Share of male sole proprietors in Niger
Niger: Share of male sole proprietors was 76.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of male sole proprietors in Niger, 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
Niger recorded 76.8% for share of male sole proprietors in 2024.
That represents a change of up 7.5% on the previous year and down 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of male sole proprietors in Niger peaked at 92.8% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 71.5%, in 2023.
That places Niger 11th 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 Niger, year by year
| Year | % of sole proprietors | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 88.9% | — |
| 2015 | 92.4% | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 92.8% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 92.4% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 91.6% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 79.7% | -13.0% |
| 2020 | 83.3% | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 87.0% | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 71.8% | -17.4% |
| 2023 | 71.5% | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 76.8% | +7.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 89.7% | 79.7% | 92.8% | 6 |
| 2020s | 78.1% | 71.5% | 87.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 8 Burkina Faso 79.2% compare
- 9 Qatar 78.4% compare
- 10 Central African Republic 77.8% compare
- 12 Greece 76.3% compare
- 13 Côte d'Ivoire 74.1% compare
- 14 Djibouti 72.7% compare
More private sector data for Niger
- Merchandise trade 21.3% (2025)
- Food imports 37.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 47.5% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 2.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 4.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 7.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 1.90 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 68.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0878 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 25.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of male sole proprietors in Niger?
- Share of male sole proprietors in Niger was 76.8% 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 Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 92.8% in 2016.
- What is the lowest share of male sole proprietors recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.5% in 2023.
- How does Niger rank for share of male sole proprietors?
- Niger ranks 11th out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of male sole proprietors rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Niger 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.