Number of female business owners in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Number of female business owners was 177 in 2018. ◆ Volatile
Number of female business owners in Afghanistan, 2014–2018
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of female business owners in Afghanistan is 177, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is up 101.1% on the previous year and up 172.3% over five years.
Afghanistan ranks 61st of 72 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Number of female business owners in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 65 | — |
| 2015 | 45 | -30.8% |
| 2016 | 65 | +44.4% |
| 2017 | 88 | +35.4% |
| 2018 | 177 | +101.1% |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More private sector data for Afghanistan
- Merchandise trade 22.2% (2025)
- Food imports 26.9% (2019)
- Manufactures imports 41.1% (2019)
- Merchandise imports 3.61 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 63.9% (2019)
- Manufactures exports 4.8% (2019)
- Merchandise exports 926.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 21.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0517 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 0.7617 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female business owners in Afghanistan?
- Number of female business owners in Afghanistan was 177 in 2018, according to World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
- What is the highest number of female business owners recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 177 in 2018.
- What is the lowest number of female business owners recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 45 in 2015.
- How does Afghanistan rank for number of female business owners?
- Afghanistan ranks 61st out of 72 countries with data for 2018.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026, published as part of Number of female business owners. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of female business owners is the number of female individuals that own at least one share of a limited liability company that was newly registered in the calendar year.