Number of female business owners in Malta
Malta: Number of female business owners was 847 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of female business owners in Malta, 2014–2024
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 Malta stood at 847.
That represents a change of down 6.5% on the previous year and up 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of female business owners in Malta peaked at 1,481 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 691, in 2015.
Malta ranks 54th of 72 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Number of female business owners in Malta, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 745 | — |
| 2015 | 691 | -7.2% |
| 2016 | 766 | +10.9% |
| 2017 | 748 | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 1,481 | +98.0% |
| 2019 | 1,168 | -21.1% |
| 2020 | 901 | -22.9% |
| 2021 | 895 | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 858 | -4.1% |
| 2023 | 906 | +5.6% |
| 2024 | 847 | -6.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 933.17 | 691 | 1,481 | 6 |
| 2020s | 881.4 | 847 | 906 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 51 Albania 988 compare
- 52 Bangladesh 975 compare
- 53 Slovenia 950 compare
- 55 Bahrain 665 compare
- 56 Timor-Leste 658 compare
- 57 Palestine, State of 382 compare
More private sector data for Malta
- Merchandise trade 46.9% (2025)
- Food imports 11.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 65.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 9.22 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 9.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 76.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 3.82 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 6,588 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1375 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 0.9783 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female business owners in Malta?
- Number of female business owners in Malta was 847 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 Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 1,481 in 2018.
- What is the lowest number of female business owners recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 691 in 2015.
- How does Malta rank for number of female business owners?
- Malta ranks 54th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of female business owners rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 11 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.