Number of female business owners in Eswatini
Eswatini: Number of female business owners was 2,418 in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
2,418
Change on year
up 4.4%
World rank
36th
of 72 countries
All-time high
2,428
in 2021
All-time low
2,316
in 2023
Years of data
5
2020–2024
Number of female business owners in Eswatini, 2020–2024
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 Eswatini stood at 2,418.
The figure is up 4.4% on the previous year and up 1.7% over five years.
Eswatini ranks 36th of 72 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Number of female business owners in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2,377 | — |
| 2021 | 2,428 | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 2,379 | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 2,316 | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 2,418 | +4.4% |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
More private sector data for Eswatini
- Merchandise trade 86.4% (2025)
- Food imports 19.6% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 58.1% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 2.09 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 29.7% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 59.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 2.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,887 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4592 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.85 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female business owners in Eswatini?
- Number of female business owners in Eswatini was 2,418 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 Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 2,428 in 2021.
- What is the lowest number of female business owners recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,316 in 2023.
- How does Eswatini rank for number of female business owners?
- Eswatini ranks 36th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.