Number of female sole proprietors in Uruguay
Uruguay: Number of female sole proprietors was 16,446 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of female sole proprietors in Uruguay, 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 Uruguay stood at 16,446.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 48.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of female sole proprietors in Uruguay peaked at 16,517 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 10,350, in 2016.
That places Uruguay 25th 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 Uruguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 11,063 | — |
| 2015 | 11,090 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 10,350 | -6.7% |
| 2017 | 11,307 | +9.2% |
| 2018 | 11,635 | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 12,954 | +11.3% |
| 2020 | 11,807 | -8.9% |
| 2021 | 14,573 | +23.4% |
| 2022 | 15,732 | +8.0% |
| 2023 | 16,517 | +5.0% |
| 2024 | 16,446 | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 11,400 | 10,350 | 12,954 | 6 |
| 2020s | 15,015 | 11,807 | 16,517 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More private sector data for Uruguay
- Merchandise trade 28.3% (2025)
- Food imports 14.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 69.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 12.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 65.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 18.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 11.23 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 3,318 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1316 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 9.53 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of female sole proprietors in Uruguay?
- Number of female sole proprietors in Uruguay was 16,446 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 Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 16,517 in 2023.
- What is the lowest number of female sole proprietors recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,350 in 2016.
- How does Uruguay rank for number of female sole proprietors?
- Uruguay ranks 25th out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of female sole proprietors rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.