Share of female business owners in Uruguay
Uruguay: Share of female business owners was 35.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of female business owners in Uruguay, 2020–2024
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 Uruguay is 35.4%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.0% on the previous year and up 16.5% over five years.
That places Uruguay 13th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Share of female business owners in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | % of total business owners | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 30.4% | — |
| 2021 | 30.7% | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 35.6% | +15.9% |
| 2023 | 32.5% | -8.7% |
| 2024 | 35.4% | +9.0% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 35.4% is above the median for high income countries, which is 25.5%, 1.4× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 35.4% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 35.4%, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More private sector data for Uruguay
- Merchandise trade 28.3% (2025)
- Food imports 14.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 69.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 12.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 65.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 18.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 11.23 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 3,318 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1316 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 9.53 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of female business owners in Uruguay?
- Share of female business owners in Uruguay was 35.4% 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 Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 35.6% in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of female business owners recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.4% in 2020.
- How does Uruguay rank for share of female business owners?
- Uruguay ranks 13th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 5 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.