Share of female directors in Qatar
Qatar: Share of female directors was 14.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of female directors in Qatar, 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 directors.
Analysis
Qatar recorded 14.8% for share of female directors in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 20.5% on the previous year and up 59.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of female directors in Qatar peaked at 17.2% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 9.3%, in 2014.
Qatar ranks 58th of 71 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Share of female directors in Qatar, year by year
| Year | % of total directors | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 9.3% | — |
| 2015 | 15.6% | +68.7% |
| 2016 | 13.8% | -11.7% |
| 2017 | 10.2% | -25.7% |
| 2018 | 15.5% | +51.5% |
| 2019 | 12.0% | -22.5% |
| 2020 | 17.2% | +43.0% |
| 2021 | 14.2% | -17.3% |
| 2022 | 17.0% | +19.6% |
| 2023 | 12.2% | -28.0% |
| 2024 | 14.8% | +20.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 12.7% | 9.3% | 15.6% | 6 |
| 2020s | 15.1% | 12.2% | 17.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Qatar
More private sector data for Qatar
- Merchandise trade 58.6% (2025)
- Food imports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 74.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 37.54 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 11.6% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 88.77 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 29,867 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4118 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -6.6 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of female directors in Qatar?
- Share of female directors in Qatar was 14.8% 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 directors recorded in Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 17.2% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of female directors recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.3% in 2014.
- How does Qatar rank for share of female directors?
- Qatar ranks 58th out of 71 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of female directors rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 59.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Qatar 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 directors (% of total directors). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Share of female directors is the proportion of female directors of newly registered limited liability companies out of the total number of directors of newly registered limited liability companies in the economy in the calendar year. A director is defined as an individual who conducts the affairs of newly registered limited liability companies in the calendar year.