Number of female sole proprietors in Greece
Greece: Number of female sole proprietors was 1,716 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of female sole proprietors in Greece, 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 Greece stood at 1,716. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.8% on the previous year and up 431.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of female sole proprietors in Greece peaked at 1,716 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 303, in 2015.
That places Greece 54th 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 Greece, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 323 | — |
| 2015 | 303 | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 569 | +87.8% |
| 2017 | 824 | +44.8% |
| 2018 | 1,076 | +30.6% |
| 2019 | 1,238 | +15.1% |
| 2020 | 1,365 | +10.3% |
| 2021 | 1,477 | +8.2% |
| 2022 | 1,681 | +13.8% |
| 2023 | 1,607 | -4.4% |
| 2024 | 1,716 | +6.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 722.17 | 303 | 1,238 | 6 |
| 2020s | 1,569 | 1,365 | 1,716 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More private sector data for Greece
- Merchandise trade 52.5% (2025)
- Food imports 13.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 54.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 92.56 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 21.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 37.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 54.77 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,259 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1952 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.24 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female sole proprietors in Greece?
- Number of female sole proprietors in Greece was 1,716 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 Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 1,716 in 2024.
- What is the lowest number of female sole proprietors recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 303 in 2015.
- How does Greece rank for number of female sole proprietors?
- Greece ranks 54th out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of female sole proprietors rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 431.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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.