Share of female sole proprietors in Norway
Norway: Share of female sole proprietors was 37.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of female sole proprietors in Norway, 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
Norway recorded 37.9% for share of female sole proprietors in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of female sole proprietors in Norway peaked at 38.1% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 32.8%, in 2014.
That places Norway 37th out of 78 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Share of female sole proprietors in Norway, year by year
| Year | % of sole proprietors | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 32.8% | — |
| 2015 | 33.2% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 34.7% | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 33.5% | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 33.2% | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 33.3% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 33.3% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 38.1% | +14.3% |
| 2022 | 37.1% | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 37.6% | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 37.9% | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 33.4% | 32.8% | 34.7% | 6 |
| 2020s | 36.8% | 33.3% | 38.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Norway
More private sector data for Norway
- Merchandise trade 52.4% (2025)
- Food imports 11.1% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 73.4% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 107.32 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.8% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 17.3% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 170.57 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 30,399 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3214 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.54 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of female sole proprietors in Norway?
- Share of female sole proprietors in Norway was 37.9% 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 Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 38.1% in 2021.
- What is the lowest share of female sole proprietors recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.8% in 2014.
- How does Norway rank for share of female sole proprietors?
- Norway ranks 37th out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of female sole proprietors rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway 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.