Business Confidence Indicators Results by size of the establishment Business Environment. Current importance of the following components in growth capacity Units: percentages, (Total establishments: absolute value) ,Total establishments,1. Macroeconomic environment: Great,1. Macroeconomic environment: Medium,1. Macroeconomic environment: Little,2. Economic regulation: Great,2. Economic regulation: Medium,2. Economic regulation: Little,3. Efficiency of the job market: Great,3. Efficiency of the job market: Medium,3. Efficiency of the job market: Little,4. Taxation: Great,4. Taxation: Medium,4. Taxation: Little,5. Default: Great,5. Default: Medium,5. Default: Little,6. Infrastructures: Great,6. Infrastructures: Medium,6. Infrastructures: Little,7. Legal costs: Great,7. Legal costs: Medium,7. Legal costs: Little,8. Input costs: Great,8. Input costs: Medium,8. Input costs: Little,9. Insufficient equipment: Great,9. Insufficient equipment: Medium,9. Insufficient equipment: Little,10. Adaptation of human capital: Great,10. Adaptation of human capital: Medium,10. Adaptation of human capital: Little,11. Product demand: Great,11. Product demand: Medium,11. Product demand: Little,12. Availability of financing: Great,12. Availability of financing: Medium,12. Availability of financing: Little, National total, 2019,5,533,39.09,46.58,14.33,36.87,50.08,13.05,29.73,54.64,15.63,32.21,53.55,14.24,29.48,46.18,24.34,16.50,59.37,24.13,7.92,48.55,43.54,19.61,56.23,24.16,13.81,57.55,28.65,28.45,54.40,17.15,50.88,38.77,10.36,26.44,51.20,22.36, 2018,6,157,36.41,49.23,14.36,33.21,53.52,13.27,27.37,57.28,15.35,31.44,54.33,14.23,29.33,46.00,24.67,15.46,59.83,24.70,7.89,50.28,41.82,20.35,57.07,22.58,13.87,57.66,28.47,26.99,55.09,17.91,51.06,38.83,10.10,26.94,52.17,20.89, 2017,6,473,37.23,47.60,15.17,30.97,54.27,14.75,25.92,57.19,16.89,31.18,53.85,14.97,30.43,45.39,24.18,15.68,59.45,24.87,8.48,49.61,41.91,18.74,57.69,23.57,13.07,58.83,28.10,25.81,55.89,18.29,50.97,39.05,9.98,28.32,51.34,20.35, 2016,6,229,38.56,45.80,15.64,34.76,51.44,13.81,25.12,56.65,18.22,35.03,50.18,14.79,32.62,43.39,23.98,14.63,58.28,27.10,8.20,47.58,44.21,19.33,55.74,24.93,12.46,57.18,30.36,23.76,55.26,20.98,53.49,35.40,11.11,30.26,47.74,21.99, 2015,6,196,40.49,43.45,16.06,33.91,51.92,14.17,25.66,56.28,18.06,33.33,51.24,15.43,36.36,41.16,22.48,14.90,58.62,26.48,9.18,48.34,42.48,19.95,54.92,25.13,13.04,56.79,30.16,22.66,55.73,21.61,54.81,34.76,10.43,33.34,46.79,19.87, 2014,5,890,43.68,40.58,15.74,38.57,47.23,14.19,26.74,54.57,18.69,39.00,46.89,14.11,42.67,37.05,20.29,14.65,57.18,28.17,11.92,45.72,42.36,22.04,53.19,24.77,12.31,54.97,32.72,22.68,53.53,23.79,58.49,31.19,10.32,38.57,42.50,18.93, 