Enterprise death rate
Enterprise deaths in the year as a percentage of the enterprises active in the same year. A death is an enterprise that stopped trading and was not reactivated within two years.
Eurostat and OECD harmonised business demography. The latest year is provisional until the two-year reactivation window has passed. Not an insolvency rate, and not comparable with establishment_exit_rate, which counts closed US business locations.
Key facts
- Enterprise death rate in the European Union (27) was 9.2% in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
- Estonia had the highest enterprise death rate of 27 EU countries in 2024, at 29.23%, and Greece the lowest, at 3.88%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
- Published for 1,372 places, with figures from 2013 to 2024.
Rankings
- EU countries
- EU regions (NUTS 2)
- Autonomous communities of Spain
- Provinces of Spain
- Regions of Germany (NUTS 2)
- Regions of France (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Italy (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Poland (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Greece (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Netherlands (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Austria (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Portugal (NUTS 2)
EU countries by enterprise death rate, 2024
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- Germany
- France
- Italy
- Spain
- Poland
- Romania
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Czechia
- Portugal
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Finland
- Luxembourg
Regions and states
- Ile-de-France
- Lombardia
- Andalusia
- Catalonia
- Community of Madrid
- Rhône-Alpes
- Lazio
- Campania
- Valencian Community
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
- Poitou-Charentes
- Limousin
- Aquitaine
- Åland
- Sud-Muntenia
- Midi-Pyrénées
Provinces and counties
- Madrid province
- Barcelona province
- Roma
- Berlin
- Milano
- Napoli
- Valencia province
- Nord
- Stockholms län
- Torino
- Thessaloniki
- Byen København
- Calvados
- Poznański
- Paris
- Yvelines
Use this data in your AI agent
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Which places have the highest enterprise death rate? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"enterprise_death_rate","level":"country","within":"European Union (27)"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=enterprise_death_rate&level=country&within=European%20Union%20(27)