Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, the start-up rate in the United States was 10.7 percent in 2020. In the United Kingdom the start-up rate amounted to 5.2 percent in the same year.
According to data from the Start-up rate worldwide in 2020, by country
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GEM. (May 3, 2021). Start-up rate worldwide in 2020, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 23, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/268786/start-ups-in-leading-economic-nations/
GEM. "Start-up rate worldwide in 2020, by country." Chart. May 3, 2021. Statista. Accessed September 23, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/268786/start-ups-in-leading-economic-nations/
GEM. (2021). Start-up rate worldwide in 2020, by country. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 23, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/268786/start-ups-in-leading-economic-nations/
GEM. "Start-up Rate Worldwide in 2020, by Country." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 May 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/268786/start-ups-in-leading-economic-nations/
GEM, Start-up rate worldwide in 2020, by country Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/268786/start-ups-in-leading-economic-nations/ (last visited September 23, 2023)
Start-up rate worldwide in 2020, by country [Graph], GEM, May 3, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/268786/start-ups-in-leading-economic-nations/