Share of female sole proprietors in Belize
Belize: Share of female sole proprietors was 46.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of female sole proprietors in Belize, 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 sole proprietors.
Analysis
Belize recorded 46.3% for share of female sole proprietors in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 46.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of female sole proprietors in Belize peaked at 46.8% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 31.6%, in 2014.
Belize ranks 16th of 78 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Share of female sole proprietors in Belize, year by year
| Year | % of sole proprietors | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 31.6% | — |
| 2015 | 32.3% | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 33.4% | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 34.4% | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 38.7% | +12.5% |
| 2019 | 38.2% | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 44.1% | +15.4% |
| 2021 | 42.7% | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 46.8% | +9.7% |
| 2023 | 45.1% | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 46.3% | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 34.8% | 31.6% | 38.7% | 6 |
| 2020s | 45.0% | 42.7% | 46.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 13 Republic of Korea 46.9% compare
- 14 Kyrgyzstan 46.8% compare
- 15 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 46.7% compare
- 17 Mauritius 45.7% compare
- 18 Chile 44.5% compare
- 19 Russian Federation 44.1% compare
More private sector data for Belize
- Merchandise trade 56.4% (2025)
- Food imports 19.3% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 64.2% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 1.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 95.3% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 3.2% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 444.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,050 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1335 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -7.88 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of female sole proprietors in Belize?
- Share of female sole proprietors in Belize was 46.3% 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 sole proprietors recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 46.8% in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of female sole proprietors recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.6% in 2014.
- How does Belize rank for share of female sole proprietors?
- Belize ranks 16th out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of female sole proprietors rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belize 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 sole proprietors (% of sole proprietors). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Share of female sole proprietors is the proportion of female newly registered sole proprietors out of the total number of newly registered sole proprietors in the economy in the calendar year. A sole proprietorship is a business entity owned and managed by a single individual who is indistinguishable from the business and personally liable.