Share of male sole proprietors (% of sole proprietors) by country
Share of male sole proprietors is the proportion of male 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...
What the numbers show
Share of male sole proprietors (% of sole proprietors) is currently reported for 78 countries. The highest value is 97.2% in Afghanistan; the lowest is 27.3% in Marshall Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 62.3%, and the mean is 63.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Montenegro (up 51.2%), and the largest decrease in Ethiopia (down 37.9%).
Share of male sole proprietors: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan | 97.2% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 2 | Algeria | 93.4% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 3 | Jordan | 89.3% | 2024 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 4 | Nepal | 86.2% | 2020 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 85.6% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 6 | Türkiye | 82.7% | 2024 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 7 | Azerbaijan | 80.9% | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 8 | Burkina Faso | 79.2% | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 9 | Qatar | 78.4% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 10 | Central African Republic | 77.8% | 2020 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 11 | Niger | 76.8% | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 12 | Greece | 76.3% | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 13 | Côte d'Ivoire | 74.1% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 14 | Djibouti | 72.7% | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 15 | Madagascar | 71.9% | 2024 | up 25.5% | flat |
| 16 | Morocco | 71.7% | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 17 | Slovakia | 71.3% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 18 | El Salvador | 70.0% | 2024 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 19 | Guinea | 69.6% | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 20 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 68.7% | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 21 | Georgia | 68.5% | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 22 | Gabon | 68.3% | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 23 | Senegal | 68.3% | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 24 | Italy | 67.9% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 25 | Zambia | 67.2% | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 26 | France | 66.7% | 2024 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 27 | Croatia | 66.2% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 65.9% | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 29 | Mexico | 65.6% | 2020 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 30 | Nigeria | 65.3% | 2020 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 31 | Togo | 65.1% | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 32 | Albania | 65.0% | 2020 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 33 | North Macedonia | 65.0% | 2018 | — | falling |
| 34 | Latvia | 64.5% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 35 | Estonia | 64.1% | 2024 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 36 | Belarus | 63.8% | 2020 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 37 | Viet Nam | 63.6% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 38 | Tonga | 63.4% | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 39 | Serbia | 62.4% | 2024 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 40 | Poland | 62.2% | 2024 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 41 | Denmark | 62.1% | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 42 | Norway | 62.1% | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 43 | Slovenia | 61.9% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 44 | Germany | 61.7% | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 45 | Sweden | 61.7% | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 46 | Tajikistan | 61.4% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 47 | Tuvalu | 61.2% | 2022 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 48 | Liberia | 61.1% | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 49 | Montenegro | 60.4% | 2024 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 50 | Netherlands | 60.4% | 2020 | — | flat |
| 51 | Iceland | 60.1% | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 52 | Benin | 60.1% | 2024 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 53 | Malta | 59.0% | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 54 | Uzbekistan | 58.9% | 2022 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 55 | Romania | 58.7% | 2024 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 56 | Belgium | 57.9% | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 57 | Malaysia | 57.3% | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 58 | Guatemala | 57.3% | 2024 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 59 | Ethiopia | 57.0% | 2024 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 60 | Russian Federation | 55.9% | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 61 | Chile | 55.5% | 2023 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 62 | Mauritius | 54.3% | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 63 | Belize | 53.7% | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 64 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 53.3% | 2024 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 65 | Kyrgyzstan | 53.2% | 2022 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 66 | Republic of Korea | 53.1% | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 67 | Lithuania | 52.6% | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 68 | Mongolia | 52.2% | 2022 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 69 | Austria | 50.0% | 2023 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 70 | Bahrain | 49.7% | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 71 | Uruguay | 49.6% | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 72 | Colombia | 47.9% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 73 | Rwanda | 44.8% | 2024 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 74 | Kazakhstan | 43.5% | 2024 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 75 | Thailand | 43.4% | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 76 | Jamaica | 42.3% | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 77 | Philippines | 38.9% | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 78 | Marshall Islands | 27.3% | 2021 | — | falling |
About this data
Share of male sole proprietors is the proportion of male 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.