Share of female sole proprietors in Thailand
Thailand: Share of female sole proprietors was 56.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of female sole proprietors in Thailand, 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 Thailand stood at 56.6%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and up 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of female sole proprietors in Thailand peaked at 58.7% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 51.6%, in 2014.
Thailand ranks 4th of 78 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Share of female sole proprietors in Thailand, year by year
| Year | % of sole proprietors | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 51.6% | — |
| 2015 | 52.2% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 52.4% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 55.3% | +5.6% |
| 2018 | 55.7% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 55.8% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 55.8% | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 58.7% | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 57.9% | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 57.3% | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 56.6% | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 53.8% | 51.6% | 55.8% | 6 |
| 2020s | 57.3% | 55.8% | 58.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 1 Marshall Islands 72.7% compare
- 2 Philippines 61.1% compare
- 3 Jamaica 57.7% compare
- 5 Kazakhstan 56.5% compare
- 6 Rwanda 55.2% compare
- 7 Colombia 52.1% compare
More private sector data for Thailand
- Merchandise trade 118.6% (2025)
- Food imports 6.6% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 65.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 344.94 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 14.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 72.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 339.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,742 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5886 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 12.93 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of female sole proprietors in Thailand?
- Share of female sole proprietors in Thailand was 56.6% 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 Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 58.7% in 2021.
- What is the lowest share of female sole proprietors recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.6% in 2014.
- How does Thailand rank for share of female sole proprietors?
- Thailand ranks 4th out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of female sole proprietors rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand 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.