Number of female sole proprietors in Malta
Malta: Number of female sole proprietors was 3,192 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of female sole proprietors in Malta, 2014–2024
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of female sole proprietors in Malta is 3,192, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 176.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of female sole proprietors in Malta peaked at 3,504 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,153, in 2014.
Malta ranks 50th of 78 countries on this measure, 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 Malta, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1,153 | — |
| 2015 | 1,300 | +12.7% |
| 2016 | 1,584 | +21.8% |
| 2017 | 1,970 | +24.4% |
| 2018 | 2,788 | +41.5% |
| 2019 | 2,945 | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 2,706 | -8.1% |
| 2021 | 3,504 | +29.5% |
| 2022 | 3,171 | -9.5% |
| 2023 | 3,203 | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 3,192 | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,957 | 1,153 | 2,945 | 6 |
| 2020s | 3,155 | 2,706 | 3,504 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malta
More private sector data for Malta
- Merchandise trade 46.9% (2025)
- Food imports 11.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 65.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 9.22 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 9.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 76.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 3.82 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 6,588 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1375 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 0.9783 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female sole proprietors in Malta?
- Number of female sole proprietors in Malta was 3,192 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 Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 3,504 in 2021.
- What is the lowest number of female sole proprietors recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,153 in 2014.
- How does Malta rank for number of female sole proprietors?
- Malta ranks 50th out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of female sole proprietors rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 176.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta 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.