Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, in 2020, the new business ownership rate in Brazil stood at 13.4 percent.
Among six Latin American countries surveyed in 2020, Guatemala had the highest new business ownership rate, at over 16 percent. New business ownership rate refers to the percentage of population aged 18 to 64 who are currently an owner or manager of a new business. This includes owning and managing a running business that has paid salaries, wages, or any other payments to the owners for more than three months, but not more than 42 months. According to data from the New business ownership rate in selected Latin American countries in 2020
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GEM. (May 3, 2021). New business ownership rate in selected Latin American countries in 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 28, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/315421/new-business-ownership-rate-in-latin-america-and-caribbean/
GEM. "New business ownership rate in selected Latin American countries in 2020." Chart. May 3, 2021. Statista. Accessed September 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/315421/new-business-ownership-rate-in-latin-america-and-caribbean/
GEM. (2021). New business ownership rate in selected Latin American countries in 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/315421/new-business-ownership-rate-in-latin-america-and-caribbean/
GEM. "New Business Ownership Rate in Selected Latin American Countries in 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 May 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/315421/new-business-ownership-rate-in-latin-america-and-caribbean/
GEM, New business ownership rate in selected Latin American countries in 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/315421/new-business-ownership-rate-in-latin-america-and-caribbean/ (last visited September 28, 2023)
New business ownership rate in selected Latin American countries in 2020 [Graph], GEM, May 3, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/315421/new-business-ownership-rate-in-latin-america-and-caribbean/