Number of female sole proprietors in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan: Number of female sole proprietors was 2,368 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of female sole proprietors in Azerbaijan, 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 sole proprietors in Azerbaijan stood at 2,368. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.3% on the previous year and up 258.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of female sole proprietors in Azerbaijan peaked at 2,368 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 660, in 2014.
Azerbaijan ranks 53rd of 78 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Number of female sole proprietors in Azerbaijan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 660 | — |
| 2015 | 692 | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 807 | +16.6% |
| 2017 | 1,398 | +73.2% |
| 2018 | 1,354 | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 1,649 | +21.8% |
| 2020 | 991 | -39.9% |
| 2021 | 1,431 | +44.4% |
| 2022 | 1,856 | +29.7% |
| 2023 | 2,227 | +20.0% |
| 2024 | 2,368 | +6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,093 | 660 | 1,649 | 6 |
| 2020s | 1,775 | 991 | 2,368 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Azerbaijan
More private sector data for Azerbaijan
- Merchandise trade 65.1% (2025)
- Food imports 12.4% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 53.0% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 24.38 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 5.2% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 5.3% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 25.04 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,444 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3298 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -5.69 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female sole proprietors in Azerbaijan?
- Number of female sole proprietors in Azerbaijan was 2,368 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 sole proprietors recorded in Azerbaijan?
- The highest recorded value was 2,368 in 2024.
- What is the lowest number of female sole proprietors recorded in Azerbaijan?
- The lowest recorded value was 660 in 2014.
- How does Azerbaijan rank for number of female sole proprietors?
- Azerbaijan ranks 53rd out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of female sole proprietors rising or falling in Azerbaijan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 258.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Azerbaijan 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 sole proprietors. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of female sole proprietors is the number of newly registered sole proprietors owned by female individuals in the calendar year. A sole proprietorship is a business entity owned and managed by a single individual who is indistinguishable from the business and personally liable.