Share of male sole proprietors in Lithuania
Lithuania: Share of male sole proprietors was 52.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of male sole proprietors in Lithuania, 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
Lithuania recorded 52.6% for share of male sole proprietors in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and down 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of male sole proprietors in Lithuania peaked at 67.8% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 51.8%, in 2023.
Lithuania ranks 67th of 78 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Share of male sole proprietors in Lithuania, year by year
| Year | % of sole proprietors | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 58.7% | — |
| 2015 | 64.4% | +9.7% |
| 2016 | 61.0% | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 66.8% | +9.6% |
| 2018 | 61.8% | -7.5% |
| 2019 | 60.2% | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 60.5% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 63.4% | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 67.8% | +7.0% |
| 2023 | 51.8% | -23.7% |
| 2024 | 52.6% | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 62.2% | 58.7% | 66.8% | 6 |
| 2020s | 59.2% | 51.8% | 67.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
More private sector data for Lithuania
- Merchandise trade 95.2% (2025)
- Food imports 13.1% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 63.0% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 49.01 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 19.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 60.0% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 41.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 14,410 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4372 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 4.55 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of male sole proprietors in Lithuania?
- Share of male sole proprietors in Lithuania was 52.6% 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 Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 67.8% in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of male sole proprietors recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.8% in 2023.
- How does Lithuania rank for share of male sole proprietors?
- Lithuania ranks 67th out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of male sole proprietors rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lithuania 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.