Share of male sole proprietors in Guinea
Guinea: Share of male sole proprietors was 69.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of male sole proprietors in Guinea, 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
Guinea recorded 69.6% for share of male sole proprietors in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.3% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of male sole proprietors in Guinea peaked at 86.1% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 68.2%, in 2021.
That places Guinea 19th out of 78 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Share of male sole proprietors in Guinea, year by year
| Year | % of sole proprietors | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 77.3% | — |
| 2015 | 83.6% | +8.1% |
| 2016 | 86.1% | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 80.8% | -6.1% |
| 2018 | 80.5% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 77.7% | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 72.8% | -6.3% |
| 2021 | 68.2% | -6.4% |
| 2022 | 68.7% | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 71.9% | +4.7% |
| 2024 | 69.6% | -3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 81.0% | 77.3% | 86.1% | 6 |
| 2020s | 70.2% | 68.2% | 72.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
More private sector data for Guinea
- Merchandise trade 82.7% (2025)
- Food imports 26.6% (2016)
- Manufactures imports 58.5% (2016)
- Merchandise imports 8.34 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 4.3% (2016)
- Manufactures exports 3.7% (2016)
- Merchandise exports 15.10 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,000 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5328 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 53.34 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of male sole proprietors in Guinea?
- Share of male sole proprietors in Guinea was 69.6% 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 sole proprietors recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 86.1% in 2016.
- What is the lowest share of male sole proprietors recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 68.2% in 2021.
- How does Guinea rank for share of male sole proprietors?
- Guinea ranks 19th out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of male sole proprietors rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea 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.