Number of female sole proprietors in El Salvador
El Salvador: Number of female sole proprietors was 402 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of female sole proprietors in El Salvador, 2014–2024
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 402 for number of female sole proprietors in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.8% on the previous year and up 105.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of female sole proprietors in El Salvador peaked at 402 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 126, in 2016.
That places El Salvador 68th out of 78 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Number of female sole proprietors in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 196 | — |
| 2015 | 136 | -30.6% |
| 2016 | 126 | -7.4% |
| 2017 | 163 | +29.4% |
| 2018 | 196 | +20.2% |
| 2019 | 184 | -6.1% |
| 2020 | 148 | -19.6% |
| 2021 | 365 | +146.6% |
| 2022 | 267 | -26.8% |
| 2023 | 373 | +39.7% |
| 2024 | 402 | +7.8% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 402 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,827, 11% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 402 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,362, 3% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 166.83 | 126 | 196 | 6 |
| 2020s | 311 | 148 | 402 | 5 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More private sector data for El Salvador
- Merchandise trade 66.1% (2025)
- Food imports 20.0% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 63.0% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 17.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 3.89 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 23.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 69.4% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 6.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 6.07 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,010 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female sole proprietors in El Salvador?
- Number of female sole proprietors in El Salvador was 402 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 El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 402 in 2024.
- What is the lowest number of female sole proprietors recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 126 in 2016.
- How does El Salvador rank for number of female sole proprietors?
- El Salvador ranks 68th out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of female sole proprietors rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 105.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador 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.