Table
| 2008 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal owned enterprises1 | Private and public limited companies | |||||||||||
| Number of entrepreneurs | Per cent survival | Number of entrepreneurs | Per cent survival | |||||||||
| 1 year | 2 years | 3 years | 4 years | 5 years | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years | 4 years | 5 years | |||
| 1Personal owned enterprises are sole proprietorships, general partnerships and general partnerships with shared liability. | ||||||||||||
| 2Tertiary education, short, comprises higher education 4 years or shorter. | ||||||||||||
| 3Tertiary education, long, comprises higher education more than 4 years. | ||||||||||||
| Sex | ||||||||||||
| Total | 31 290 | 43.2 | 37.0 | 31.3 | 26.6 | 22.5 | 17 683 | 72.6 | 68.6 | 59.3 | 53.8 | 48.9 |
| Males | 20 790 | 45.3 | 39.1 | 32.9 | 28.1 | 23.7 | 14 514 | 72.3 | 68.3 | 58.9 | 53.6 | 48.4 |
| Females | 10 500 | 39.1 | 33.1 | 28.1 | 23.6 | 20.0 | 3 169 | 74.2 | 70.0 | 61.1 | 55.1 | 51.5 |
| Age | ||||||||||||
| All ages | 31 290 | 43.2 | 37.0 | 31.3 | 26.6 | 22.5 | 17 683 | 72.6 | 68.6 | 59.3 | 53.8 | 48.9 |
| 16-24 years | 4 492 | 36.4 | 29.9 | 25.0 | 20.9 | 17.3 | 650 | 75.4 | 68.5 | 58.2 | 52.5 | 46.2 |
| 25-34 years | 11 026 | 41.9 | 35.0 | 29.4 | 24.7 | 20.4 | 3 599 | 76.1 | 71.0 | 61.2 | 54.6 | 49.3 |
| 35-44 years | 8 166 | 46.0 | 39.9 | 34.0 | 28.6 | 24.4 | 6 015 | 72.8 | 68.8 | 59.8 | 53.9 | 49.0 |
| 45-54 years | 4 690 | 45.6 | 40.4 | 34.5 | 30.1 | 26.1 | 4 512 | 71.7 | 67.9 | 58.6 | 53.8 | 48.4 |
| 55-66 years | 2 458 | 47.1 | 42.6 | 35.8 | 31.7 | 27.7 | 2 564 | 69.3 | 66.7 | 57.4 | 53.5 | 49.9 |
| 67 years or older | 457 | 48.6 | 41.6 | 33.9 | 27.1 | 23.0 | 343 | 66.8 | 63.0 | 54.8 | 51.3 | 48.4 |
| Unknown age | 1 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Level of education | ||||||||||||
| All educational levels | 31 290 | 43.2 | 37.0 | 31.3 | 26.6 | 22.5 | 17 683 | 72.6 | 68.6 | 59.3 | 53.8 | 48.9 |
| Primary and lower secondary education (level 1-2) | 5 805 | 42.0 | 35.2 | 28.8 | 23.6 | 20.1 | 2 201 | 77.6 | 73.1 | 62.5 | 54.2 | 47.7 |
| Upper secondary education (level 3-5) | 11 017 | 46.1 | 40.5 | 34.5 | 29.5 | 24.6 | 8 256 | 74.4 | 69.9 | 60.6 | 55.1 | 49.9 |
| Tertial education, 4 years or less (level 6)2 | 7 142 | 37.9 | 32.9 | 28.3 | 23.9 | 20.1 | 4 553 | 69.4 | 66.2 | 57.0 | 52.4 | 47.7 |
| Tertial education, more than 4 years (level 7-8)3 | 3 022 | 45.4 | 39.5 | 34.8 | 30.8 | 27.7 | 2 130 | 67.2 | 64.2 | 56.3 | 52.6 | 49.7 |
| Unknown or no completed education (9) | 4 304 | 44.9 | 35.8 | 29.0 | 24.5 | 20.4 | 543 | 74.2 | 68.7 | 58.0 | 50.5 | 45.5 |