Number of male business owners in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: Number of male business owners was 68,793 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of male business owners in Viet Nam, 2014–2024
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
Analysis
Viet Nam recorded 68,793 for number of male business owners in 2024.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 61.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of male business owners in Viet Nam peaked at 101,020 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 42,528, in 2014.
That places Viet Nam 12th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Number of male business owners in Viet Nam, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 42,528 | — |
| 2015 | 54,380 | +27.9% |
| 2016 | 63,211 | +16.2% |
| 2017 | 73,361 | +16.1% |
| 2018 | 76,049 | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 78,479 | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 79,563 | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 81,830 | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 101,020 | +23.5% |
| 2023 | 69,272 | -31.4% |
| 2024 | 68,793 | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 64,668 | 42,528 | 78,479 | 6 |
| 2020s | 80,096 | 68,793 | 101,020 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Viet Nam
More private sector data for Viet Nam
- Merchandise trade 180.0% (2025)
- Food imports 8.8% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 74.7% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 453.78 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 9.4% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 85.0% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 472.93 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,655 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9188 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 16.82 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of male business owners in Viet Nam?
- Number of male business owners in Viet Nam was 68,793 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 Viet Nam?
- The highest recorded value was 101,020 in 2022.
- What is the lowest number of male business owners recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 42,528 in 2014.
- How does Viet Nam rank for number of male business owners?
- Viet Nam ranks 12th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of male business owners rising or falling in Viet Nam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Viet Nam 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.