Share of female business owners in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Share of female business owners was 15.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of female business owners in Guinea-Bissau, 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
Guinea-Bissau recorded 15.0% for share of female business owners in 2024.
The figure is up 42.8% on the previous year and up 107.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of female business owners in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 17.4% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 6.1%, in 2017.
That places Guinea-Bissau 62nd out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Share of female business owners in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | % of total business owners | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 7.2% | — |
| 2015 | 6.6% | -8.5% |
| 2016 | 7.1% | +7.0% |
| 2017 | 6.1% | -13.4% |
| 2018 | 6.7% | +9.1% |
| 2019 | 7.5% | +13.0% |
| 2020 | 7.0% | -7.2% |
| 2021 | 17.4% | +148.6% |
| 2022 | 10.7% | -38.4% |
| 2023 | 10.5% | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 15.0% | +42.8% |
Guinea-Bissau compared with similar countries
- Guinea-Bissau's 15.0% is below the median for low income countries, which is 23.4%, 64% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Guinea-Bissau's 15.0% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 27.2%, 55% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 6.9% | 6.1% | 7.5% | 6 |
| 2020s | 12.1% | 7.0% | 17.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
More private sector data for Guinea-Bissau
- Merchandise trade 31.7% (2025)
- Food imports 41.7% (2018)
- Manufactures imports 38.6% (2018)
- Merchandise imports 489.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 68.5% (2018)
- Manufactures exports 0.0% (2015)
- Merchandise exports 313.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 139.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1238 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 36.68 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of female business owners in Guinea-Bissau?
- Share of female business owners in Guinea-Bissau was 15.0% 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 Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 17.4% in 2021.
- What is the lowest share of female business owners recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.1% in 2017.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for share of female business owners?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 62nd out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of female business owners rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 107.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau 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.