Number of female business owners in Liberia
Liberia: Number of female business owners was 53 in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Number of female business owners in Liberia, 2014–2024
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
Analysis
Liberia recorded 53 for number of female business owners in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 82.8% on the previous year and up 657.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of female business owners in Liberia peaked at 53 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4, in 2015.
Liberia ranks 68th of 72 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Number of female business owners in Liberia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 7 | — |
| 2015 | 4 | -42.9% |
| 2016 | 8 | +100.0% |
| 2017 | 13 | +62.5% |
| 2018 | 18 | +38.5% |
| 2019 | 22 | +22.2% |
| 2020 | 18 | -18.2% |
| 2021 | 30 | +66.7% |
| 2022 | 27 | -10.0% |
| 2023 | 29 | +7.4% |
| 2024 | 53 | +82.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 12 | 4 | 22 | 6 |
| 2020s | 31.4 | 18 | 53 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
More private sector data for Liberia
- Merchandise trade 87.0% (2025)
- Food imports 23.1% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 42.8% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 2.49 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 24.5% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 9.9% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 2.07 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 360.83 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3942 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 57.86 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female business owners in Liberia?
- Number of female business owners in Liberia was 53 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 Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 53 in 2024.
- What is the lowest number of female business owners recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 in 2015.
- How does Liberia rank for number of female business owners?
- Liberia ranks 68th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of female business owners rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 657.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Liberia 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.