Statistics Norway

Entrepreneurs in business enterprise sector

1 Entrepreneurs in in newly established enterprises1 in 2004, by survival of enterprise and the entrepreneurs' gender, age, and level of education
  Personal owned enterprises2 Private and public limited companies
  Entrepreneurs total Per Cent survival Entrepreneurs total Per Cent survival
  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Gender                        
Total 33 731 47.2 39.7 32.9 28.8 24.4 14 572 81.1 75.4 68.0 62.8 56.8
Women 10 599 42.9 35.6 28.7 24.8 20.7 2 489 84.7 77.0 70.3 62.8 57.1
Men 23 132 49.1 41.7 34.8 30.7 26.2 12 083 80.3 75.0 67.5 62.8 56.7
                         
Age groups                        
Total 33 731 47.2 39.7 32.9 28.8 24.4 14 572 81.1 75.4 68.0 62.8 56.8
16-24 years 3 941 39.1 30.6 24.3 20.4 16.0  424 82.3 76.4 68.4 61.3 52.6
25-34 years 12 354 45.3 37.2 30.8 26.7 21.9 3 463 85.6 77.5 69.4 63.4 56.1
35-44 years 9 169 49.7 42.0 34.7 30.4 26.3 5 022 81.7 76.3 69.6 64.2 57.7
45-54 years 5 263 50.7 45.1 37.8 34.4 30.1 3 547 78.8 74.1 67.0 62.2 57.7
55-66 years 2 595 51.1 45.8 39.1 34.3 30.6 1 843 76.4 72.2 63.8 60.5 55.6
67 years and older  409 53.3 45.7 37.4 32.3 29.8  273 70.3 67.8 60.4 56.0 51.6
                         
Level of education                        
Total 33 731 47.2 39.7 32.9 28.8 24.4 14 572 81.1 75.4 68.0 62.8 56.8
Lower secondary education 2 245 47.9 40.8 32.9 30.1 25.9  972 82.9 75.6 67.2 60.8 55.2
Upper secondary education 17 658 49.6 42.0 34.8 30.4 25.6 7 980 84.1 78.1 70.4 65.1 58.8
Tertiary education, short3 8 016 41.4 34.7 28.1 24.3 20.2 3 717 77.3 71.5 64.3 59.9 53.7
Tertiary education, long4 3 449 49.2 43.0 36.3 32.5 29.5 1 539 74.0 72.1 66.4 61.3 56.1
Other 2 363 44.6 34.1 29.9 26.0 21.2  364 78.3 68.7 61.8 54.7 50.3
1  Enterprises that only have juridical persons (enterprises) as actors, or no registered information about actors are not included in the statistics.
2  Personal owned enterprises are sole proprietorships, general partnerships and general partnerships with shared liability.
3  Tertiary education, short, comprises higher education 4 years or shorter.
4  Tertiary education, long, comprises higher education more than 4 years.

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