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Early-stage entrepreneurial activity rate in Europe in 2017, by country

Percentage of population involved in business start-ups in Europe in 2017, by country

The data displays the total early-stage entrepreneurial activity (TEA) rate in Europe in 2017, by country. An economy’s total early-stage entrepreneurial activity (TEA) rate is defined as the prevalence rate of individuals in the working age population who are actively involved in business startups, either in the phase in advance of the birth of the firm (nascent entrepreneurs), or the phase spanning 42 months after the birth of the firm (owner managers of new firms). In 2017, early-stage entrepreneurial activity (TEA) rate in UK was 8.

Estonia 19.4
Latvia 14.2
Slovakia 11.8
Netherlands 9.9
Luxembourg 9.1
Croatia 8.9
Ireland 8.9
Poland 8.9
Switzerland 8.5
United Kingdom 8.4
Cyprus 7.3
Sweden 7.3
Slovenia 6.9
Spain 6.2
Germany 5.3
Greece 4.8
Italy 4.3
Bosnia and Herzegovina 4
France 3.9
Bulgaria 3.7