Share of female business owners in Rwanda
Rwanda: Share of female business owners was 33.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of female business owners in Rwanda, 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
Rwanda recorded 33.9% for share of female business owners in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of female business owners in Rwanda peaked at 33.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 26.9%, in 2018.
Rwanda ranks 16th of 72 countries on this measure, 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 Rwanda, year by year
| Year | % of total business owners | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 28.5% | — |
| 2015 | 28.3% | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 27.9% | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 28.3% | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 26.9% | -5.1% |
| 2019 | 28.3% | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 30.2% | +6.9% |
| 2021 | 33.7% | +11.7% |
| 2022 | 33.4% | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 33.5% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 33.9% | +1.1% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 33.9% is above the median for low income countries, which is 23.4%, 1.4× the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 33.9% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 27.2%, 1.2× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 28.0% | 26.9% | 28.5% | 6 |
| 2020s | 32.9% | 30.2% | 33.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
More private sector data for Rwanda
- Merchandise trade 45.9% (2025)
- Food imports 22.4% (2022)
- Manufactures imports 50.0% (2022)
- Merchandise imports 5.07 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 27.2% (2022)
- Manufactures exports 10.4% (2022)
- Merchandise exports 2.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 168.16 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1496 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -23.46 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of female business owners in Rwanda?
- Share of female business owners in Rwanda was 33.9% 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 Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 33.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of female business owners recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.9% in 2018.
- How does Rwanda rank for share of female business owners?
- Rwanda ranks 16th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of female business owners rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Rwanda 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.