Number of female sole proprietors in Georgia
Georgia: Number of female sole proprietors was 17,945 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of female sole proprietors in Georgia, 2014–2024
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
Analysis
Georgia recorded 17,945 for number of female sole proprietors in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 69.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of female sole proprietors in Georgia peaked at 17,945 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8,310, in 2020.
That places Georgia 23rd out of 78 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Georgia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 10,570 | — |
| 2015 | 9,898 | -6.4% |
| 2016 | 9,610 | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 10,596 | +10.3% |
| 2018 | 10,101 | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 10,179 | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 8,310 | -18.4% |
| 2021 | 10,745 | +29.3% |
| 2022 | 17,486 | +62.7% |
| 2023 | 17,802 | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 17,945 | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 10,159 | 9,610 | 10,596 | 6 |
| 2020s | 14,458 | 8,310 | 17,945 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Georgia
More private sector data for Georgia
- Merchandise trade 67.7% (2025)
- Food imports 12.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 72.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 18.53 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 45.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 33.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 7.29 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,852 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1911 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 11.16 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female sole proprietors in Georgia?
- Number of female sole proprietors in Georgia was 17,945 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 Georgia?
- The highest recorded value was 17,945 in 2024.
- What is the lowest number of female sole proprietors recorded in Georgia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,310 in 2020.
- How does Georgia rank for number of female sole proprietors?
- Georgia ranks 23rd out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of female sole proprietors rising or falling in Georgia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 69.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Georgia 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.