Entrepreneurship & Firm Creation — National Capability Index

Indicators

The measures seeded for this capability in the framework. They are candidate indicators: no cell in the index has a source document attached to it yet.

new business registration density
early-stage entrepreneurial activity rate
days and cost to start a business

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 3

Advanced 17

Established 31

Transitional 34

Foundational 49

Nascent 50

Inception 13

All 197 nations

Best first. The score is the mean of the four adjudicators' round-3 integers, rounded to the nearest integer; ±SD is their spread on that cell. Where the spread is three points or more, read the number as a band rather than a value.

#	Nation	Region	Score	Band	Panel SD
1	🇺🇸United States	Americas	19	Frontier	±0.50
2	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	18	Frontier	±0.87
3	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.43
4	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
5	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
6	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.43
7	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	16	Advanced	±0.43
8	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
9	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	16	Advanced	±1.09
10	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
11	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
12	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.43
13	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.00
14	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
15	🇫🇷France	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
16	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.50
17	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
18	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
19	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.00
20	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.43
21	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
22	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
23	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.00
24	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
25	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
26	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
27	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	13	Established	±0.00
28	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
29	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.43
30	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
31	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
32	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.00
33	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	13	Established	±0.50
34	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	13	Established	±0.43
35	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
36	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
37	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
38	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	13	Established	±0.43
39	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	12	Established	±0.50
40	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	12	Established	±1.09
41	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
42	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
43	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	12	Established	±0.50
44	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
45	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
46	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	12	Established	±0.00
47	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
48	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
49	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
50	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
51	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
52	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.00
53	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.00
54	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.00
55	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
56	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
57	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.00
58	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
59	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
60	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.50
61	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.50
62	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.83
63	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
64	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
65	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
66	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.00
67	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
68	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.50
69	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
70	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.00
71	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
72	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
73	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
74	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
75	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.50
76	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
77	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
78	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
79	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
80	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
81	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
82	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.00
83	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	9	Transitional	±1.23
84	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
85	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
86	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
87	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
88	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.50
89	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
90	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
91	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
92	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
93	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
94	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.00
95	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.50
96	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.71
97	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
98	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.50
99	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.71
100	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
101	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
102	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
103	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.00
104	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.00
105	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
106	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.00
107	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
108	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
109	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
110	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
111	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.50
112	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.00
113	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
114	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.00
115	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
116	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
117	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
118	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.00
119	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
120	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
121	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
122	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
123	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
124	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
125	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
126	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
127	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
128	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.43
129	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
130	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
131	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
132	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
133	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
134	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
135	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
136	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
137	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
138	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
139	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
140	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
141	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
142	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
143	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
144	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.00
145	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
146	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
147	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
148	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
149	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
150	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
151	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
152	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
153	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
154	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.50
155	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
156	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
157	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
158	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
159	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.43
160	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
161	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
162	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
163	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
164	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
165	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
166	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
167	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.50
168	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
169	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
170	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
171	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
172	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
173	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
174	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
175	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
176	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
177	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
178	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
179	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
180	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
181	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
182	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
183	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
184	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
185	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
186	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
187	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
188	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
189	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
190	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
191	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
192	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
193	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
194	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
195	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.43
196	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.43
197	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00

Others in Business Dynamism & Entrepreneurship

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Risk Capital & Scale-Up Finance	5.5	0–20	United States
Firm Growth, Exit & Renewal	7.2	0–19	United States
Competition & Market Contestability	7.2	0–18	United States