Number of female business owners in Mauritius
Mauritius: Number of female business owners was 2,936 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of female business owners in Mauritius, 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 Mauritius stood at 2,936. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 44.9% on the previous year and up 208.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of female business owners in Mauritius peaked at 2,936 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 952, in 2014.
That places Mauritius 33rd out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Mauritius, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 952 | — |
| 2015 | 1,105 | +16.1% |
| 2016 | 1,546 | +39.9% |
| 2017 | 1,773 | +14.7% |
| 2018 | 1,996 | +12.6% |
| 2019 | 1,462 | -26.8% |
| 2020 | 1,225 | -16.2% |
| 2021 | 992 | -19.0% |
| 2022 | 1,227 | +23.7% |
| 2023 | 2,026 | +65.1% |
| 2024 | 2,936 | +44.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,472 | 952 | 1,996 | 6 |
| 2020s | 1,681 | 992 | 2,936 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
More private sector data for Mauritius
- Merchandise trade 57.4% (2025)
- Food imports 21.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 54.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 6.94 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 50.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 46.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 2.34 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,883 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1449 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -1.1 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female business owners in Mauritius?
- Number of female business owners in Mauritius was 2,936 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 Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 2,936 in 2024.
- What is the lowest number of female business owners recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 952 in 2014.
- How does Mauritius rank for number of female business owners?
- Mauritius ranks 33rd out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of female business owners rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 208.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritius 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.