Share of male business owners (% of total business owners) by country
Share of male business is the proportion of male newly registered limited liability company owners out of the total number of newly registered limited liability company owners in the economy in the calendar year.
What the numbers show
Share of male business owners (% of total business owners) is currently reported for 72 countries. The highest value is 98.0% in Afghanistan; the lowest is 51.8% in Thailand.
The median across all reporting countries is 74.9%, and the mean is 74.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Montenegro (up 37.1%), and the largest decrease in Namibia (down 26.6%).
Share of male business owners: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan | 98.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 2 | Bangladesh | 96.1% | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 3 | Bahrain | 94.9% | 2024 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 4 | Tajikistan | 92.2% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 91.2% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 6 | Nepal | 89.7% | 2020 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 7 | Pakistan | 87.2% | 2022 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 8 | Palestine, State of | 87.1% | 2024 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 9 | Iraq | 86.5% | 2022 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 10 | Algeria | 85.2% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 11 | Guinea-Bissau | 85.0% | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 12 | Congo | 84.9% | 2024 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 13 | Oman | 84.8% | 2020 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 14 | Egypt | 84.6% | 2020 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 15 | Germany | 84.5% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 16 | Central African Republic | 83.9% | 2020 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 17 | Jordan | 83.7% | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 18 | Morocco | 82.8% | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 19 | Malta | 82.7% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 20 | Türkiye | 82.5% | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 21 | Netherlands | 82.1% | 2020 | — | flat |
| 22 | Qatar | 81.2% | 2024 | down 18.8% | flat |
| 23 | Uzbekistan | 80.8% | 2022 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 24 | Azerbaijan | 80.0% | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 79.8% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 26 | Denmark | 78.5% | 2024 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 27 | Benin | 78.3% | 2022 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 28 | Togo | 78.3% | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 29 | Fiji | 77.1% | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 30 | Burundi | 76.6% | 2021 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 31 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 76.3% | 2020 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 32 | Serbia | 76.1% | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 33 | Albania | 76.1% | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 34 | Liberia | 75.3% | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 35 | Brunei Darussalam | 75.1% | 2020 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 36 | Georgia | 75.0% | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 37 | Montenegro | 74.8% | 2024 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 38 | Belarus | 74.7% | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 39 | Norway | 74.5% | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 40 | Greece | 73.5% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 41 | Korea | 73.1% | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 42 | Slovenia | 73.1% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 43 | Côte d'Ivoire | 72.9% | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 44 | Slovakia | 72.8% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 45 | Comoros | 72.7% | 2022 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 46 | North Macedonia | 71.9% | 2020 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 47 | Italy | 71.7% | 2024 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 48 | Mauritius | 70.3% | 2024 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 49 | Cambodia | 70.2% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 50 | Ecuador | 69.6% | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 51 | Tuvalu | 69.2% | 2022 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 52 | Malaysia | 69.0% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 53 | Zambia | 69.0% | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 54 | Estonia | 68.2% | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 55 | Bhutan | 66.7% | 2018 | — | falling |
| 56 | Nigeria | 66.3% | 2020 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 57 | Rwanda | 66.1% | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 58 | Latvia | 65.9% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 59 | Jamaica | 65.6% | 2022 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 60 | Uruguay | 64.6% | 2024 | — | falling |
| 61 | Romania | 63.7% | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 62 | Viet Nam | 63.4% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 63 | Eswatini | 63.3% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 64 | Namibia | 63.1% | 2024 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 65 | Chile | 62.5% | 2023 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 66 | Timor-Leste | 61.5% | 2022 | — | falling |
| 67 | Marshall Islands | 60.0% | 2022 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 68 | Mongolia | 58.2% | 2024 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 69 | Mozambique | 56.9% | 2020 | up 10.0% | flat |
| 70 | Samoa | 56.0% | 2020 | down 12.4% | flat |
| 71 | Belize | 53.9% | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 72 | Thailand | 51.8% | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
About this data
Share of male business is the proportion of male newly registered limited liability company owners out of the total number of newly registered limited liability company owners in the economy in the calendar year.