Number of male sole proprietors in El Salvador
El Salvador: Number of male sole proprietors was 939 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of male sole proprietors in El Salvador, 2014–2024
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of male sole proprietors in El Salvador is 939, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 5.2% on the previous year and up 133.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of male sole proprietors in El Salvador peaked at 939 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 297, in 2015.
El Salvador ranks 68th of 78 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Number of male sole proprietors in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 403 | — |
| 2015 | 297 | -26.3% |
| 2016 | 424 | +42.8% |
| 2017 | 447 | +5.4% |
| 2018 | 433 | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 515 | +18.9% |
| 2020 | 404 | -21.6% |
| 2021 | 898 | +122.3% |
| 2022 | 625 | -30.4% |
| 2023 | 893 | +42.9% |
| 2024 | 939 | +5.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 419.83 | 297 | 515 | 6 |
| 2020s | 751.8 | 404 | 939 | 5 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More private sector data for El Salvador
- Merchandise trade 66.1% (2025)
- Food imports 20.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 62.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 17.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 22.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 70.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 6.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,010 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1751 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of male sole proprietors in El Salvador?
- Number of male sole proprietors in El Salvador was 939 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 sole proprietors recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 939 in 2024.
- What is the lowest number of male sole proprietors recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 297 in 2015.
- How does El Salvador rank for number of male sole proprietors?
- El Salvador ranks 68th out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of male sole proprietors rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 133.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador 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 sole proprietors. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of male sole proprietors is the number of newly registered sole proprietors owned by female individuals in the calendar year. A sole proprietorship is a business entity owned and managed by a single individual who is indistinguishable from the business and personally liable.