Number of female business owners in Jordan
Jordan: Number of female business owners was 1,429 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of female business owners in Jordan, 2014–2024
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
Analysis
Jordan recorded 1,429 for number of female business owners in 2024.
That represents a change of down 23.8% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of female business owners in Jordan peaked at 1,875 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,038, in 2019.
Jordan ranks 46th of 72 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Number of female business owners in Jordan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1,440 | — |
| 2015 | 1,349 | -6.3% |
| 2016 | 1,115 | -17.3% |
| 2017 | 1,242 | +11.4% |
| 2018 | 1,196 | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 1,038 | -13.2% |
| 2020 | 1,057 | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 1,193 | +12.9% |
| 2022 | 1,875 | +57.2% |
| 2024 | 1,429 | -23.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,230 | 1,038 | 1,440 | 6 |
| 2020s | 1,388 | 1,057 | 1,875 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Jordan
More private sector data for Jordan
- Merchandise trade 71.2% (2025)
- Food imports 20.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 56.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 28.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 17.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 72.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 14.91 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,294 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2421 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 10.19 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female business owners in Jordan?
- Number of female business owners in Jordan was 1,429 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 Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 1,875 in 2022.
- What is the lowest number of female business owners recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,038 in 2019.
- How does Jordan rank for number of female business owners?
- Jordan ranks 46th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of female business owners rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jordan 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.