Number of female business owners in Romania
Romania: Number of female business owners was 40,230 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of female business owners in Romania, 2014–2024
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of female business owners in Romania is 40,230, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.4% on the previous year and up 38.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of female business owners in Romania peaked at 50,719 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 29,108, in 2014.
That places Romania 5th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Number of female business owners in Romania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 29,108 | — |
| 2015 | 33,708 | +15.8% |
| 2016 | 38,050 | +12.9% |
| 2017 | 50,719 | +33.3% |
| 2018 | 47,464 | -6.4% |
| 2019 | 46,851 | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 35,361 | -24.5% |
| 2021 | 43,722 | +23.6% |
| 2022 | 50,693 | +15.9% |
| 2023 | 41,208 | -18.7% |
| 2024 | 40,230 | -2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 40,983 | 29,108 | 50,719 | 6 |
| 2020s | 42,243 | 35,361 | 50,693 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Romania
More private sector data for Romania
- Merchandise trade 59.5% (2025)
- Food imports 10.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 77.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 146.04 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 11.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 79.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 109.13 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,738 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2546 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 8.82 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female business owners in Romania?
- Number of female business owners in Romania was 40,230 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 Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 50,719 in 2017.
- What is the lowest number of female business owners recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,108 in 2014.
- How does Romania rank for number of female business owners?
- Romania ranks 5th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of female business owners rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Romania 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.