Share of male business owners in Uruguay
Uruguay: Share of male business owners was 64.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of male business owners in Uruguay, 2020–2024
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
Uruguay recorded 64.6% for share of male business owners in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.3% on the previous year and down 7.2% over five years.
Uruguay ranks 60th of 72 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Share of male business owners in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | % of total business owners | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 69.6% | — |
| 2021 | 69.3% | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 64.4% | -7.0% |
| 2023 | 67.5% | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 64.6% | -4.3% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 64.6% is below the median for high income countries, which is 74.5%, 87% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 64.6% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 64.6%, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More private sector data for Uruguay
- Merchandise trade 28.3% (2025)
- Food imports 14.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 69.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 12.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 65.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 18.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 11.23 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 3,318 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1316 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 9.53 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of male business owners in Uruguay?
- Share of male business owners in Uruguay was 64.6% 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 male business owners recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 69.6% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of male business owners recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 64.4% in 2022.
- How does Uruguay rank for share of male business owners?
- Uruguay ranks 60th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.