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Improvement-driven opportunity activity in Asia & Oceania in 2017

Improvement-driven opportunity activity in Asia & Oceania in 2017, by country (as a percentage of total entrepreneurial activity)

The data displays the share of improvement-driven opportunity (IDO) entrepreneurship in total early-stage entrepreneurial activity (TEA) in Asian & Oceanian countries in 2017. According to the report, Improvement - driven opportunity entrepreneurial activity is defined as the percentage of those involved in TEA who are driven by opportunity as opposed to finding no other option for work; and who indicate the main driver for being involved in this opportunity is being independent or increasing their income. In 2017, the share of improvement-driven opportunity entrepreneurship in China was 32.

Vietnam 72.9
Thailand 69.4
Malaysia 64.4
South Korea 64.2
Australia 63
Taiwan 56.4
United Arab Emirates 55.6
Japan 52.2
Asia & Oceania (Regional Avg.) 49.5
Iran 47.6
Qatar 47.4
Indonesia 42.6
Lebanon 41.5
Saudi Arabia 37.3
Israel 33.1
China 32.5
Kazakhstan 31.8
India 28.9