Number of male business owners in Turkey
Turkey: Number of male business owners was 125,873 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of male business owners in Turkey, 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 male business owners in Turkey stood at 125,873.
That represents a change of down 10.5% on the previous year and up 87.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of male business owners in Turkey peaked at 154,969 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 67,304, in 2014.
That places Turkey 4th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Turkey, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 67,304 | — |
| 2015 | 74,880 | +11.3% |
| 2016 | 73,878 | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 84,566 | +14.5% |
| 2018 | 95,801 | +13.3% |
| 2019 | 93,771 | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 110,221 | +17.5% |
| 2021 | 121,887 | +10.6% |
| 2022 | 154,969 | +27.1% |
| 2023 | 140,707 | -9.2% |
| 2024 | 125,873 | -10.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 81,700 | 67,304 | 95,801 | 6 |
| 2020s | 130,731 | 110,221 | 154,969 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
More private sector data for Turkey
- Merchandise trade 40.0% (2025)
- Food imports 6.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 60.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 365.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 12.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 73.6% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 273.36 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 3,183 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1711 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 4.42 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of male business owners in Turkey?
- Number of male business owners in Turkey was 125,873 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 Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 154,969 in 2022.
- What is the lowest number of male business owners recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 67,304 in 2014.
- How does Turkey rank for number of male business owners?
- Turkey ranks 4th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of male business owners rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 87.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Turkey 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.