Share of female business owners in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan: Share of female business owners was 20.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of female business owners in Azerbaijan, 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
In 2024, share of female business owners in Azerbaijan stood at 20.0%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.1% on the previous year and up 80.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of female business owners in Azerbaijan peaked at 20.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 11.1%, in 2014.
That places Azerbaijan 49th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Azerbaijan, year by year
| Year | % of total business owners | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 11.1% | — |
| 2015 | 13.7% | +23.3% |
| 2016 | 11.6% | -15.6% |
| 2017 | 13.2% | +14.4% |
| 2018 | 12.5% | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 11.7% | -6.5% |
| 2020 | 12.4% | +6.3% |
| 2021 | 16.9% | +36.3% |
| 2022 | 16.8% | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 17.5% | +4.4% |
| 2024 | 20.0% | +14.1% |
Azerbaijan compared with similar countries
- Azerbaijan's 20.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 28.1%, 71% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Azerbaijan's 20.0% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 25.2%, 79% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 12.3% | 11.1% | 13.7% | 6 |
| 2020s | 16.7% | 12.4% | 20.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Azerbaijan
- 46 Benin 21.7% compare
- 47 Denmark 21.5% compare
- 48 Saudi Arabia 20.2% compare
- 50 Uzbekistan 19.2% compare
- 51 Qatar 18.8% compare
- 52 Netherlands 17.9% compare
More private sector data for Azerbaijan
- Merchandise trade 65.1% (2025)
- Food imports 12.4% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 53.0% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 24.38 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 5.2% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 5.3% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 25.04 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,444 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3298 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -5.69 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of female business owners in Azerbaijan?
- Share of female business owners in Azerbaijan was 20.0% 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 Azerbaijan?
- The highest recorded value was 20.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of female business owners recorded in Azerbaijan?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.1% in 2014.
- How does Azerbaijan rank for share of female business owners?
- Azerbaijan ranks 49th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of female business owners rising or falling in Azerbaijan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 80.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Azerbaijan 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.