{
 "code": "LK.IND.WDI.IC_BUS_NREG.A",
 "name": "New businesses registered (number) (World Bank WDI)",
 "unit": "Number",
 "frequency": "Annual",
 "base_year": null,
 "producer": "World Bank",
 "publisher": "World Bank",
 "source_url": "https://data.worldbank.org/country/sri-lanka",
 "latest_vintage": "2026-10-08",
 "page": "/data/series/LK.IND.WDI.IC_BUS_NREG.A/",
 "notice": "Compiled by Macro Lab; not an official publication of the source agency. Provided as is, without warranty of any kind. Not investment advice.",
 "licence": "Source: The World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "observations": [
  {"period": "2008", "value": 4321, "status": null},
  {"period": "2009", "value": 4062, "status": null},
  {"period": "2010", "value": 6110, "status": null},
  {"period": "2011", "value": 7662, "status": null},
  {"period": "2012", "value": 6975, "status": null},
  {"period": "2013", "value": 5788, "status": null},
  {"period": "2014", "value": 6674, "status": null},
  {"period": "2015", "value": 7583, "status": null},
  {"period": "2016", "value": 8060, "status": null},
  {"period": "2017", "value": 9474, "status": null},
  {"period": "2018", "value": 10510, "status": null},
  {"period": "2021", "value": 18066, "status": null},
  {"period": "2022", "value": 17447, "status": null}
 ]
}