New company registrations per working-age adult in North Africa

Morocco added almost 17,000 registrations relative to 2019

The number of new limited liability companies rose from 50,287 in 2019 to 67,138 in 2024. The working-age population also grew, while registration density increased from 2.103 to 2.662 per 1,000. Source 1

Algeria’s registration density rose from a lower level

Algeria recorded 14,401 new companies and a density of 0.523 in 2019. In 2024 the count was 24,482 and density 0.829. Tunisia moved from 12,368 new companies and a density of 1.556 to 14,870 and 1.823. Source 1

Egypt’s latest reading uses an earlier year

The workbook reports 18,587 new companies in Egypt in 2022, or 0.265 per 1,000 working-age adults. That was above 0.205 in 2019. The date gap prevents a like-for-like four-country 2024 comparison. Source 1

Company registration is an administrative event

The dataset follows new limited liability companies and divides the counts by the population aged 15 to 64. Registration does not establish that a business had begun trading, survived the year or hired workers. Other business forms and informal enterprise require different sources. Source 1 Source 2

Sources

• World Bank, Entrepreneurship Database, 2025 edition, new limited liability companies workbook
• World Bank, Entrepreneurship Database methodology note, October 2025