Share of female sole proprietors in Guinea
Guinea: Share of female sole proprietors was 30.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of female sole proprietors in Guinea, 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
The most recent figure for share of female sole proprietors in Guinea is 30.4%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 8.3% on the previous year and up 34.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of female sole proprietors in Guinea peaked at 31.8% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 13.9%, in 2016.
Guinea ranks 60th of 78 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 sole proprietors in Guinea, year by year
| Year | % of sole proprietors | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 22.7% | — |
| 2015 | 16.4% | -27.6% |
| 2016 | 13.9% | -15.4% |
| 2017 | 19.2% | +37.7% |
| 2018 | 19.5% | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 22.3% | +14.5% |
| 2020 | 27.2% | +22.1% |
| 2021 | 31.8% | +17.0% |
| 2022 | 31.3% | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 28.1% | -10.2% |
| 2024 | 30.4% | +8.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 19.0% | 13.9% | 22.7% | 6 |
| 2020s | 29.8% | 27.2% | 31.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
More private sector data for Guinea
- Merchandise trade 82.7% (2025)
- Food imports 26.6% (2016)
- Manufactures imports 58.5% (2016)
- Merchandise imports 8.34 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 4.3% (2016)
- Manufactures exports 3.7% (2016)
- Merchandise exports 15.10 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,000 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5328 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 53.34 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of female sole proprietors in Guinea?
- Share of female sole proprietors in Guinea was 30.4% 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 sole proprietors recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 31.8% in 2021.
- What is the lowest share of female sole proprietors recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.9% in 2016.
- How does Guinea rank for share of female sole proprietors?
- Guinea ranks 60th out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of female sole proprietors rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea 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.