Number of female sole proprietors in Bahrain
Bahrain: Number of female sole proprietors was 1,107 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of female sole proprietors in Bahrain, 2019–2024
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
Analysis
Bahrain recorded 1,107 for number of female sole proprietors in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.0% on the previous year and down 7.8% over ten years.
That places Bahrain 62nd out of 78 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Number of female sole proprietors in Bahrain, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1,201 | — |
| 2020 | 1,186 | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 1,284 | +8.3% |
| 2022 | 1,121 | -12.7% |
| 2023 | 1,178 | +5.1% |
| 2024 | 1,107 | -6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,201 | 1,201 | 1,201 | 1 |
| 2020s | 1,175 | 1,107 | 1,284 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bahrain
- 59 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,286 compare
- 60 Jordan 1,159 compare
- 61 Liberia 1,135 compare
- 63 Côte d'Ivoire 1,069
- 64 Qatar 1,057
- 65 Estonia 780 compare
More private sector data for Bahrain
- Merchandise trade 87.6% (2025)
- Food imports 15.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 57.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 16.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 8.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 26.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 26.46 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 16,531 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5403 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 8.97 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female sole proprietors in Bahrain?
- Number of female sole proprietors in Bahrain was 1,107 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 Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 1,284 in 2021.
- What is the lowest number of female sole proprietors recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,107 in 2024.
- How does Bahrain rank for number of female sole proprietors?
- Bahrain ranks 62nd out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of female sole proprietors rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bahrain 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.