Number of female sole proprietors in Estonia
Estonia: Number of female sole proprietors was 780 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of female sole proprietors in Estonia, 2014–2024
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
Analysis
Estonia recorded 780 for number of female sole proprietors in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.6% on the previous year and down 45.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of female sole proprietors in Estonia peaked at 1,419 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 780, in 2024.
Estonia ranks 65th of 78 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Number of female sole proprietors in Estonia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1,419 | — |
| 2015 | 1,285 | -9.4% |
| 2016 | 1,070 | -16.7% |
| 2017 | 1,011 | -5.5% |
| 2018 | 988 | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 867 | -12.2% |
| 2020 | 789 | -9.0% |
| 2021 | 812 | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 817 | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 844 | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 780 | -7.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,107 | 867 | 1,419 | 6 |
| 2020s | 808.4 | 780 | 844 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
More private sector data for Estonia
- Merchandise trade 98.4% (2025)
- Food imports 14.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 67.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 25.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 13.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 64.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 20.98 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 15,353 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4461 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 11.63 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female sole proprietors in Estonia?
- Number of female sole proprietors in Estonia was 780 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 Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,419 in 2014.
- What is the lowest number of female sole proprietors recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 780 in 2024.
- How does Estonia rank for number of female sole proprietors?
- Estonia ranks 65th out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of female sole proprietors rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Estonia 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.