data is composed of the Adult Population Survey and the National Expert Survey
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Supplementary notes
A necessity-driven entrepreneur is one who started the business because there were no better options for work, rather than because s/he saw the start-ups as an opportunity.
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Latin America: necessity driven entrepreneurial activity 2018
This statistic shows the share of necessity-driven entrepreneurship in total early-stage entrepreneurial activity (TEA) in Latin American and Caribbean countries in 2018. According to the report, necessity driven entrepreneurial activity is defined as the percentage of those involved in total early-stage entrepreneurial activity because they had no other option for work. According to data from the , in 2018, the share of necessity-driven entrepreneurship in Chile was **** percent.
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Necessity driven entrepreneurial activity in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2018, by country (as a percentage of total entrepreneurial activity) [Graph], GEM, February 25, 2020. [Online]. Available: /statistics/315645/necessity-driven-entrepreneurial-activity-in-latin-america-and-caribbean/
