Number of female business owners in Uruguay
Uruguay: Number of female business owners was 1,417 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of female business owners in Uruguay, 2020–2024
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 Uruguay stood at 1,417. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.1% on the previous year and down 33.9% over five years.
Uruguay ranks 47th of 72 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Number of female business owners in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2,144 | — |
| 2021 | 2,190 | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 2,110 | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 1,576 | -25.3% |
| 2024 | 1,417 | -10.1% |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More private sector data for Uruguay
- Merchandise trade 28.3% (2025)
- Food imports 14.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 69.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 12.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 65.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 18.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 11.23 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 3,318 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1316 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 9.53 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female business owners in Uruguay?
- Number of female business owners in Uruguay was 1,417 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 Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 2,190 in 2021.
- What is the lowest number of female business owners recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,417 in 2024.
- How does Uruguay rank for number of female business owners?
- Uruguay ranks 47th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.