Investment climate; entrepreneurship international comparison 1990-2012
| Countries | Periods | Business demography Sum of births and exits Sum (aantal) | Business demography Sum of births and exits Sum, relative (% of total number of enterprises) | Business demography Balance of births and exits Balance (aantal) | Business demography Balance of births and exits Balance, relative (% of total number of enterprises) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 2012 | . | . | . | . |
| Ireland | 2012 | . | . | . | . |
| The Netherlands | 2012 | . | . | . | . |
| Poland | 2012 | . | . | . | . |
| Source: CBS. | |||||
Dataset is not available.
This table provides for several countries an overview of :
- business ownership rate;
- prospective and young entrepreneurship;
- firm turbulence (births and exits of enterprises, business survival rate);
- fast-growing enterprises;
- propensity towards entrepreneurship;
- self-employment rate (by sex).
High business turnover rates, many fast-growing enterprises, many young entrepreneurs and a positive attitude towards entrepreneurship are an indication of a favourable investment climate.
Note:
Comparable definitions are used to compare the figures presented internationally. The definitions sometimes differ from definitions used by Statistics Netherlands. The figures in this table could differ from Dutch figures presented elsewhere on the website of Statistics Netherlands.
Data available from 1990 up to 2012.
Status of the figures:
The external sources of these data frequently supply adjusted figures on preceding periods. These adjusted data are not mentioned as such in the table.
Changes as of 22 December 2017:
No, table is stopped.
When will new figures be published?
Not.
Description topics
- Business demography
- The definitions for births and exits of companies used here differ from the definitions used elsewhere for figures published by Statistics Netherlands for the Netherlands. In the national figures Statistics Netherlands only counts companies where at least 1 person works at least 15 hours a week or more. In this international comparison a company is counted when at least 1 person works at least 1 hour a week. The differences are shown in the figure below.
International comparison (this table):
Population: businesses excluding agriculture and fishery (NACE Rev 3.1 sectors C-K; N-O). Health care is included; government and education are not. The NACE Rev 3.1 is the English-language Standard Industrial Classification, which is used by Eurostat.
Entity: Legal unit
Definition birth: Starting enterprises and new daughters, when active.
Definition exit of a company: Active companies stopping or going bankrupt. Mergers and take-overs are not counted, except for single owner companies.
Definition active company: At least 1 person works 1 hours or more a week in the company.
National Statistics Netherlands figures (published elsewhere):
Population: Businesses excluding enterprises in agriculture, fishery, financial institutions, government and the subsidised sector.
Entity: Company Definition establishment: New economically active companies. Continuations of one or more existing companies (merger, take-over, independence, change of owner or name) are not considered new.
Definition exit of a company: The company is no longer part of the active business population in year (t+1), whereas it was in the previous year (t). An additional condition is that no other companies are involved in the event. That is, a change in structure (merger, take-over, split, separation) does not count as the exit of the company.
Definition active company: At least 1 person works 15 hours or more a week.
Source: EIM, International Benchmark on Entrepreneurship.- Sum of births and exits
- Firm turbulence: sum of gross births and exits of enterprises.
Source: EIM.- Sum
- Sum, relative
- Balance of births and exits
- The difference between the number of gross births and exits of enterprises.
Source: EIM.- Balance
- Balance, relative