Number of male business owners in Uruguay
Uruguay: Number of male business owners was 2,586 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of male business owners in Uruguay, 2020–2024
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 2,586 for number of male business owners in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 21.1% on the previous year and down 47.4% over five years.
That places Uruguay 53rd out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Number of male business owners in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4,914 | — |
| 2021 | 4,943 | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 3,821 | -22.7% |
| 2023 | 3,277 | -14.2% |
| 2024 | 2,586 | -21.1% |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 50 Cambodia 3,863 compare
- 51 North Macedonia 3,583
- 52 Albania 3,138 compare
- 54 Slovenia 2,577
- 55 Palestine, State of 2,568 compare
- 56 Mozambique 2,274
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 male business owners in Uruguay?
- Number of male business owners in Uruguay was 2,586 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 Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 4,943 in 2021.
- What is the lowest number of male business owners recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,586 in 2024.
- How does Uruguay rank for number of male business owners?
- Uruguay ranks 53rd out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- 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 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.