Share of female business owners in Slovenia
Slovenia: Share of female business owners was 26.9% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Share of female business owners in Slovenia, 2014–2018
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 2018, share of female business owners in Slovenia stood at 26.9%. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.6% on the previous year and down 8.5% over five years.
Slovenia ranks 31st of 72 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Share of female business owners in Slovenia, year by year
| Year | % of total business owners | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 29.4% | — |
| 2015 | 27.4% | -6.9% |
| 2016 | 28.2% | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 28.5% | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 26.9% | -5.6% |
Slovenia compared with similar countries
- Slovenia's 26.9% is above the median for high income countries, which is 25.5%, 1.1× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Slovenia's 26.9% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 25.2%, 1.1× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Slovenia
More private sector data for Slovenia
- Merchandise trade 237.4% (2025)
- Food imports 5.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 83.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 92.53 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 3.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 87.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 96.60 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 45,329 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 1.21 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 22.42 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of female business owners in Slovenia?
- Share of female business owners in Slovenia was 26.9% in 2018, 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 Slovenia?
- The highest recorded value was 29.4% in 2014.
- What is the lowest share of female business owners recorded in Slovenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.9% in 2018.
- How does Slovenia rank for share of female business owners?
- Slovenia ranks 31st out of 72 countries with data for 2018.
- Where does this Slovenia 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.