Share of female business owners in Cambodia
Cambodia: Share of female business owners was 29.8% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Share of female business owners in Cambodia, 2020–2024
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 Cambodia stood at 29.8%. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 0.5% over five years.
Cambodia ranks 24th of 72 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Share of female business owners in Cambodia, year by year
| Year | % of total business owners | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 29.9% | — |
| 2021 | 33.7% | +12.6% |
| 2022 | 32.3% | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 30.3% | -6.1% |
| 2024 | 29.8% | -1.8% |
Cambodia compared with similar countries
- Cambodia's 29.8% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 21.7%, 1.4× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Cambodia's 29.8% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 31.0%, 96% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Cambodia
More private sector data for Cambodia
- Merchandise trade 127.1% (2025)
- Food imports 7.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 72.5% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 33.88 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 15.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 78.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 31.27 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,752 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.61 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 17.3 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of female business owners in Cambodia?
- Share of female business owners in Cambodia was 29.8% 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 Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 33.7% in 2021.
- What is the lowest share of female business owners recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.8% in 2024.
- How does Cambodia rank for share of female business owners?
- Cambodia ranks 24th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Cambodia 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.