Share of female business owners in Comoros
Comoros: Share of female business owners was 27.3% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Share of female business owners in Comoros, 2014–2022
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
Comoros recorded 27.3% for share of female business owners in 2022. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.2% on the previous year and up 109.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of female business owners in Comoros peaked at 27.3% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 10.5%, in 2017.
That places Comoros 28th out of 72 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
Share of female business owners in Comoros, year by year
| Year | % of total business owners | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 13.0% | — |
| 2015 | 17.3% | +32.5% |
| 2016 | 15.4% | -11.0% |
| 2017 | 10.5% | -32.0% |
| 2018 | 11.7% | +12.1% |
| 2019 | 25.6% | +118.5% |
| 2020 | 15.1% | -41.0% |
| 2021 | 26.0% | +71.8% |
| 2022 | 27.3% | +5.2% |
Comoros compared with similar countries
- Comoros's 27.3% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 21.7%, 1.3× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Comoros's 27.3% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 27.2%, 1.0× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 15.6% | 10.5% | 25.6% | 6 |
| 2020s | 22.8% | 15.1% | 27.3% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Comoros
More private sector data for Comoros
- Merchandise trade 23.1% (2025)
- Food imports 42.1% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 46.5% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 371.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 88.5% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 10.2% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 48.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 54.37 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0264 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 60 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of female business owners in Comoros?
- Share of female business owners in Comoros was 27.3% in 2022, 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 Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 27.3% in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of female business owners recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.5% in 2017.
- How does Comoros rank for share of female business owners?
- Comoros ranks 28th out of 72 countries with data for 2022.
- Is share of female business owners rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is up 109.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Comoros 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.