Number of female business owners in Bahrain
Bahrain: Number of female business owners was 665 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of female business owners in Bahrain, 2019–2024
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
Analysis
Bahrain recorded 665 for number of female business owners in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of down 71.6% on the previous year and down 54.9% over ten years.
That places Bahrain 55th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Number of female business owners in Bahrain, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1,476 | — |
| 2020 | 1,553 | +5.2% |
| 2021 | 1,950 | +25.6% |
| 2022 | 2,865 | +46.9% |
| 2023 | 2,339 | -18.4% |
| 2024 | 665 | -71.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,476 | 1,476 | 1,476 | 1 |
| 2020s | 1,874 | 665 | 2,865 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bahrain
- 52 Bangladesh 975 compare
- 53 Slovenia 950
- 54 Malta 847 compare
- 56 Timor-Leste 658
- 57 Palestine, State of 382 compare
- 58 Fiji 347 compare
More private sector data for Bahrain
- Merchandise trade 87.6% (2025)
- Food imports 15.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 57.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 16.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 8.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 26.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 26.46 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 16,531 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5403 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 8.97 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female business owners in Bahrain?
- Number of female business owners in Bahrain was 665 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 Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 2,865 in 2022.
- What is the lowest number of female business owners recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 665 in 2024.
- How does Bahrain rank for number of female business owners?
- Bahrain ranks 55th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of female business owners rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bahrain 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.