This statistic shows the percentage of people who started their own business because of the impossibility of finding a suitable job, worldwide in 2017, broken down by country. It turns out that nearly 40 percent of French entrepreneurs started their own business because they could not find an appropriate job.
Share of people who started their own business because of the impossibility of finding suitable work worldwide in 2017, by country
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Hiscox. (October 2, 2017). Share of people who started their own business because of the impossibility of finding suitable work worldwide in 2017, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/994120/launch-business-inability-find-employment-by-country-worldwide/
Hiscox. "Share of people who started their own business because of the impossibility of finding suitable work worldwide in 2017, by country." Chart. October 2, 2017. Statista. Accessed June 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/994120/launch-business-inability-find-employment-by-country-worldwide/
Hiscox. (2017). Share of people who started their own business because of the impossibility of finding suitable work worldwide in 2017, by country. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/994120/launch-business-inability-find-employment-by-country-worldwide/
Hiscox. "Share of People Who Started Their Own Business Because of The Impossibility of Finding Suitable Work Worldwide in 2017, by Country." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Oct 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/994120/launch-business-inability-find-employment-by-country-worldwide/
Hiscox, Share of people who started their own business because of the impossibility of finding suitable work worldwide in 2017, by country Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/994120/launch-business-inability-find-employment-by-country-worldwide/ (last visited June 01, 2024)
Share of people who started their own business because of the impossibility of finding suitable work worldwide in 2017, by country [Graph], Hiscox, October 2, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/994120/launch-business-inability-find-employment-by-country-worldwide/