Number of female business owners in Thailand
Thailand: Number of female business owners was 89,087 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of female business owners in Thailand, 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 Thailand stood at 89,087.
That represents a change of down 44.0% on the previous year and up 15.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of female business owners in Thailand peaked at 159,117 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 67,341, in 2020.
That places Thailand 2nd 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 Thailand, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 76,891 | — |
| 2015 | 75,403 | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 76,069 | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 86,505 | +13.7% |
| 2018 | 80,205 | -7.3% |
| 2019 | 77,673 | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 67,341 | -13.3% |
| 2021 | 94,749 | +40.7% |
| 2022 | 80,138 | -15.4% |
| 2023 | 159,117 | +98.6% |
| 2024 | 89,087 | -44.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 78,791 | 75,403 | 86,505 | 6 |
| 2020s | 98,086 | 67,341 | 159,117 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
More private sector data for Thailand
- Merchandise trade 118.6% (2025)
- Food imports 6.6% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 65.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 344.94 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 14.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 72.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 339.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,742 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5886 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 12.93 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female business owners in Thailand?
- Number of female business owners in Thailand was 89,087 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 Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 159,117 in 2023.
- What is the lowest number of female business owners recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 67,341 in 2020.
- How does Thailand rank for number of female business owners?
- Thailand ranks 2nd out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of female business owners rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand 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.