Enterprise birth rate by country, 2024, OECD (38 countries)

Enterprises born during the year as a percentage of all active enterprises, covering industry, construction and market services.

25 places ranked for 2024. Highest: Lithuania (17.5%). Lowest: Austria (6.3%). The median is 10.0%.

Unit: % of active enterprises Source: Eurostat Trend, map and download

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Highest 10

  1. 1. Lithuania 17.5%
  2. 2. Portugal 16.1%
  3. 3. Türkiye 15.8%
  4. 4. France 14.2%
  5. 5. Latvia 13.9%
  6. 6. Finland 12.3%
  7. 7. Estonia 12.1%
  8. 8. Poland 11.2%
  9. 9. Iceland 11.2%e (estimated)
  10. 10. Slovakia 10.9%

Lowest 10

  1. 25. Austria 6.3%
  2. 24. Denmark 7.2%
  3. 23. Germany 7.8%b (break in time series)
  4. 22. Italy 7.9%
  5. 21. Belgium 8.0%
  6. 20. Netherlands 8.2%
  7. 19. Luxembourg 8.5%
  8. 18. Hungary 8.6%
  9. 17. Sweden 9.0%
  10. 16. Greece 9.1%

Source: Eurostat.

Full ranking

Enterprise birth rate by country, 2024, OECD (38 countries)
#CountryValuePeriodRelative size
1 Lithuania 17.5% 2024
2 Portugal 16.1% 2024
3 Türkiye 15.8% 2024
4 France 14.2% 2024
5 Latvia 13.9% 2024
6 Finland 12.3% 2024
7 Estonia 12.1% 2024
8 Poland 11.2% 2024
9 Iceland 11.2%e (estimated) 2024
10 Slovakia 10.9% 2024
11 Ireland 10.8% 2024
12 Norway 10.8% 2024
13 Slovenia 10.0% 2024
14 Czechia 9.6% 2024
15 Spain 9.4% 2024
16 Greece 9.1% 2024
17 Sweden 9.0% 2024
18 Hungary 8.6% 2024
19 Luxembourg 8.5% 2024
20 Netherlands 8.2% 2024
21 Belgium 8.0% 2024
22 Italy 7.9% 2024
23 Germany 7.8%b (break in time series) 2024
24 Denmark 7.2% 2024
25 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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