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Canada - Total Early-Stage Entrepreneurial Activity 25.38

GEM APS · updated 2026-10-03 · 116 economies tracked

Latest value

25.38 (2024)

Global rank

##4 of 116 economies

Share of global total

3.8%

Growth since 2001

2.47×

Ranking Race — Total Early-Stage Entrepreneurial Activity

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#8#15#22#29#36#43200120062011201620212024#10#42023 overtook Tunisia2024 overtook Chile
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Real annual global ranks, 2001 - 2024. Canada climbed from #10 to #4 (overtook Tunisia). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for Canada ↓

Key Events — Canada

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2009
Global crisis recession curated

Trade collapse hits the open economy.

2015
Oil price shock curated

Crude collapse hurts energy-heavy provinces.

2020
COVID-19 recession curated

Sharpest contraction in decades despite fiscal support.

2023
Overtook Tunisia in global rank auto
2024
Overtook Chile in global rank auto

Total Early-Stage Entrepreneurial Activity, 2001-2024

GEM APS · % of adult population · linear scale · ranking in the race above
200120062016202120247.1213.2119.2925.38
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