Share of female business owners in Belize
Belize: Share of female business owners was 46.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of female business owners in Belize, 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 Belize is 46.1%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 40.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of female business owners in Belize peaked at 46.5% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 32.9%, in 2014.
That places Belize 2nd out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Share of female business owners in Belize, year by year
| Year | % of total business owners | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 32.9% | — |
| 2015 | 37.3% | +13.6% |
| 2016 | 36.3% | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 36.8% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 38.5% | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 40.1% | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 42.7% | +6.3% |
| 2021 | 42.1% | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 45.7% | +8.5% |
| 2023 | 46.5% | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 46.1% | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 37.0% | 32.9% | 40.1% | 6 |
| 2020s | 44.6% | 42.1% | 46.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belize
More private sector data for Belize
- Merchandise trade 56.4% (2025)
- Food imports 19.3% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 64.2% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 1.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 95.3% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 3.2% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 444.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,050 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1335 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -7.88 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of female business owners in Belize?
- Share of female business owners in Belize was 46.1% 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 Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 46.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of female business owners recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.9% in 2014.
- How does Belize rank for share of female business owners?
- Belize ranks 2nd out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of female business owners rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belize 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.