Share of male sole proprietors in Benin
Benin: Share of male sole proprietors was 60.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of male sole proprietors in Benin, 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
The most recent figure for share of male sole proprietors in Benin is 60.1%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.2% on the previous year and down 18.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of male sole proprietors in Benin peaked at 73.9% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 60.1%, in 2024.
Benin ranks 52nd of 78 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Share of male sole proprietors in Benin, year by year
| Year | % of sole proprietors | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 73.4% | — |
| 2015 | 73.9% | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 71.9% | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 69.4% | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 68.4% | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 65.5% | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 65.6% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 66.5% | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 65.6% | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 62.0% | -5.4% |
| 2024 | 60.1% | -3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 70.4% | 65.5% | 73.9% | 6 |
| 2020s | 64.0% | 60.1% | 66.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 49 Montenegro 60.4% compare
- 50 Netherlands 60.4% compare
- 51 Iceland 60.1% compare
- 53 Malta 59.0% compare
- 54 Uzbekistan 58.9% compare
- 55 Romania 58.7% compare
More private sector data for Benin
- Merchandise trade 36.4% (2025)
- Food imports 33.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 50.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 4.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 39.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 7.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 3.99 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 269.2 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -0.8946 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of male sole proprietors in Benin?
- Share of male sole proprietors in Benin was 60.1% 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 sole proprietors recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 73.9% in 2015.
- What is the lowest share of male sole proprietors recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 60.1% in 2024.
- How does Benin rank for share of male sole proprietors?
- Benin ranks 52nd out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of male sole proprietors rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin 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 sole proprietors (% of sole proprietors). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.