Number of female business owners in Jamaica
Jamaica: Number of female business owners was 2,317 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Number of female business owners in Jamaica, 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 Jamaica stood at 2,317. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.9% on the previous year and up 166.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of female business owners in Jamaica peaked at 2,317 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 871, in 2014.
Jamaica ranks 37th of 72 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Number of female business owners in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 871 | — |
| 2015 | 1,017 | +16.8% |
| 2016 | 1,169 | +14.9% |
| 2017 | 1,233 | +5.5% |
| 2018 | 1,435 | +16.4% |
| 2019 | 1,805 | +25.8% |
| 2020 | 1,823 | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 2,229 | +22.3% |
| 2022 | 2,317 | +3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,255 | 871 | 1,805 | 6 |
| 2020s | 2,123 | 1,823 | 2,317 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
More private sector data for Jamaica
- Merchandise trade 41.3% (2025)
- Food imports 20.5% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 51.4% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 7.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 30.4% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 3.0% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 1.69 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 595.33 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0744 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -9.53 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female business owners in Jamaica?
- Number of female business owners in Jamaica was 2,317 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 Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 2,317 in 2022.
- What is the lowest number of female business owners recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 871 in 2014.
- How does Jamaica rank for number of female business owners?
- Jamaica ranks 37th out of 72 countries with data for 2022.
- Is number of female business owners rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 166.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.