2013,5,544,49.69,35.12,15.19,44.46,41.63,13.91,28.37,51.57,20.06,42.14,43.25,14.61,49.62,31.46,18.92,14.66,55.81,29.53,13.28,44.08,42.64,22.15,50.74,27.11,12.66,52.56,34.78,21.57,53.39,25.04,60.82,27.67,11.51,45.53,35.88,18.60, Fewer than 10 wage earners, 2019,2,151,31.71,47.88,20.41,33.98,48.40,17.62,23.01,54.58,22.41,36.40,47.51,16.09,28.78,43.61,27.62,13.20,58.58,28.22,8.97,46.72,44.30,13.81,56.67,29.52,12.27,55.83,31.89,19.99,54.86,25.15,44.54,40.63,14.83,24.69,49.60,25.71, 2018,2,527,30.39,49.23,20.38,31.14,51.40,17.45,21.33,57.62,21.05,35.18,49.31,15.51,28.02,44.91,27.07,12.47,60.23,27.31,8.31,49.35,42.34,14.17,56.67,29.17,11.28,57.18,31.54,19.43,55.44,25.13,44.28,41.71,14.01,25.01,52.35,22.64, 2017,2,756,30.52,48.88,20.61,28.99,52.36,18.65,21.34,56.49,22.17,34.18,49.60,16.22,29.46,44.09,26.45,13.03,59.07,27.90,9.03,48.66,42.31,13.13,56.82,30.04,11.28,58.35,30.37,19.52,56.17,24.31,44.12,41.94,13.93,26.20,51.20,22.61, 2016,2,614,32.40,45.79,21.81,33.70,48.62,17.67,21.00,56.20,22.80,39.29,44.64,16.07,31.52,41.35,27.12,12.01,57.23,30.76,9.07,48.13,42.81,13.81,55.85,30.34,10.41,55.97,33.63,17.06,56.04,26.89,47.13,38.29,14.58,27.93,47.44,24.64, 2015,2,657,33.87,43.85,22.28,32.59,49.34,18.07,22.32,54.87,22.81,37.07,46.22,16.71,33.50,41.55,24.95,11.93,58.49,29.58,10.31,46.78,42.91,14.11,55.55,30.33,11.63,56.08,32.29,16.64,55.14,28.23,47.65,38.16,14.19,29.54,47.57,22.88, 2014,2,541,36.52,39.87,23.61,37.07,43.13,19.80,23.61,51.63,24.75,42.74,40.97,16.29,39.00,36.13,24.87,12.55,55.96,31.48,12.63,43.33,44.04,16.96,52.38,30.66,11.22,53.33,35.46,16.65,52.74,30.62,50.92,34.28,14.80,35.22,41.20,23.57, 2013,2,354,42.23,36.15,21.62,42.52,39.85,17.63,25.11,49.87,25.02,46.64,37.55,15.80,45.84,31.01,23.15,12.53,54.80,32.67,15.25,41.97,42.78,18.01,49.79,32.20,12.06,51.61,36.32,17.67,51.91,30.42,54.21,29.78,16.02,42.82,33.52,23.66, 10 to 49 wage earners, 2019,1,351,41.45,46.26,12.29,38.42,50.41,11.18,33.75,53.66,12.58,35.83,51.67,12.51,33.46,43.45,23.09,19.54,57.59,22.87,8.88,46.93,44.19,23.02,55.07,21.91,16.80,56.85,26.35,34.64,51.89,13.47,56.33,35.83,7.85,31.75,49.37,18.87, 2018,1,490,38.93,48.66,12.42,35.17,53.36,11.48,30.54,55.91,13.56,33.29,53.56,13.15,34.16,42.55,23.29,17.79,58.72,23.49,8.52,48.32,43.15,21.41,57.85,20.74,15.84,57.11,27.05,31.68,53.49,14.83,56.44,35.77,7.79,31.28,49.73,18.99, 2017,1,541,39.26,46.59,14.15,33.03,53.15,13.82,28.81,56.20,14.99,32.90,52.43,14.67,33.61,44.06,22.32,15.96,59.12,24.92,9.21,47.50,43.28,21.61,55.81,22.58,14.80,56.98,28.23,30.11,52.56,17.33,55.94,35.82,8.24,33.35,48.80,17.85, 2016,1,497,40.55,45.76,13.69,36.14,51.30,12.56,27.32,54.91,17.77,37.88,48.83,13.29,37.74,40.21,22.04,16.50,56.45,27.05,8.22,44.82,46.96,19.44,55.24,25.32,14.09,55.44,30.46,27.99,53.11,18.90,59.65,30.86,9.49,36.14,43.62,20.24, 