Number of female business owners in Albania
Albania: Number of female business owners was 988 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of female business owners in Albania, 2014–2024
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
Analysis
In 2024, number of female business owners in Albania stood at 988. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 29.8% on the previous year and up 146.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of female business owners in Albania peaked at 988 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 401, in 2014.
That places Albania 51st out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Number of female business owners in Albania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 401 | — |
| 2015 | 454 | +13.2% |
| 2016 | 505 | +11.2% |
| 2017 | 642 | +27.1% |
| 2018 | 562 | -12.5% |
| 2019 | 641 | +14.1% |
| 2020 | 581 | -9.4% |
| 2021 | 701 | +20.7% |
| 2022 | 731 | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 761 | +4.1% |
| 2024 | 988 | +29.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 534.17 | 401 | 642 | 6 |
| 2020s | 752.4 | 581 | 988 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Albania
More private sector data for Albania
- Merchandise trade 47.9% (2025)
- Food imports 16.6% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 63.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 10.28 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 13.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 54.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 4.35 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,850 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1423 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 8.68 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female business owners in Albania?
- Number of female business owners in Albania was 988 in 2024, 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 Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 988 in 2024.
- What is the lowest number of female business owners recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 401 in 2014.
- How does Albania rank for number of female business owners?
- Albania ranks 51st out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of female business owners rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 146.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Albania 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.