Share of female sole proprietors in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Share of female sole proprietors was 43.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of female sole proprietors in Ethiopia, 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
In 2024, share of female sole proprietors in Ethiopia stood at 43.0%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.2% on the previous year and up 426.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of female sole proprietors in Ethiopia peaked at 43.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8.2%, in 2014.
Ethiopia ranks 20th 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 Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | % of sole proprietors | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 8.2% | — |
| 2015 | 15.6% | +90.8% |
| 2016 | 32.3% | +107.5% |
| 2017 | 34.6% | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 29.1% | -16.0% |
| 2019 | 13.8% | -52.7% |
| 2020 | 20.0% | +45.4% |
| 2021 | 17.0% | -15.0% |
| 2022 | 30.0% | +76.5% |
| 2023 | 38.0% | +26.7% |
| 2024 | 43.0% | +13.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 22.2% | 8.2% | 34.6% | 6 |
| 2020s | 29.6% | 17.0% | 43.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
More private sector data for Ethiopia
- Merchandise trade 24.2% (2025)
- Food imports 13.8% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 69.2% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 23.01 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 80.4% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 9.2% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 7.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 55.99 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.06 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 38.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of female sole proprietors in Ethiopia?
- Share of female sole proprietors in Ethiopia was 43.0% 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 sole proprietors recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 43.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of female sole proprietors recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.2% in 2014.
- How does Ethiopia rank for share of female sole proprietors?
- Ethiopia ranks 20th out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of female sole proprietors rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 426.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.