Right, you'd have to back this up with numbers, but if startups are considered, the US outstrips everyone else, certainly in the West. The story is going to be

Right, you'd have to back this up with numbers, but if startups are considered, the US outstrips everyone else, certainly in the West. The story is going to be more complicated. Ethos is an important factor. Some countries have cultures that are prohibitive or discouraging for entrepreneurs or encourage safety and comfort over risky pursuits, and working for a large corp is going to be more compatible with that than risking your neck to run your own business. I suspect countries that have national health care are going to correlate strongly with those which are risk averse and therefore less entrepreneurial.