Share of female directors in Palestine, State of
Palestine, State of: Share of female directors was 9.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of female directors in Palestine, State of, 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
Palestine, State of recorded 9.0% for share of female directors in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 21.5% on the previous year and down 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of female directors in Palestine, State of peaked at 11.8% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 9.0%, in 2024.
That places Palestine, State of 66th out of 71 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Share of female directors in Palestine, State of, year by year
| Year | % of total directors | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 11.0% | — |
| 2015 | 11.5% | +5.3% |
| 2016 | 10.7% | -7.4% |
| 2017 | 10.3% | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 11.8% | +14.3% |
| 2019 | 10.0% | -14.7% |
| 2020 | 11.4% | +13.7% |
| 2021 | 10.6% | -7.1% |
| 2022 | 11.0% | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 11.5% | +4.6% |
| 2024 | 9.0% | -21.5% |
Palestine, State of compared with similar countries
- Palestine, State of's 9.0% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 22.8%, 39% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Palestine, State of's 9.0% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 12.3%, 74% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 10.9% | 10.0% | 11.8% | 6 |
| 2020s | 10.7% | 9.0% | 11.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Palestine, State of
More private sector data for Palestine, State of
- Food imports 30.9% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 45.9% (2023)
- Food exports 21.4% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 63.3% (2023)
- Commercial service exports (current US$), per capita 103.2 current US$ per person (2025)
- Commercial service exports 558.70 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0325 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Transport services 47.1% (2025)
- Commercial service imports (current US$), per capita 227.75 current US$ per person (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services 8.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of female directors in Palestine, State of?
- Share of female directors in Palestine, State of was 9.0% 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 Palestine, State of?
- The highest recorded value was 11.8% in 2018.
- What is the lowest share of female directors recorded in Palestine, State of?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.0% in 2024.
- How does Palestine, State of rank for share of female directors?
- Palestine, State of ranks 66th out of 71 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of female directors rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Palestine, State of 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 11 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.