Number of female business owners in Iraq
Iraq: Number of female business owners was 1,676 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Number of female business owners in Iraq, 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 Iraq stood at 1,676. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of up 48.5% on the previous year and up 26.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of female business owners in Iraq peaked at 1,676 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 820, in 2020.
That places Iraq 43rd out of 72 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
Number of female business owners in Iraq, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1,330 | — |
| 2015 | 1,085 | -18.4% |
| 2016 | 1,016 | -6.4% |
| 2017 | 1,565 | +54.0% |
| 2018 | 1,125 | -28.1% |
| 2019 | 989 | -12.1% |
| 2020 | 820 | -17.1% |
| 2021 | 1,129 | +37.7% |
| 2022 | 1,676 | +48.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,185 | 989 | 1,565 | 6 |
| 2020s | 1,208 | 820 | 1,676 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
More private sector data for Iraq
- Merchandise trade 70.0% (2025)
- Food imports 7.2% (2014)
- Manufactures imports 66.3% (2014)
- Merchandise imports 85.19 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.0% (2016)
- Manufactures exports 0.0% (2016)
- Merchandise exports 92.91 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,976 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3653 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -8 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female business owners in Iraq?
- Number of female business owners in Iraq was 1,676 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 Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 1,676 in 2022.
- What is the lowest number of female business owners recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 820 in 2020.
- How does Iraq rank for number of female business owners?
- Iraq ranks 43rd out of 72 countries with data for 2022.
- Is number of female business owners rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iraq 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.