Number of female business owners in Vietnam
Vietnam: Number of female business owners was 39,757 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of female business owners in Vietnam, 2014–2024
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
Analysis
Vietnam recorded 39,757 for number of female business owners in 2024.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 63.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of female business owners in Vietnam peaked at 47,712 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 24,389, in 2014.
Vietnam ranks 6th of 72 countries on this measure, 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 Vietnam, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 24,389 | — |
| 2015 | 31,472 | +29.0% |
| 2016 | 36,309 | +15.4% |
| 2017 | 41,724 | +14.9% |
| 2018 | 43,081 | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 44,847 | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 44,040 | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 35,571 | -19.2% |
| 2022 | 47,712 | +34.1% |
| 2023 | 39,128 | -18.0% |
| 2024 | 39,757 | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 36,970 | 24,389 | 44,847 | 6 |
| 2020s | 41,242 | 35,571 | 47,712 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vietnam
More private sector data for Vietnam
- Merchandise trade 180.0% (2025)
- Food imports 8.8% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 74.7% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 453.78 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 9.4% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 85.0% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 472.93 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,655 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9188 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 16.82 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female business owners in Vietnam?
- Number of female business owners in Vietnam was 39,757 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 Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 47,712 in 2022.
- What is the lowest number of female business owners recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,389 in 2014.
- How does Vietnam rank for number of female business owners?
- Vietnam ranks 6th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of female business owners rising or falling in Vietnam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 63.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vietnam 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.