Share of female sole proprietors in Lithuania
Lithuania: Share of female sole proprietors was 47.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of female sole proprietors in Lithuania, 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 Lithuania is 47.4%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of female sole proprietors in Lithuania peaked at 48.2% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 32.2%, in 2022.
Lithuania ranks 12th 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 Lithuania, year by year
| Year | % of sole proprietors | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 41.3% | — |
| 2015 | 35.6% | -13.8% |
| 2016 | 39.0% | +9.6% |
| 2017 | 33.2% | -15.1% |
| 2018 | 38.2% | +15.1% |
| 2019 | 39.8% | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 39.5% | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 36.6% | -7.2% |
| 2022 | 32.2% | -12.2% |
| 2023 | 48.2% | +49.9% |
| 2024 | 47.4% | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 37.8% | 33.2% | 41.3% | 6 |
| 2020s | 40.8% | 32.2% | 48.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
More private sector data for Lithuania
- Merchandise trade 95.2% (2025)
- Food imports 13.1% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 63.0% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 49.01 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 19.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 60.0% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 41.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 14,410 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4372 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 4.55 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of female sole proprietors in Lithuania?
- Share of female sole proprietors in Lithuania was 47.4% 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 Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 48.2% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of female sole proprietors recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.2% in 2022.
- How does Lithuania rank for share of female sole proprietors?
- Lithuania ranks 12th out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of female sole proprietors rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lithuania 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.