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MSME CI - About the Data
General Characteristics of the MSME - Country Indicators
| Number of Economies: | 132 |
| Data Updates: | 01/2007 - Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises: A Collection of Published Data 08/2010 - Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Country Indicators (MSME-CI) |
| Format: | Excel |
| MSME-CI Structure: | 1. The most recent and complete data. 2. Historic data. 3. Estimated data on informal sector. 4. Data sources. 5. Detailed sector breakdown by economy. |
| Data Scope: | MSME structure
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| Sources: | National institutes of statistics; respective ministries, such as economy, labor and others; respective governmental agencies, such as company registers and MSME promotion agencies; international organizations. |
“How Do Economies Define MSMEs?”
Khrystyna Kushnir
The note covers official and working definitions of MSME by governments and private financial institutions for 120 economies. This note also includes a matrix of variables used for defining MSME, which summarizes what the most common characteristics of MSME definitions are. Download note.
Finding Answers in Data Excel File
What share of employment do MSMEs provide?
(see worksheet ‘Most recent and complete data’)
What is the firm size-breakdown within the MSME sector?
(see worksheet ‘Most recent and complete data’)
How did the number of MSMEs change over the past 15-20 years?
(see worksheet ‘Historic data’)
What is the composition of MSMEs from a sector standpoint?
(see worksheets on detailed sector breakdown by economy’)
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