Number of female business owners in Turkey
Turkey: Number of female business owners was 26,650 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of female business owners in Turkey, 2014–2024
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
Analysis
Turkey recorded 26,650 for number of female business owners in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.4% on the previous year and up 118.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of female business owners in Turkey peaked at 33,035 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 12,217, in 2014.
Turkey ranks 9th 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 Turkey, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 12,217 | — |
| 2015 | 13,749 | +12.5% |
| 2016 | 13,726 | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 15,771 | +14.9% |
| 2018 | 18,923 | +20.0% |
| 2019 | 19,020 | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 22,647 | +19.1% |
| 2021 | 25,259 | +11.5% |
| 2022 | 33,035 | +30.8% |
| 2023 | 29,423 | -10.9% |
| 2024 | 26,650 | -9.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 15,568 | 12,217 | 19,020 | 6 |
| 2020s | 27,403 | 22,647 | 33,035 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
More private sector data for Turkey
- Merchandise trade 40.0% (2025)
- Food imports 6.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 60.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 365.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 12.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 73.6% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 273.36 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 3,183 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1711 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 4.42 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female business owners in Turkey?
- Number of female business owners in Turkey was 26,650 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 Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 33,035 in 2022.
- What is the lowest number of female business owners recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,217 in 2014.
- How does Turkey rank for number of female business owners?
- Turkey ranks 9th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of female business owners rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 118.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Turkey 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.