Entrepreneurship at a Glance 2016

This publication presents an original collection of indicators for measuring the state of entrepreneurship and its determinants, produced by the OECD-Eurostat Entrepreneurship Indicators Programme. The 2016 edition introduces data from a new online small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) survey prepared by Facebook in co-operation with the OECD and the World Bank. It also features a special chapter on SME productivity, and indicators to monitor gender gaps in entrepreneurship.
Also available in: French
Gender differences in self-employment rates
In OECD economies, one in ten employed women is self-employed, almost half the rate of self-employed men (18%). During the past ten years, however, the gap between male and female self-employment rates has closed in almost every country, and particularly so in Iceland and Turkey.
Also available in: French