Number of female business owners in Estonia
Estonia: Number of female business owners was 7,812 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of female business owners in Estonia, 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 Estonia stood at 7,812.
The figure is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 20.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of female business owners in Estonia peaked at 8,491 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 6,491, in 2014.
That places Estonia 20th 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 Estonia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6,491 | — |
| 2015 | 6,588 | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 7,137 | +8.3% |
| 2017 | 7,158 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 6,593 | -7.9% |
| 2019 | 6,924 | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 7,120 | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 8,491 | +19.3% |
| 2022 | 6,985 | -17.7% |
| 2023 | 7,581 | +8.5% |
| 2024 | 7,812 | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 6,815 | 6,491 | 7,158 | 6 |
| 2020s | 7,598 | 6,985 | 8,491 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
More private sector data for Estonia
- Merchandise trade 98.4% (2025)
- Food imports 14.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 67.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 25.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 13.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 64.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 20.98 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 15,353 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4461 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 11.63 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female business owners in Estonia?
- Number of female business owners in Estonia was 7,812 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 Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 8,491 in 2021.
- What is the lowest number of female business owners recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,491 in 2014.
- How does Estonia rank for number of female business owners?
- Estonia ranks 20th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of female business owners rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Estonia 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.