Benin vs Sierra Leone: New business density

Benin
0.6901 new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64
in 2024
Sierra Leone
0.7321 new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64
in 2024
Benin rank
141st
Sierra Leone rank
138th

New business density over time

  • Benin
  • Sierra Leone
00.20.40.60.8200620152024

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 0.7321 new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64 against 0.6901 new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64 in Benin, a difference of 0.042 new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Benin's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2006 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Benin ranks 141st and Sierra Leone ranks 138th of 177 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 2 and Sierra Leone in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Benin Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0356 new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64 0.1562 new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64 0.1206 new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64 Sierra Leone
2010s 0.3239 new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64 0.32 new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64 0.0039 new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64 Benin
2020s 0.7245 new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64 0.7048 new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64 0.0197 new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64 Benin

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher new business density, Benin or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 0.7321 new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64 against 0.6901 new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64 in Benin as of 2024.
What is the difference in new business density between Benin and Sierra Leone?
0.042 new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Sierra Leone?
19 years are reported by both, from 2006 to 2024.
How do Benin and Sierra Leone rank globally for new business density?
Benin ranks 141st and Sierra Leone ranks 138th of 177 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Entrepreneurship Database, World Bank (WB), published as New business density (new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Benin vs Sierra Leone: New business density. Statizoid, drawing on Entrepreneurship Database, World Bank (WB). Retrieved 10 September 2026, from https://private-sector.statizoid.com/compare/new-business-density-new-registrations-per-1-000-people-ages-15-64/benin/sierra-leone/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://private-sector.statizoid.com/compare/new-business-density-new-registrations-per-1-000-people-ages-15-64/benin/sierra-leone/">Benin vs Sierra Leone: New business density</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
New business density (new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64)
Unit
new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64
Source
Entrepreneurship Database, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
222 places, 3,644 data points, 2006–2024
Last refreshed

The number of newly registered firms with limited liability per 1,000 working-age people (ages 15-64) per calendar year.