Share of female sole proprietors in Morocco
Morocco: Share of female sole proprietors was 28.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of female sole proprietors in Morocco, 2017–2024
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
Morocco recorded 28.3% for share of female sole proprietors in 2024.
That represents a change of down 5.3% on the previous year and up 16.8% over ten years.
Morocco ranks 63rd of 78 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Share of female sole proprietors in Morocco, year by year
| Year | % of sole proprietors | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 24.3% | — |
| 2018 | 25.1% | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 23.4% | -6.9% |
| 2020 | 22.3% | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 22.2% | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 25.0% | +12.4% |
| 2023 | 29.9% | +19.8% |
| 2024 | 28.3% | -5.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 24.2% | 23.4% | 25.1% | 3 |
| 2020s | 25.5% | 22.2% | 29.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
- 60 Guinea 30.4% compare
- 61 El Salvador 30.0% compare
- 62 Slovakia 28.7% compare
- 64 Madagascar 28.1% compare
- 65 Djibouti 27.3% compare
- 66 Côte d'Ivoire 25.9%
More private sector data for Morocco
- Merchandise trade 75.2% (2025)
- Food imports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 68.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 87.39 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 12.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 82.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 49.78 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,295 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2729 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 10.06 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of female sole proprietors in Morocco?
- Share of female sole proprietors in Morocco was 28.3% 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 Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 29.9% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of female sole proprietors recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.2% in 2021.
- How does Morocco rank for share of female sole proprietors?
- Morocco ranks 63rd out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of female sole proprietors rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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.