Number of female business owners in Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands: Number of female business owners was 2 in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Number of female business owners in Marshall Islands, 2017–2022
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
Analysis
Marshall Islands recorded 2 for number of female business owners in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is down 66.7% on the previous year and down 86.7% over ten years.
That places Marshall Islands 72nd out of 72 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Number of female business owners in Marshall Islands, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 15 | — |
| 2018 | 11 | -26.7% |
| 2019 | 6 | -45.5% |
| 2020 | 12 | +100.0% |
| 2021 | 6 | -50.0% |
| 2022 | 2 | -66.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 10.67 | 6 | 15 | 3 |
| 2020s | 6.67 | 2 | 12 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Marshall Islands
- 69 Brunei Darussalam 42
- 70 Bhutan 37
- 71 Tuvalu 4 compare
More private sector data for Marshall Islands
- Merchandise trade 59.4% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 111.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports 72.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,984 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2338 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.46 % change on previous year (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per capita 3,059 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3604 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), annual growth rate 11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Commercial service exports (current US$), per capita 516.22 current US$ per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female business owners in Marshall Islands?
- Number of female business owners in Marshall Islands was 2 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 Marshall Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 15 in 2017.
- What is the lowest number of female business owners recorded in Marshall Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 in 2022.
- How does Marshall Islands rank for number of female business owners?
- Marshall Islands ranks 72nd out of 72 countries with data for 2022.
- Is number of female business owners rising or falling in Marshall Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 86.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Marshall Islands 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.