Number of male business owners in Samoa
Samoa: Number of male business owners was 89 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Number of male business owners in Samoa, 2014–2020
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 89 for number of male business owners in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 43.3% on the previous year and down 58.8% over ten years.
Samoa ranks 69th of 72 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Number of male business owners in Samoa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 216 | — |
| 2015 | 159 | -26.4% |
| 2016 | 109 | -31.4% |
| 2017 | 179 | +64.2% |
| 2018 | 167 | -6.7% |
| 2019 | 157 | -6.0% |
| 2020 | 89 | -43.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 164.5 | 109 | 216 | 6 |
| 2020s | 89 | 89 | 89 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
More private sector data for Samoa
- Merchandise trade 38.1% (2025)
- Food imports 29.6% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 48.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 467.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 24.8% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 39.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 24.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 109.44 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0186 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -42.86 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of male business owners in Samoa?
- Number of male business owners in Samoa was 89 in 2020, 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 Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 216 in 2014.
- What is the lowest number of male business owners recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 89 in 2020.
- How does Samoa rank for number of male business owners?
- Samoa ranks 69th out of 72 countries with data for 2020.
- Is number of male business owners rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Samoa 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.