Share of female business owners in Bhutan
Bhutan: Share of female business owners was 33.3% in 2018. ▲ Rising
Share of female business owners in Bhutan, 2014–2018
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
Bhutan recorded 33.3% for share of female business owners in 2018. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 95.2% over five years.
Bhutan ranks 18th of 72 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Share of female business owners in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | % of total business owners | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 17.1% | — |
| 2015 | 33.0% | +93.3% |
| 2016 | 29.4% | -10.9% |
| 2017 | 33.0% | +12.0% |
| 2018 | 33.3% | +1.1% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 33.3% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 21.7%, 1.5× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Bhutan
More private sector data for Bhutan
- Merchandise trade 83.3% (2025)
- Food imports 11.4% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 70.4% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 2.18 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 5.9% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 58.7% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 800.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,004 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2235 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.1 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of female business owners in Bhutan?
- Share of female business owners in Bhutan was 33.3% in 2018, 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 Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 33.3% in 2018.
- What is the lowest share of female business owners recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.1% in 2014.
- How does Bhutan rank for share of female business owners?
- Bhutan ranks 18th out of 72 countries with data for 2018.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.