According to data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, the start-up rate in the United States was 10.7 percent in 2020. In the United Kingdom the start-up rate amounted to 5.2 percent in the same year.
Start-up rate worldwide in 2020, by country
Characteristic
Percentage of population involved in setting up a business
data is composed of the Adult Population Survey and the National Expert Survey
Method of interview
Questionnaire
Supplementary notes
* 2019 data as the latest figure was not inluded in the 2020 report.
The start-up rate is the percentage of 18-64 population who are currently actively involved in setting up a business they will own or co-own; this business has not paid salaries, wages, or any other payments to the owners for more than three months.
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GEM. (May 3, 2021). Start-up rate worldwide in 2020, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/268786/start-ups-in-leading-economic-nations/
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