Table A1

Descriptive statistics of the data

ChinaIndiaIndonesiaMalaysiaVietnam
Number of firms 2,7009,2811,3201,000996
 Percentage of indicators     
Size of localityCity with population over 1 million98.63%38.79%72.27%22.70%80.99%
Over 250.000 to 1 million0.41%32.24%22.80%40.60%0.20%
50.000 to 250.0000.96%23.36%3.86%29.20%1.01%
Less than 50.0000.00%5.61%1.06%7.50%17.81%
Size of firmMicro <50.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.70%
Small ≥ 5 and ≤ 1936.70%33.62%34.62%38.30%38.35%
Medium ≥ 20 and ≤ 9935.19%43.75%34.70%32.20%34.54%
Large ≥ 10028.11%22.64%30.68%29.50%26.41%
OwnershipSOEs3.57%0.12%0.61%0.90%1.51%
Private firms96.43%99.88%99.39%99.10%98.49%
Firm's current legal statusShareholding company with shares trade in the stock market2.04%2.18%0.76%8.41%3.94%
Shareholding company with non-traded shares or shares traded privately5.11%8.30%0.23%19.22%18.08%
Sole proprietorship48.04%47.40%54.17%24.12%44.04%
Partnership8.59%19.38%36.67%39.44%2.32%
Limited partnership34.15%19.79%8.18%8.81%23.13%
Other2.07%2.96%0.00%0.00%8.48%

Source(s): Authors' Calculations based on the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys

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