Share of female business owners in Fiji
Fiji: Share of female business owners was 22.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of female business owners in Fiji, 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
Fiji recorded 22.9% for share of female business owners in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.8% on the previous year and down 26.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of female business owners in Fiji peaked at 34.8% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 22.9%, in 2024.
Fiji ranks 44th of 72 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Share of female business owners in Fiji, year by year
| Year | % of total business owners | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 31.2% | — |
| 2015 | 34.8% | +11.4% |
| 2016 | 28.0% | -19.6% |
| 2017 | 25.4% | -9.1% |
| 2018 | 28.2% | +11.1% |
| 2019 | 23.7% | -16.2% |
| 2020 | 24.2% | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 23.8% | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 25.8% | +8.3% |
| 2023 | 24.1% | -6.7% |
| 2024 | 22.9% | -4.8% |
Fiji compared with similar countries
- Fiji's 22.9% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 28.1%, 82% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Fiji's 22.9% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 31.0%, 74% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 28.6% | 23.7% | 34.8% | 6 |
| 2020s | 24.2% | 22.9% | 25.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Fiji
More private sector data for Fiji
- Merchandise trade 70.6% (2025)
- Food imports 19.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 56.5% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 3.25 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 64.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 15.5% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 1.13 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,207 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1817 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -0.6178 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of female business owners in Fiji?
- Share of female business owners in Fiji was 22.9% 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 Fiji?
- The highest recorded value was 34.8% in 2015.
- What is the lowest share of female business owners recorded in Fiji?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.9% in 2024.
- How does Fiji rank for share of female business owners?
- Fiji ranks 44th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of female business owners rising or falling in Fiji?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Fiji 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.