Share of female business owners in Togo
Togo: Share of female business owners was 21.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of female business owners in Togo, 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
The most recent figure for share of female business owners in Togo is 21.7%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.1% on the previous year and up 48.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of female business owners in Togo peaked at 21.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14.7%, in 2014.
Togo ranks 45th of 72 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Share of female business owners in Togo, year by year
| Year | % of total business owners | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 14.7% | — |
| 2015 | 15.3% | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 14.7% | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 17.2% | +17.0% |
| 2018 | 17.5% | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 19.1% | +9.1% |
| 2020 | 19.4% | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 19.7% | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 20.5% | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 21.1% | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 21.7% | +3.1% |
Togo compared with similar countries
- Togo's 21.7% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 21.7%, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Togo's 21.7% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 27.2%, 80% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 16.4% | 14.7% | 19.1% | 6 |
| 2020s | 20.5% | 19.4% | 21.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Togo
More private sector data for Togo
- Merchandise trade 43.7% (2025)
- Food imports 17.6% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 64.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 3.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 33.0% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 39.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 1.80 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 209.51 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1514 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 9.62 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of female business owners in Togo?
- Share of female business owners in Togo was 21.7% 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 Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 21.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of female business owners recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.7% in 2014.
- How does Togo rank for share of female business owners?
- Togo ranks 45th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of female business owners rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Togo 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.