Number of female business owners in Namibia
Namibia: Number of female business owners was 5,863 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of female business owners in Namibia, 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 Namibia stood at 5,863.
That represents a change of up 4.4% on the previous year and up 78.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of female business owners in Namibia peaked at 7,989 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 3,294, in 2014.
That places Namibia 25th 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 Namibia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3,294 | — |
| 2015 | 3,992 | +21.2% |
| 2016 | 4,336 | +8.6% |
| 2017 | 3,583 | -17.4% |
| 2018 | 7,989 | +123.0% |
| 2019 | 4,512 | -43.5% |
| 2020 | 4,124 | -8.6% |
| 2021 | 5,577 | +35.2% |
| 2022 | 5,368 | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 5,615 | +4.6% |
| 2024 | 5,863 | +4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 4,618 | 3,294 | 7,989 | 6 |
| 2020s | 5,309 | 4,124 | 5,863 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
More private sector data for Namibia
- Merchandise trade 102.4% (2025)
- Food imports 13.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 60.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 8.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 28.0% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 18.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 7.02 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,271 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4658 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female business owners in Namibia?
- Number of female business owners in Namibia was 5,863 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 7,989 in 2018.
- What is the lowest number of female business owners recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,294 in 2014.
- How does Namibia rank for number of female business owners?
- Namibia ranks 25th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of female business owners rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 78.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.