Number of male business owners in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Number of male business owners was 24,324 in 2024. ▬ Flat
Number of male business owners in Bangladesh, 2014–2024
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 24,324 for number of male business owners in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and down 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of male business owners in Bangladesh peaked at 37,092 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 24,324, in 2024.
That places Bangladesh 19th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Number of male business owners in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 26,261 | — |
| 2015 | 27,923 | +6.3% |
| 2016 | 27,200 | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 29,270 | +7.6% |
| 2018 | 27,731 | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 34,377 | +24.0% |
| 2020 | 32,567 | -5.3% |
| 2021 | 37,092 | +13.9% |
| 2022 | 30,922 | -16.6% |
| 2023 | 24,771 | -19.9% |
| 2024 | 24,324 | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 28,794 | 26,261 | 34,377 | 6 |
| 2020s | 29,935 | 24,324 | 37,092 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More private sector data for Bangladesh
- Merchandise trade 25.8% (2025)
- Food imports 13.0% (2018)
- Manufactures imports 67.0% (2018)
- Merchandise imports 69.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 3.4% (2018)
- Manufactures exports 94.5% (2018)
- Merchandise exports 48.17 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 274.16 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1056 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of male business owners in Bangladesh?
- Number of male business owners in Bangladesh was 24,324 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 male business owners recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 37,092 in 2021.
- What is the lowest number of male business owners recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,324 in 2024.
- How does Bangladesh rank for number of male business owners?
- Bangladesh ranks 19th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of male business owners rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Bangladesh 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 male business owners. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of male business owners is the number of male individuals that own at least one share of a limited liability company that was newly registered in the calendar year.