Number of female business owners in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Number of female business owners was 658 in 2022. ▬ Flat
Number of female business owners in Timor-Leste, 2018–2022
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
Analysis
Timor-Leste 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 Timor-Leste 56th out of 72 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Number of female business owners in Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 547 | — |
| 2019 | 562 | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 435 | -22.6% |
| 2021 | 302 | -30.6% |
| 2022 | 658 | +117.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 554.5 | 547 | 562 | 2 |
| 2020s | 465 | 302 | 658 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Timor-Leste
More private sector data for Timor-Leste
- Merchandise trade 56.9% (2025)
- Food imports 28.1% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 49.6% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 979.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.5% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 21.9% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 103.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 72.61 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0541 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 19.77 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female business owners in Timor-Leste?
- Number of female business owners in Timor-Leste 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 Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 658 in 2022.
- What is the lowest number of female business owners recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 302 in 2021.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for number of female business owners?
- Timor-Leste ranks 56th out of 72 countries with data for 2022.
- Where does this Timor-Leste 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.