Share of female sole proprietors in Madagascar
Madagascar: Share of female sole proprietors was 28.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of female sole proprietors in Madagascar, 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 Madagascar stood at 28.1%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 40.7% on the previous year and down 34.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of female sole proprietors in Madagascar peaked at 49.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 28.1%, in 2024.
Madagascar ranks 64th of 78 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Share of female sole proprietors in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | % of sole proprietors | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 42.7% | — |
| 2015 | 42.2% | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 44.6% | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 41.3% | -7.3% |
| 2018 | 42.0% | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 31.9% | -24.0% |
| 2020 | 49.8% | +56.2% |
| 2021 | 45.9% | -8.0% |
| 2022 | 45.9% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 47.4% | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 28.1% | -40.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 40.8% | 31.9% | 44.6% | 6 |
| 2020s | 43.4% | 28.1% | 49.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
More private sector data for Madagascar
- Merchandise trade 39.4% (2025)
- Food imports 18.4% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 58.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 5.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 30.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 32.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 2.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 76.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1273 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -3.25 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of female sole proprietors in Madagascar?
- Share of female sole proprietors in Madagascar was 28.1% 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 Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 49.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of female sole proprietors recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.1% in 2024.
- How does Madagascar rank for share of female sole proprietors?
- Madagascar ranks 64th out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of female sole proprietors rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.