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Collection Methodology for Key Performance Indicators for Smart Sustainable Cities

Dimension Economy
Sub-Dimension Productivity
Category Innovation
KPI Name Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
KPI No. EC: P: IN: 3A Type: Advanced Type: Structural

Definition / Percentage of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
Description

Rationale / Organizations such as the European Commission, Asian Development Bank and
Interpretation / World Bank consider SMEs important for ensuring economic growth, job creation,
Benchmarking innovation, competition and social integration.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are non-subsidiary, independent firms
which employ less than a given number of employees. This number varies across
countries. The most frequent upper limit designating an SME is 250 employees, as
in the European Union. However, some countries set the limit at 200 employees,
while the United States considers SMEs to include firms with fewer than 500
employees.
Small firms are generally those with fewer than 50 employees, while micro-
enterprises have at most 10, or in some cases 5 workers.
For this indicator cities should report on firms with fewer than 250 employees.
An increasing trend and higher values are considered positive.
Source(s) OECD Statistic. Retrieved from <https://stats.oecd.org/glossary/detail.asp?ID=3123 >
Methodology Calculate as:
Numerator: Number of SMEs.
Denominator: Total number of enterprises.
Multiply by 100
Unit Percentage
Data Sources / Data can be collected through local, regional, or national business registration data.
Relevant
Databases
SDG Reference(s) SDG Indicator 9.3.1: Percentage of small-scale industries with a total industry value
added.

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