Share of female business owners in Samoa
Samoa: Share of female business owners was 44.0% in 2020. ▬ Flat
Share of female business owners in Samoa, 2014–2020
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
Samoa recorded 44.0% for share of female business owners in 2020. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
The figure is up 40.0% on the previous year and up 22.0% over ten years.
That places Samoa 3rd out of 72 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top 10%.
Share of female business owners in Samoa, year by year
| Year | % of total business owners | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 36.1% | — |
| 2015 | 38.4% | +6.3% |
| 2016 | 36.3% | -5.5% |
| 2017 | 35.8% | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 33.7% | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 31.4% | -6.8% |
| 2020 | 44.0% | +40.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 35.3% | 31.4% | 38.4% | 6 |
| 2020s | 44.0% | 44.0% | 44.0% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 1 Thailand 48.2% compare
- 2 Belize 46.1% compare
- 4 Mozambique 43.1% compare
- 5 Mongolia 41.8% compare
- 6 Marshall Islands 40.0%
More private sector data for Samoa
- Merchandise trade 38.1% (2025)
- Food imports 29.6% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 48.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 467.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 24.8% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 39.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 24.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 109.44 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0186 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -42.86 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of female business owners in Samoa?
- Share of female business owners in Samoa was 44.0% in 2020, 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 Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 44.0% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of female business owners recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.4% in 2019.
- How does Samoa rank for share of female business owners?
- Samoa ranks 3rd out of 72 countries with data for 2020.
- Is share of female business owners rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Samoa 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.