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Firms with female participation in ownership
Compare firms with female participation in ownership across 61 ISO-mapped countries or territories using one fixed 2025 official-source slice.
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Key Insights
Global Average
35.5% of firms
Median: 36.7% of firms
Countries Covered
61
with available data
Highest
Guatemala
69.9% of firms
Lowest
Qatar
1.3% of firms
Top 5 Countries
1Guatemala69.9% of firms
2Kiribati61.6% of firms
3Thailand61.3% of firms
4Brunei Darussalam56.8% of firms
5Antigua and Barbuda56.2% of firms
By Region
Key Findings
- •61 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite 2025 observation.
- •Guatemala has the highest published value (69.94989014 % of firms).
- •Qatar has the lowest published value (1.272923112 % of firms).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (1.3% of firms)High (69.9% of firms)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 35.5% of firms)
About This Statistic
Percentage of firms with females among the owners.
MapTheory retains one fixed year, unit and explicit source slice. Only finite ISO-mapped observations are included; aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies and conflicting duplicates are excluded. No values are estimated or imputed by MapTheory.
Methodology
Percentage of firms with females among the owners.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guatemala | 69.9% of firms |
| 2 | Kiribati | 61.6% of firms |
| 3 | Thailand | 61.3% of firms |
| 4 | Brunei Darussalam | 56.8% of firms |
| 5 | Antigua and Barbuda | 56.2% of firms |
| 6 | Brazil | 55.4% of firms |
| 7 | Dominican Republic | 54.3% of firms |
| 8 | Bolivia | 53.8% of firms |
| 9 | Norway | 50.4% of firms |
| 10 | Australia | 49.9% of firms |
| 11 | Trinidad and Tobago | 48.8% of firms |
| 12 | Grenada | 48.6% of firms |
| 13 | Belgium | 48.4% of firms |
| 14 | Belize | 48.3% of firms |
| 15 | Chile | 48.0% of firms |
| 16 | Zimbabwe | 47.2% of firms |
| 17 | Burundi | 47.0% of firms |
| 18 | Sao Tome and Principe | 45.8% of firms |
| 19 | Mongolia | 45.1% of firms |
| 20 | Comoros | 45.0% of firms |
| 21 | Fiji | 44.9% of firms |
| 22 | France | 43.1% of firms |
| 23 | Panama | 42.5% of firms |
| 24 | Finland | 42.3% of firms |
| 25 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 41.2% of firms |
| 26 | Saint Lucia | 39.1% of firms |
| 27 | Suriname | 37.9% of firms |
| 28 | Maldives | 37.6% of firms |
| 29 | Switzerland | 37.3% of firms |
| 30 | Poland | 36.9% of firms |
| 31 | Gabon | 36.7% of firms |
| 32 | Denmark | 36.6% of firms |
| 33 | Kenya | 36.5% of firms |
| 34 | Solomon Islands | 36.3% of firms |
| 35 | Japan | 36.3% of firms |
| 36 | Mozambique | 33.7% of firms |
| 37 | Zambia | 32.9% of firms |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 32.3% of firms |
| 39 | Djibouti | 32.3% of firms |
| 40 | Austria | 32.2% of firms |
| 41 | Netherlands | 30.3% of firms |
| 42 | Czech Republic | 28.2% of firms |
| 43 | Uganda | 27.9% of firms |
| 44 | Germany | 26.9% of firms |
| 45 | Lithuania | 26.4% of firms |
| 46 | Niger | 25.2% of firms |
| 47 | Mauritania | 24.5% of firms |
| 48 | Albania | 23.2% of firms |
| 49 | Liberia | 23.1% of firms |
| 50 | Nigeria | 18.4% of firms |
| 51 | Malawi | 17.9% of firms |
| 52 | Sri Lanka | 17.5% of firms |
| 53 | Egypt | 16.9% of firms |
| 54 | Somalia | 14.5% of firms |
| 55 | Guinea-Bissau | 14.0% of firms |
| 56 | Guinea | 12.6% of firms |
| 57 | Afghanistan | 11.5% of firms |
| 58 | India | 7.1% of firms |
| 59 | Kuwait | 2.8% of firms |
| 60 | Saudi Arabia | 2.4% of firms |
| 61 | Qatar | 1.3% of firms |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).
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