If this is any indication, the US is certainly not winning that race: https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Economy/Micro/Small-and-medium-enterprise

If this is any indication, the US is certainly not winning that race: https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Economy/Micro/Small-and-medium-enterprises/Number/Per-capita https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Economy/Micr... I'm looking for a better source still, so if you find one please post it here. EDIT: I found this. Numbers are a bit old (2007), but it shows self-employment rate per capita on page 4, which is exactly the metric we're interested in discussing. https://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/small-business-2009-08.pdf https://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/small-business-2... So, based on those two sources, your assertion seems straight up incorrect.