Number of female business owners in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Number of female business owners was 975 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of female business owners in Bangladesh, 2014–2024
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 975 for number of female business owners in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.5% on the previous year and down 65.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of female business owners in Bangladesh peaked at 2,847 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 975, in 2024.
That places Bangladesh 52nd out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Number of female business owners in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2,847 | — |
| 2015 | 2,705 | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 2,448 | -9.5% |
| 2017 | 2,182 | -10.9% |
| 2018 | 2,060 | -5.6% |
| 2019 | 2,200 | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 1,974 | -10.3% |
| 2021 | 2,049 | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 1,490 | -27.3% |
| 2023 | 1,168 | -21.6% |
| 2024 | 975 | -16.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,407 | 2,060 | 2,847 | 6 |
| 2020s | 1,531 | 975 | 2,049 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More private sector data for Bangladesh
- Merchandise trade 25.8% (2025)
- Food imports 13.0% (2018)
- Manufactures imports 67.0% (2018)
- Merchandise imports 69.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 3.4% (2018)
- Manufactures exports 94.5% (2018)
- Merchandise exports 48.17 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 274.16 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1056 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female business owners in Bangladesh?
- Number of female business owners in Bangladesh was 975 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 Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 2,847 in 2014.
- What is the lowest number of female business owners recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 975 in 2024.
- How does Bangladesh rank for number of female business owners?
- Bangladesh ranks 52nd out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of female business owners rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 65.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh 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.