Number of female business owners in Morocco
Morocco: Number of female business owners was 16,578 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of female business owners in Morocco, 2014–2024
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
Analysis
Morocco recorded 16,578 for number of female business owners in 2024.
That represents a change of up 15.0% on the previous year and up 97.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of female business owners in Morocco peaked at 17,460 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 8,411, in 2014.
That places Morocco 11th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Number of female business owners in Morocco, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 8,411 | — |
| 2015 | 9,405 | +11.8% |
| 2016 | 10,683 | +13.6% |
| 2017 | 8,909 | -16.6% |
| 2018 | 11,478 | +28.8% |
| 2019 | 11,476 | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 12,537 | +9.2% |
| 2021 | 17,460 | +39.3% |
| 2022 | 14,522 | -16.8% |
| 2023 | 14,417 | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 16,578 | +15.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 10,060 | 8,411 | 11,478 | 6 |
| 2020s | 15,103 | 12,537 | 17,460 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
More private sector data for Morocco
- Merchandise trade 75.2% (2025)
- Food imports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 68.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 87.39 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 12.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 82.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 49.78 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,295 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2729 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 10.06 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female business owners in Morocco?
- Number of female business owners in Morocco was 16,578 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 Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 17,460 in 2021.
- What is the lowest number of female business owners recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,411 in 2014.
- How does Morocco rank for number of female business owners?
- Morocco ranks 11th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of female business owners rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 97.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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.