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Research reveals the world’s most entrepreneurial countries…
CircleLoop’s ‘Enterprising Nations’ report reveals the world’s most entrepreneurial counties, with South Korea, Chile, Colombia, the USA and Latvia taking the top 5 spots.
For a country to truly thrive, it needs to foster some kind of entrepreneurial spirit amongst its citizens, allowing them to innovate and create new startups that can succeed and compete, sometimes on a global level.
So which countries are best prepared to foster that creative culture and encourage people to set up their own businesses? Which are the most entrepreneurial nations?
View the full Enterprising Nations report here: https://blog.circleloop.com/enterprising-nations
The World’s Most Entrepreneurial Nations
| Rank | Country | Entrepreneurial score /10 | People who run their own business | People who intend to start a business within three years | People who have recently set up their own business | People who see good entrepreneurial opportunities in their country | People who believe they have the capabilities to start a business | People who would not start a business |
| 1 | South Korea | 6.94 | 16.1% | 25.9% | 13.0% | 44.6% | 53.0% | 13.8% |
| 2 | Chile | 6.91 | 6.0% | 50.6% | 25.9% | 46.7% | 71.7% | 46.2% |
| 3 | Colombia | 6.59 | 5.5% | 33.9% | 31.1% | 47.9% | 64.8% | 39.5% |
| 4 | United States | 5.50 | 9.9% | 12.5% | 15.4% | 48.6% | 64.0% | 41.2% |
| 5 | Latvia | 5.05 | 11.1% | 17.2% | 15.6% | 37.1% | 55.3% | 41.6% |
| 6 | Poland | 4.80 | 12.2% | 4.7% | 3.1% | 51.6% | 60.0% | 41.2% |
| 7 | Italy | 4.51 | 2.2% | 4.5% | 1.9% | 62.2% | 60.8% | 28.4% |
| 8 | Canada | 4.45 | 7.3% | 11.1% | 15.6% | 49.1% | 55.6% | 52.0% |
| 9 | Sweden | 4.44 | 6.0% | 8.3% | 7.3% | 62.5% | 52.1% | 42.8% |
| 10 | Netherlands | 4.30 | 7.0% | 13.1% | 11.5% | 48.8% | 43.6% | 38.2% |
| 11 | Slovakia | 4.25 | 6.5% | 13.8% | 13.8% | 40.9% | 56.4% | 48.7% |
| 12 | Slovenia | 4.19 | 7.0% | 11.9% | 6.0% | 42.0% | 59.4% | 43.8% |
| 13 | Norway | 4.14 | 4.1% | 5.6% | 7.6% | 57.0% | 41.6% | 27.4% |
| 14 | Greece | 4.06 | 14.6% | 11.3% | 8.6% | 27.9% | 53.2% | 53.1% |
| 15 | Germany | 3.81 | 6.2% | 10.7% | 4.8% | 36.0% | 47.6% | 31.0% |
| 16 | Austria | 3.70 | 7.8% | 4.1% | 6.2% | 31.2% | 53.3% | 36.8% |
| 17 | Switzerland | 3.46 | 6.7% | 7.3% | 9.2% | 26.7% | 44.5% | 33.4% |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 3.40 | 3.6% | 11.1% | 8.0% | 41.9% | 45.7% | 42.3% |
| 19 | United Kingdom | 3.26 | 6.5% | 8.2% | 7.8% | 27.3% | 54.5% | 48.3% |
| 20 | Israel | 2.79 | 4.2% | 19.7% | 8.5% | 25.0% | 37.7% | 45.0% |
| 21 | Russia | 2.56 | 4.7% | 8.3% | 8.5% | 33.4% | 34.5% | 46.5% |
| 22 | Spain | 2.44 | 6.7% | 6.8% | 5.2% | 16.5% | 51.9% | 53.6% |
You can view the full Enterprising Nations report here: https://blog.circleloop.com/enterprising-nations
1. South Korea – 6.94/10 entrepreneurial score
Taking the top spot is South Korea, which has given the world corporations such as Samsung, Hyundai, and Kia.
South Korea scored higher than any other country on two of the factors we looked at, perhaps most importantly having 16.1% of people who are currently owner-managers of an established business.
In addition, just 13.8% of people who had thought about starting a business said that they were put off by a fear of failure, which again, was more than any of the other nations.
2. Chile – 6.91/10 entrepreneurial score
Chile may be some way behind the likes of South Korea in terms of GDP, but it appears that there’s plenty of entrepreneurial spirit in this South American nation.
Like South Korea, Chile came top for two of the six factors that we looked at, with the highest number of people who said that they believe they have the capabilities to start a business (71.7%) and just over half (50.6%) saying that they intend to start a business within the next three years!
3. Colombia – 6.59/10 entrepreneurial score
Another South American country takes the third spot, this time Colombia. Which topped the rankings when it comes to the number of people that are nascent entrepreneurs or owner-manager of a new business, suggesting that the country is on the cusp of producing a new generation of budding businesspeople.
In fact, 31 Colombian companies appeared on the 2020 version of the Financial Times’ list of the Americas’ fastest-growing companies.
You can view the full Enterprising Nations report here: CircleLoop’s
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Methodology:
CircleLoop analyzed the OECD member countries (omitting those for which data was unavailable) and chose to look at the following six factors, giving each country a normalized score out of ten for each, before taking a final average across all six factors.
People who run their own business: Percentage of 18-64 population who are currently an owner-manager of an established business, i.e., owning and managing a running business that has paid salaries, wages, or any other payments to the owners for more than 42 months.
People who intend to start a business within three years: Percentage of 18-64 population (individuals involved in any stage of entrepreneurial activity excluded) who are latent entrepreneurs and who intend to start a business within three years.
People who have recently set up their own business: Percentage of 18-64 population who are either a nascent entrepreneur or owner-manager of a new business.
People who see good entrepreneurial opportunities in their country: Percentage of 18-64 population who see good opportunities to start a firm in the area where they live.
People who believe they have the capabilities to start a business: Percentage of 18-64 population who believe they have the required skills and knowledge to start a business.
People who would not start a business due to fear of failure: Percentage of the 18–64 population who agree that they see good opportunities but would not start a business for fear it might fail. NOTE: this is a percentage of those seeing good opportunities, and not the total adult population.
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