 | Costa Rica (2007) | 10,567 |
| 50 | Finland (2006) | 10,424 |
| 51 | Uzbekistan (2007) | 10,264 |
| 52 | Egypt (2005) | 9,595 |
| 53 | Uganda (2005) | 8,906 |
| 54 | Kenya (2005) | 7,371 |
| 55 | Botswana (2005) | 7,301 |
| 56 | Moldova (2007) | 6,806 |
| 57 | Tunisia (2006) | 6,675 |
| 58 | Lithuania (2007) | 6,578 |
| 59 | Oman (2007) | 6,362 |
| 60 | Ghana (2003) | 6,189 |
| 61 | Greece (2004) | 5,525 |
| 62 | Bangladesh (2005) | 5,328 |
| 63 | Zambia (2007) | 5,300 |
| 64 | Georgia (2007) | 5,260 |
| 65 | Slovenia (2007) | 4,957 |
| 66 | Azerbaijan (2007) | 4,945 |
| 67 | Pakistan (2007) | 4,840 |
| 68 | Sri Lanka (2007) | 4,529 |
| 69 | Guatemala (2005) | 4,251 |
| 70 | Kyrgyzstan (2007) | 3,987 |
| 71 | Tanzania (2005) | 3,933 |
| 72 | Armenia (2007) | 3,822 |
| 73 | Iceland (2007) | 3,673 |
| 74 | Austria (2007) | 3,484 |
| 75 | Ecuador (2007) | 3,196 |
| 76 | Malta (2007) | 2,711 |
| 77 | Kazakhstan (2004) | 2,690 |
| 78 | Luxembourg (2005) | 2,505 |
| 79 | Jordan (2006) | 2,361 |
| 80 | Albania (2007) | 2,176 |
| 81 | Nicaragua (2005) | 2,070 |
| 82 | Jamaica (2007) | 2,023 |
| 83 | El Salvador (2005) | 1,802 |
| 84 | Bolivia (2005) | 1,625 |
| 85 | Madagascar (2005) | 1,234 |
| 86 | Lebanon (2007) | 1,030 |
| 87 | Tajikistan (2007) | 794 |
| 88 | Netherlands Antilles (2006) | 764 |
| 89 | Burkina Faso (2007) | 639 |
| 90 | Maldives (2006) | 511 |
| 91 | Malawi (2005) | 420 |
| 92 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (2006) | 314 |
| 93 | Republic of the Congo (2005) | 237 |
| 94 | Syria (2005) | 216 |
| 95 | Yemen (2007) | 50 |
| 96 | Senegal (2005) | 23 |
| 97 | Haiti (2005) | 9 |
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