Survey on Entrepreneurship

The survey on entrepreneurship is about peoples' entrepreneurial mindset. It examines the motivation, choices, experiences and obstacles linked to self-employment. The results help EU policy makers to understand problems and develop future policy responses.

Country Profile Scorecards

Did you know that Estonia has the highest entrepreneurship rate in the EU25? Or that Latvia has the highest proportion of young entrepreneurs whereas Finland is characterised by having the highest share of 'senior' entrepreneurs?. Austria is the country with the highest rates of female entrepreneurship and Francehas has the lowest rate of business failure. These are some of the results of the country specific secondary analysis of the Flash Eurobarometer 2007 data.

For more information read the country profile scorecards of 25 EU Member States.

Austria pdf - 888 KB [888 KB]

Belgium pdf - 767 KB [767 KB]

Cyprus pdf - 817 KB [817 KB]

Czech Republic pdf - 778 KB [778 KB]

Denmark pdf - 819 KB [819 KB]

Estonia pdf - 779 KB [779 KB]

Finland pdf - 729 KB [729 KB]

France pdf - 695 KB [695 KB]

Germany pdf - 776 KB [776 KB]

Greece pdf - 773 KB [773 KB]

Hungary pdf - 798 KB [798 KB]

Ireland pdf - 825 KB [825 KB]

Italy pdf - 768 KB [768 KB]

Latvia pdf - 791 KB [791 KB]

Lithuania pdf - 801 KB [801 KB]

Luxembourg pdf - 749 KB [749 KB]

Malta pdf - 863 KB [863 KB]

Netherlands pdf - 886 KB [886 KB]

Poland pdf - 762 KB [762 KB]

Portugal pdf - 720 KB [720 KB]

Slovakia pdf - 778 KB [778 KB]

Slovenia pdf - 815 KB [815 KB]

Spain pdf - 879 KB [879 KB]

Sweden pdf - 818 KB [818 KB]

United Kingdom pdf - 747 KB [747 KB]

Flash Eurobarometer 2007

45 % of the Europeans would like to become their own boss whereas the entrepreneurial urge reaches 61 % in the United States. But: over half of the EU's young people (15-24 years old) who are not self-employed are likely to follow the entrepreneurial route compared to 30 % for all EU citizens and 42 % in the US. Almost 60% of those in the EU starting up a business consider this as an opportunity rather than a necessity. But: The fear of business failure, bankruptcy and the uncertainty of income are the top fears in the EU. Lack of finance remains to be the main problem in the EU.

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The survey has been published for the first time in 2000. It covers now 25 EU Member States, USA, Norway and Iceland. The results are representative and presented by country, but also by socio-demographic characteristics.

Last update: 29/09/2009 | Top