Number of male business owners in Thailand
Thailand: Number of male business owners was 95,660 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of male business owners in Thailand, 2014–2024
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 95,660 for number of male business owners in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 43.8% on the previous year and down 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of male business owners in Thailand peaked at 170,276 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 95,660, in 2024.
Thailand ranks 6th of 72 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Number of male business owners in Thailand, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 104,490 | — |
| 2015 | 104,657 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 115,958 | +10.8% |
| 2017 | 124,484 | +7.4% |
| 2018 | 119,187 | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 114,603 | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 103,239 | -9.9% |
| 2021 | 133,567 | +29.4% |
| 2022 | 117,825 | -11.8% |
| 2023 | 170,276 | +44.5% |
| 2024 | 95,660 | -43.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 113,896 | 104,490 | 124,484 | 6 |
| 2020s | 124,113 | 95,660 | 170,276 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
More private sector data for Thailand
- Merchandise trade 118.6% (2025)
- Food imports 6.6% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 65.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 344.94 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 14.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 72.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 339.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,742 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5886 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 12.93 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of male business owners in Thailand?
- Number of male business owners in Thailand was 95,660 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 Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 170,276 in 2023.
- What is the lowest number of male business owners recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 95,660 in 2024.
- How does Thailand rank for number of male business owners?
- Thailand ranks 6th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of male business owners rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand 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.