Number of female business owners in Palestine, State of
Palestine, State of: Number of female business owners was 382 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of female business owners in Palestine, State of, 2014–2024
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 Palestine, State of stood at 382. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 24.1% on the previous year and down 31.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of female business owners in Palestine, State of peaked at 694 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 382, in 2024.
That places Palestine, State of 57th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Number of female business owners in Palestine, State of, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 555 | — |
| 2015 | 566 | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 586 | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 630 | +7.5% |
| 2018 | 563 | -10.6% |
| 2019 | 465 | -17.4% |
| 2020 | 537 | +15.5% |
| 2021 | 578 | +7.6% |
| 2022 | 694 | +20.1% |
| 2023 | 503 | -27.5% |
| 2024 | 382 | -24.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 560.83 | 465 | 630 | 6 |
| 2020s | 538.8 | 382 | 694 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Palestine, State of
More private sector data for Palestine, State of
- Food imports 30.9% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 45.9% (2023)
- Food exports 21.4% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 63.3% (2023)
- Commercial service exports (current US$), per capita 103.2 current US$ per person (2025)
- Commercial service exports 558.70 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0325 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Transport services 47.1% (2025)
- Commercial service imports (current US$), per capita 227.75 current US$ per person (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services 8.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female business owners in Palestine, State of?
- Number of female business owners in Palestine, State of was 382 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 Palestine, State of?
- The highest recorded value was 694 in 2022.
- What is the lowest number of female business owners recorded in Palestine, State of?
- The lowest recorded value was 382 in 2024.
- How does Palestine, State of rank for number of female business owners?
- Palestine, State of ranks 57th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of female business owners rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Palestine, State of 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.