This is also confirmed by the INSTAT report published on Thursday “Statistics for small and medium enterprises (SMEs),” based on the results of the structural statistics survey for 2019.

According to the report, 99.8% of active enterprises are small and medium enterprises, in the same percentage as in 2018 and 81.6% of employees are employed by them from 79.8% in 2018.

Meanwhile, small and medium enterprises realize 78.9% of net sales from 77.4% in 2018.

These enterprises have made 68.2% of investments in the country from 70.6% in 2018.

According to INSTAT, enterprises with over 250 employees, which constitute only 0.2% of the total enterprises in the country, employ 18.4% of employees, make 31.8% of investments and realize 21.1% of net sales.

In the number of enterprises, the trade sector has the largest share of SMEs with 40.1%, while the electricity, water and waste management sector has the lowest percentage with 0.6%.

In the number of employees, the trade sector employs 28.5% of SMEs, while the sector with the lowest number of employees in SMEs is the extractive industry sector with 1.8%.
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