Number of female sole proprietors in Senegal
Senegal: Number of female sole proprietors was 24,906 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of female sole proprietors in Senegal, 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 Senegal is 24,906, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.6% on the previous year and up 700.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of female sole proprietors in Senegal peaked at 24,906 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3,111, in 2014.
Senegal ranks 19th of 78 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Number of female sole proprietors in Senegal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3,111 | — |
| 2015 | 5,462 | +75.6% |
| 2016 | 8,675 | +58.8% |
| 2017 | 9,797 | +12.9% |
| 2018 | 11,170 | +14.0% |
| 2019 | 12,730 | +14.0% |
| 2020 | 12,941 | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 18,333 | +41.7% |
| 2022 | 20,383 | +11.2% |
| 2023 | 23,358 | +14.6% |
| 2024 | 24,906 | +6.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 8,491 | 3,111 | 12,730 | 6 |
| 2020s | 19,984 | 12,941 | 24,906 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
More private sector data for Senegal
- Merchandise trade 60.0% (2025)
- Food imports 19.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 46.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 11.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 21.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 22.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 10.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 541.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2768 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 62.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female sole proprietors in Senegal?
- Number of female sole proprietors in Senegal was 24,906 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 Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 24,906 in 2024.
- What is the lowest number of female sole proprietors recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,111 in 2014.
- How does Senegal rank for number of female sole proprietors?
- Senegal ranks 19th out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of female sole proprietors rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 700.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal 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.