2015,1,473,42.63,42.43,14.94,35.37,52.00,12.63,30.41,52.95,16.63,34.08,51.46,14.46,42.29,35.37,22.34,16.70,56.96,26.34,8.83,46.91,44.26,21.05,53.43,25.53,15.68,54.04,30.28,26.34,54.18,19.48,61.58,29.74,8.69,38.29,43.72,17.99, 2014,1,447,44.99,42.43,12.58,39.60,50.17,10.23,27.71,55.84,16.45,39.88,48.17,11.96,48.17,34.62,17.21,15.62,57.22,27.16,10.92,48.03,41.05,21.56,53.28,25.16,12.92,55.15,31.93,25.43,53.97,20.59,64.13,27.78,8.09,44.09,40.43,15.48, 2013,1,388,52.02,34.22,13.76,46.90,39.84,13.26,28.82,51.87,19.31,42.00,44.02,13.98,52.88,29.68,17.44,16.28,53.60,30.12,12.46,41.50,46.04,21.47,50.72,27.81,13.40,51.44,35.16,23.85,51.37,24.78,65.92,23.99,10.09,49.50,34.01,16.50, 50 to 199 wage earners, 2019,874,44.74,44.05,11.21,38.79,50.00,11.21,35.35,53.89,10.76,28.49,55.84,15.68,31.69,45.42,22.88,20.37,57.44,22.20,6.75,47.25,46.00,22.88,54.81,22.31,14.87,58.47,26.66,33.64,54.35,12.01,55.38,36.04,8.58,28.03,49.89,22.08, 2018,960,41.56,47.50,10.94,34.27,54.58,11.15,34.58,55.21,10.21,29.17,55.42,15.42,31.15,44.58,24.27,19.06,57.19,23.75,7.29,49.58,43.13,26.88,55.21,17.92,16.98,56.15,26.88,35.94,52.40,11.67,58.02,34.48,7.50,29.06,50.00,20.94, 2017,1,012,41.21,48.62,10.18,31.23,58.60,10.18,31.03,58.00,10.97,26.68,59.39,13.93,31.82,44.96,23.22,20.95,57.81,21.25,8.60,50.00,41.40,23.72,60.18,16.11,16.90,58.50,24.60,32.91,56.32,10.77,56.32,37.06,6.62,30.73,50.49,18.77, 2016,991,42.89,45.01,12.11,34.71,53.38,11.91,31.08,54.79,14.13,29.77,55.20,15.04,31.89,45.51,22.60,16.75,60.14,23.11,6.86,47.43,45.71,24.42,56.00,19.58,15.44,58.12,26.44,31.38,54.29,14.33,58.32,33.30,8.38,30.58,50.66,18.77, 2015,985,47.61,42.03,10.36,35.13,54.62,10.25,28.53,57.77,13.71,30.05,55.23,14.72,37.77,41.12,21.12,18.27,58.58,23.15,7.61,48.12,44.26,26.09,53.50,20.41,14.31,58.07,27.61,28.93,55.33,15.74,62.03,30.66,7.31,37.56,44.16,18.27, 2014,946,49.26,41.44,9.30,39.01,50.21,10.78,29.49,58.03,12.47,35.52,52.11,12.37,44.61,39.11,16.28,15.43,61.42,23.15,10.57,49.47,39.96,26.96,55.71,17.34,12.79,58.67,28.54,28.65,55.71,15.64,64.48,29.18,6.34,39.85,45.98,14.16, 2013,893,55.88,35.95,8.17,45.58,44.90,9.52,33.03,52.74,14.22,38.75,48.04,13.21,53.64,31.47,14.89,15.90,57.89,26.20,11.76,47.26,40.99,27.66,49.72,22.62,14.67,51.96,33.37,23.63,56.55,19.82,67.41,25.31,7.28,49.61,37.85,12.54, 200 to 999 wage earners, 2019,677,44.76,46.68,8.57,38.55,53.03,8.42,33.68,56.13,10.19,24.67,63.07,12.26,26.59,52.88,20.53,15.21,64.70,20.09,6.20,53.18,40.62,25.70,55.83,18.46,13.44,60.27,26.29,31.02,57.90,11.08,52.14,41.36,6.50,23.19,56.87,19.94, 2018,730,39.59,52.74,7.67,34.11,56.30,9.59,29.73,59.18,11.10,24.93,63.29,11.78,24.52,53.97,21.51,15.48,63.42,21.10,6.85,54.79,38.36,28.08,55.89,16.03,13.42,62.19,24.38,27.40,59.86,12.74,52.74,40.68,6.58,23.84,56.85,19.32, 