Number of male sole proprietors in Lithuania
Lithuania: Number of male sole proprietors was 41 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of male sole proprietors in Lithuania, 2014–2024
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
Analysis
Lithuania recorded 41 for number of male sole proprietors in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.8% on the previous year and down 73.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of male sole proprietors in Lithuania peaked at 185 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 41, in 2024.
That places Lithuania 77th out of 78 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Number of male sole proprietors in Lithuania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 155 | — |
| 2015 | 161 | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 139 | -13.7% |
| 2017 | 125 | -10.1% |
| 2018 | 94 | -24.8% |
| 2019 | 127 | +35.1% |
| 2020 | 164 | +29.1% |
| 2021 | 185 | +12.8% |
| 2022 | 59 | -68.1% |
| 2023 | 44 | -25.4% |
| 2024 | 41 | -6.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 133.5 | 94 | 161 | 6 |
| 2020s | 98.6 | 41 | 185 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
- 74 North Macedonia 354 compare
- 75 Latvia 282 compare
- 76 Tuvalu 71 compare
- 78 Marshall Islands 3 compare
More private sector data for Lithuania
- Merchandise trade 95.2% (2025)
- Food imports 13.1% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 63.0% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 49.01 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 19.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 60.0% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 41.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 14,410 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4372 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 4.55 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of male sole proprietors in Lithuania?
- Number of male sole proprietors in Lithuania was 41 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 Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 185 in 2021.
- What is the lowest number of male sole proprietors recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 41 in 2024.
- How does Lithuania rank for number of male sole proprietors?
- Lithuania ranks 77th out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of male sole proprietors rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 73.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lithuania 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.