Number of female business owners in East Timor
East Timor: Number of female business owners was 658 in 2022. ▬ Flat
Number of female business owners in East Timor, 2018–2022
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
Analysis
East Timor recorded 658 for number of female business owners in 2022. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 117.9% on the previous year and up 20.3% over five years.
That places East Timor 56th out of 72 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Number of female business owners in East Timor, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 547 | — |
| 2019 | 562 | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 435 | -22.6% |
| 2021 | 302 | -30.6% |
| 2022 | 658 | +117.9% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 658 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,636, 40% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- East Timor's 658 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 658, 1.0× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 554.5 | 547 | 562 | 2 |
| 2020s | 465 | 302 | 658 | 3 |
Countries ranked near East Timor
More private sector data for East Timor
- Merchandise trade 56.9% (2025)
- Food imports 28.1% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 49.6% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 979.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 453.40 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.5% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 21.9% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 103.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 132.58 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 72.61 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female business owners in East Timor?
- Number of female business owners in East Timor was 658 in 2022, 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 East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 658 in 2022.
- What is the lowest number of female business owners recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 302 in 2021.
- How does East Timor rank for number of female business owners?
- East Timor ranks 56th out of 72 countries with data for 2022.
- Where does this East Timor 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.