Share of female business owners in Eswatini
Eswatini: Share of female business owners was 36.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of female business owners in Eswatini, 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
Eswatini recorded 36.7% for share of female business owners in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and up 6.2% over five years.
That places Eswatini 10th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Share of female business owners in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | % of total business owners | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 34.5% | — |
| 2021 | 35.9% | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 37.7% | +4.9% |
| 2023 | 37.1% | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 36.7% | -1.2% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 36.7% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 21.7%, 1.7× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 36.7% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 27.2%, 1.3× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Eswatini
More private sector data for Eswatini
- Merchandise trade 86.4% (2025)
- Food imports 19.6% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 58.1% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 2.09 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 29.7% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 59.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 2.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,887 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4592 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.85 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of female business owners in Eswatini?
- Share of female business owners in Eswatini was 36.7% 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 Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 37.7% in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of female business owners recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.5% in 2020.
- How does Eswatini rank for share of female business owners?
- Eswatini ranks 10th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.