Number of female business owners in Serbia
Serbia: Number of female business owners was 2,174 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of female business owners in Serbia, 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 Serbia is 2,174, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
The figure is down 13.2% on the previous year and down 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of female business owners in Serbia peaked at 3,253 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2,174, in 2024.
Serbia ranks 38th of 72 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Number of female business owners in Serbia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2,514 | — |
| 2015 | 2,392 | -4.9% |
| 2016 | 2,308 | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 2,474 | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 2,381 | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 2,561 | +7.6% |
| 2020 | 2,356 | -8.0% |
| 2022 | 3,253 | +38.1% |
| 2023 | 2,506 | -23.0% |
| 2024 | 2,174 | -13.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,438 | 2,308 | 2,561 | 6 |
| 2020s | 2,572 | 2,174 | 3,253 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
More private sector data for Serbia
- Merchandise trade 84.6% (2025)
- Food imports 5.8% (2007)
- Manufactures imports 69.5% (2007)
- Merchandise imports 47.23 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 18.6% (2007)
- Manufactures exports 65.9% (2007)
- Merchandise exports 37.31 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,698 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3733 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 18.13 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female business owners in Serbia?
- Number of female business owners in Serbia was 2,174 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 Serbia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,253 in 2022.
- What is the lowest number of female business owners recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,174 in 2024.
- How does Serbia rank for number of female business owners?
- Serbia ranks 38th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of female business owners rising or falling in Serbia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Serbia 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.