Share of female business owners in Albania
Albania: Share of female business owners was 23.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of female business owners in Albania, 2014–2024
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026. Measured in % of total business owners.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of female business owners in Albania is 23.9%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.3% on the previous year and up 32.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of female business owners in Albania peaked at 23.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 17.7%, in 2015.
Albania ranks 40th of 72 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Share of female business owners in Albania, year by year
| Year | % of total business owners | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 18.1% | — |
| 2015 | 17.7% | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 18.9% | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 21.5% | +14.2% |
| 2018 | 18.8% | -12.7% |
| 2019 | 21.4% | +13.8% |
| 2020 | 21.1% | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 21.3% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 21.7% | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 21.9% | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 23.9% | +9.3% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 23.9% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 28.1%, 85% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Albania's 23.9% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 25.2%, 95% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 19.4% | 17.7% | 21.5% | 6 |
| 2020s | 22.0% | 21.1% | 23.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Albania
More private sector data for Albania
- Merchandise trade 47.9% (2025)
- Food imports 16.6% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 63.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 10.28 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 13.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 54.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 4.35 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,850 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1423 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 8.68 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of female business owners in Albania?
- Share of female business owners in Albania was 23.9% 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 share of female business owners recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 23.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of female business owners recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.7% in 2015.
- How does Albania rank for share of female business owners?
- Albania ranks 40th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of female business owners rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Albania 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 Share of female business owners (% of total business owners). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Share of female business is the proportion of female newly registered limited liability company owners out of the total number of newly registered limited liability company owners in the economy in the calendar year.