2017,745,48.46,43.62,7.92,33.83,55.03,11.14,28.99,58.93,12.08,27.11,59.06,13.83,26.44,50.34,23.22,16.38,61.88,21.74,6.98,53.15,39.87,25.10,58.26,16.64,12.35,62.28,25.37,26.04,61.88,12.08,58.26,35.97,5.77,24.97,54.90,20.13, 2016,747,43.51,49.53,6.96,34.40,57.16,8.43,24.90,63.32,11.78,25.97,61.85,12.18,28.51,50.74,20.75,13.65,63.72,22.62,7.63,51.94,40.43,28.65,54.62,16.73,11.38,63.86,24.77,24.50,59.44,16.06,54.75,38.02,7.23,25.57,53.55,20.88, 2015,734,43.60,47.96,8.45,32.56,57.36,10.08,24.25,63.35,12.40,25.89,59.81,14.31,33.92,48.09,17.98,14.17,65.26,20.57,8.72,53.41,37.87,28.75,55.31,15.94,12.67,61.85,25.48,25.75,60.76,13.49,55.99,37.74,6.27,30.79,52.04,17.17, 2014,675,52.59,40.44,6.96,38.96,51.26,9.78,30.37,57.33,12.30,31.70,54.52,13.78,42.22,39.56,18.22,16.59,56.74,26.67,12.44,43.56,44.00,33.04,51.56,15.41,13.19,56.30,30.52,27.26,53.93,18.81,65.19,28.74,6.07,35.41,47.56,17.04, 2013,668,57.63,33.83,8.53,43.56,46.41,10.03,32.34,54.34,13.32,34.58,52.54,12.87,50.15,35.18,14.67,15.12,60.03,24.85,11.68,48.50,39.82,29.49,54.04,16.47,11.23,57.19,31.59,25.15,58.83,16.02,62.72,31.74,5.54,41.17,44.91,13.92, More than 1000 wage earners, 2019,480,47.29,46.04,6.67,39.58,52.71,7.71,32.71,56.88,10.42,20.63,68.33,11.04,21.46,57.29,21.25,17.50,63.96,18.54,5.00,57.08,37.92,21.46,60.63,17.92,10.83,61.67,27.50,35.83,54.58,9.58,53.96,40.00,6.04,21.04,57.92,21.04, 2018,450,45.78,49.11,5.11,34.67,59.11,6.22,31.56,61.33,7.11,19.78,68.22,12.00,24.67,53.56,21.78,16.89,61.11,22.00,6.44,56.22,37.33,25.11,62.67,12.22,16.00,58.00,26.00,34.22,56.44,9.33,53.78,39.11,7.11,24.00,56.22,19.78, 2017,419,44.39,47.49,8.11,30.79,59.19,10.02,27.68,60.38,11.93,23.15,64.44,12.41,28.88,51.07,20.05,18.14,62.77,19.09,4.53,56.32,39.14,21.72,63.25,15.04,10.50,63.48,26.01,33.89,54.65,11.46,51.79,42.24,5.97,23.87,57.28,18.85, 2016,380,52.11,40.79,7.11,37.37,55.00,7.63,29.74,58.42,11.84,26.05,57.63,16.32,30.00,50.00,20.00,21.58,57.11,21.32,6.84,46.58,46.58,25.26,58.42,16.32,14.47,56.84,28.68,31.84,52.63,15.53,57.89,33.68,8.42,31.58,47.11,21.32, 2015,347,55.33,39.19,5.48,37.18,52.16,10.66,25.94,61.96,12.10,26.51,59.37,14.12,34.29,48.13,17.58,21.90,52.74,25.36,7.49,56.20,36.31,23.92,59.65,16.43,9.80,59.65,30.55,28.82,57.35,13.83,57.93,35.45,6.63,34.87,50.14,14.99, 2014,281,61.57,34.88,3.56,44.48,49.47,6.05,32.03,56.23,11.74,29.89,58.01,12.10,41.99,44.84,13.17,21.35,54.80,23.84,13.88,48.04,38.08,27.40,55.52,17.08,15.30,53.38,31.32,32.03,50.18,17.79,61.57,33.45,4.98,43.77,40.93,15.30, 2013,241,64.32,30.71,4.98,47.72,43.98,8.30,29.46,54.36,16.18,32.37,51.04,16.60,51.45,35.68,12.86,20.33,58.92,20.75,8.71,55.60,35.68,25.73,54.77,19.50,10.79,57.68,31.54,29.05,52.70,18.26,66.39,25.73,7.88,46.06,37.34,16.60, Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute