Number of female business owners in Rwanda
Rwanda: Number of female business owners was 12,141 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of female business owners in Rwanda, 2014–2024
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 12,141 for number of female business owners in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 22.5% on the previous year and up 143.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of female business owners in Rwanda peaked at 12,141 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,927, in 2016.
Rwanda ranks 15th of 72 countries on this measure, 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 Rwanda, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 4,993 | — |
| 2015 | 5,133 | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 4,927 | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 4,982 | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 5,010 | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 6,519 | +30.1% |
| 2020 | 8,234 | +26.3% |
| 2021 | 9,038 | +9.8% |
| 2022 | 9,217 | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 9,914 | +7.6% |
| 2024 | 12,141 | +22.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5,261 | 4,927 | 6,519 | 6 |
| 2020s | 9,709 | 8,234 | 12,141 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
More private sector data for Rwanda
- Merchandise trade 45.9% (2025)
- Food imports 22.4% (2022)
- Manufactures imports 50.0% (2022)
- Merchandise imports 5.07 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 27.2% (2022)
- Manufactures exports 10.4% (2022)
- Merchandise exports 2.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 168.16 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1496 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -23.46 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female business owners in Rwanda?
- Number of female business owners in Rwanda was 12,141 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 Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 12,141 in 2024.
- What is the lowest number of female business owners recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,927 in 2016.
- How does Rwanda rank for number of female business owners?
- Rwanda ranks 15th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of female business owners rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 143.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Rwanda 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.