Enterprise birth rate by country, 2024
Enterprises born during the year as a percentage of all active enterprises, covering industry, construction and market services.
34 places ranked for 2024. Highest: Lithuania (17.5%). Lowest: Austria (6.3%). The median is 10.8%.
Highest 10
Lowest 10
- 34. Austria 6.3%
- 33. Denmark 7.2%
- 32. Germany 7.8%b (break in time series)
- 31. Italy 7.9%
- 30. Belgium 8.0%
- 29. Netherlands 8.2%
- 28. Luxembourg 8.5%
- 27. Hungary 8.6%
- 26. Sweden 9.0%
- 25. Greece 9.1%
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Source: Eurostat.
In short
- Among the 34 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Lithuania (17.5%) and the lowest Austria (6.3%).
- Half of the countries are above 10.8% and half below.
- From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 13 countries and fell in 20.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 10.4%.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lithuania | 17.5% | 2024 | |
| 2 | Portugal | 16.1% | 2024 | |
| 3 | Türkiye | 15.8% | 2024 | |
| 4 | Malta | 14.4% | 2024 | |
| 5 | France | 14.2% | 2024 | |
| 6 | Latvia | 13.9% | 2024 | |
| 7 | Montenegro | 12.4%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 2024 | |
| 8 | Finland | 12.3% | 2024 | |
| 9 | Albania | 12.2% | 2024 | |
| 10 | Estonia | 12.1% | 2024 | |
| 11 | Croatia | 11.9% | 2024 | |
| 12 | Romania | 11.6% | 2024 | |
| 13 | Serbia | 11.4% | 2024 | |
| 14 | Poland | 11.2% | 2024 | |
| 15 | Iceland | 11.2%e (estimated) | 2024 | |
| 16 | Slovakia | 10.9% | 2024 | |
| 17 | Ireland | 10.8% | 2024 | |
| 18 | Norway | 10.8% | 2024 | |
| 19 | Bulgaria | 10.4% | 2024 | |
| 20 | Slovenia | 10.0% | 2024 | |
| 21 | Cyprus | 9.7% | 2024 | |
| 22 | Czechia | 9.6% | 2024 | |
| 23 | Spain | 9.4% | 2024 | |
| 24 | North Macedonia | 9.3% | 2024 | |
| 25 | Greece | 9.1% | 2024 | |
| 26 | Sweden | 9.0% | 2024 | |
| 27 | Hungary | 8.6% | 2024 | |
| 28 | Luxembourg | 8.5% | 2024 | |
| 29 | Netherlands | 8.2% | 2024 | |
| 30 | Belgium | 8.0% | 2024 | |
| 31 | Italy | 7.9% | 2024 | |
| 32 | Germany | 7.8%b (break in time series) | 2024 | |
| 33 | Denmark | 7.2% | 2024 | |
| 34 | Austria | 6.3% | 2024 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2024, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2024 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by Eurostat; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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