Share of male business owners in Samoa
Samoa: Share of male business owners was 56.0% in 2020. ▬ Flat
Share of male business owners in Samoa, 2014–2020
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026. Measured in % of total business owners.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 56.0% for share of male business owners in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.
That represents a change of down 18.4% on the previous year and down 12.4% over ten years.
Samoa ranks 70th of 72 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Share of male business owners in Samoa, year by year
| Year | % of total business owners | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 63.9% | — |
| 2015 | 61.6% | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 63.7% | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 64.2% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 66.3% | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 68.6% | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 56.0% | -18.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 64.7% | 61.6% | 68.6% | 6 |
| 2020s | 56.0% | 56.0% | 56.0% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 67 Marshall Islands 60.0%
- 68 Mongolia 58.2% compare
- 69 Mozambique 56.9% compare
- 71 Belize 53.9% compare
- 72 Thailand 51.8% compare
More private sector data for Samoa
- Merchandise trade 38.1% (2025)
- Food imports 29.6% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 48.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 467.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 24.8% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 39.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 24.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 109.44 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0186 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -42.86 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of male business owners in Samoa?
- Share of male business owners in Samoa was 56.0% in 2020, 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 male business owners recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 68.6% in 2019.
- What is the lowest share of male business owners recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.0% in 2020.
- How does Samoa rank for share of male business owners?
- Samoa ranks 70th out of 72 countries with data for 2020.
- Is share of male business owners rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Samoa 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 male business owners (% of total business owners). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.