GEM findings on entrepreneurship

GEM is the largest survey-based study of entrepreneurship in the world.

GEM Research has three main objectives:
 To measure differences in the level of early stage entrepreneurial activity between
countries
 To uncover factors determining the levels of entrepreneurial activity
 To identify policies that may enhance the level of entrepreneurial activities.


Efficiency-driven economies 

Russia 3.94%
 Romania 4.29%
 Malaysia 4.96%
 Croatia 5.52% 24 | P a g e

 Tunisia 6.12%
 Hungary 7.13%

Bosnia and
Herzegovina 7.74%
 Macedonia 7.88%
 Taiwan 8.37%
 Turkey 8.59%
 South Africa 8.86%
 Latvia 9.68%
 Uruguay 11.68%
 Mexico 12.70%
 Costa Rica 13.44%
 Argentina 14.20%
 China 14.37%
 Trinidad and Tobago 15.00%
 Montenegro 14.94%
 Brazil 17.50%
 Chile 16.77%
 Ecuador 21.25%
 Colombia 20.61%
 Peru 27.24%
Innovation-driven economies


Italy 2.35%
 Japan 3.30%
 Belgium 3.67%
 Denmark 3.77%
 Portugal 4.40%
 Germany 4.17%
 Slovenia 4.65%
 Switzerland 5.04%
 Sweden 4.88%
 Israel 5.02%
 Spain 4.31%
 Greece 5.51%
 France 5.83%
 Finland 5.72%