Number of female business owners in Benin
Benin: Number of female business owners was 1,206 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Number of female business owners in Benin, 2014–2022
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
Analysis
In 2022, number of female business owners in Benin stood at 1,206.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.4% on the previous year and up 340.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of female business owners in Benin peaked at 1,317 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 274, in 2014.
That places Benin 49th out of 72 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
Number of female business owners in Benin, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 274 | — |
| 2015 | 511 | +86.5% |
| 2016 | 637 | +24.7% |
| 2017 | 699 | +9.7% |
| 2018 | 655 | -6.3% |
| 2019 | 801 | +22.3% |
| 2020 | 937 | +17.0% |
| 2021 | 1,317 | +40.6% |
| 2022 | 1,206 | -8.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 596.17 | 274 | 801 | 6 |
| 2020s | 1,153 | 937 | 1,317 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Benin
More private sector data for Benin
- Merchandise trade 36.4% (2025)
- Food imports 33.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 50.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 4.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 39.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 7.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 3.99 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 269.2 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -0.8946 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female business owners in Benin?
- Number of female business owners in Benin was 1,206 in 2022, 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 Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 1,317 in 2021.
- What is the lowest number of female business owners recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 274 in 2014.
- How does Benin rank for number of female business owners?
- Benin ranks 49th out of 72 countries with data for 2022.
- Is number of female business owners rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 340.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin 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.