Share of female business owners in Namibia
Namibia: Share of female business owners was 36.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of female business owners in Namibia, 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
In 2024, share of female business owners in Namibia stood at 36.9%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 161.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of female business owners in Namibia peaked at 36.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14.1%, in 2014.
That places Namibia 9th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Share of female business owners in Namibia, year by year
| Year | % of total business owners | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 14.1% | — |
| 2015 | 15.7% | +11.5% |
| 2016 | 15.9% | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 17.2% | +7.8% |
| 2018 | 20.9% | +21.6% |
| 2019 | 27.9% | +33.7% |
| 2020 | 29.5% | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 30.3% | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 32.0% | +5.7% |
| 2023 | 36.0% | +12.4% |
| 2024 | 36.9% | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 18.6% | 14.1% | 27.9% | 6 |
| 2020s | 32.9% | 29.5% | 36.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
More private sector data for Namibia
- Merchandise trade 102.4% (2025)
- Food imports 13.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 60.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 8.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 28.0% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 18.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 7.02 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,271 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4658 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of female business owners in Namibia?
- Share of female business owners in Namibia was 36.9% 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 36.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of female business owners recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.1% in 2014.
- How does Namibia rank for share of female business owners?
- Namibia ranks 9th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of female business owners rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 161.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.