Firms with female participation in ownership (% of firms) - Business environment - Private Sector & Trade - World Development Indicators

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Firms with female participation in ownership are the percentage of firms with a woman among the principal owners.
Firms with female participation in ownership (% of firms) - Business environment - Private Sector & Trade - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Costa Rica (2004)65.26
2Ivory Coast (2008)61.94
3Kyrgyzstan (2008)60.43
4Brazil (2008)59.31
5Moldova (2008)53.06
6Liberia (2008)52.97
7Belarus (2007)52.94
8Mongolia (2008)52
9Portugal (2004)50.76
10Madagascar (2008)50.04
11Romania (2008)47.93
12Poland (2008)47.91
13Ukraine (2007)47.12
14Latvia (2008)46.26
15Paraguay (2005)44.76
16Ghana (2006)44.01
17Benin (2008)43.92
18Colombia (2005)43.04
19Hungary (2008)42.38
20Slovenia (2008)42.18
21Ireland (2004)41.59
22Uruguay (2005)41.56
23Nicaragua (2005)41.41
24Bolivia (2005)41.1
25Rwanda (2005)40.98
26Botswana (2005)40.91
27Georgia (2007)40.84
28Turkey (2007)40.68
29Chad (2008)40.09
30Honduras (2005)39.89
31Uzbekistan (2007)39.8
32El Salvador (2005)39.56
33Laos (2008)39.38
34Lithuania (2008)38.7
35Zambia (2006)37.21
36Panama (2005)37.13
37Kenya (2006)37.1
38Macedonia (2008)36.4
39Estonia (2008)36.26
40Burundi (2005)34.81
41Uganda (2005)34.73
42Kazakhstan (2008)34.43
43Tajikistan (2007)34.39
44Spain (2004)34.1
45Egypt (2007)33.96
46Bulgaria (2008)33.93
47Croatia (2006)33.54
48Namibia (2005)33.38
49Gabon (2008)33.11
50Cape Verde (2008)33.1
51Russia (2008)33.05
52Peru (2005)32.82
53Bosnia and Herzegovina (2008)32.78
54Ecuador (2005)32.72
55Jamaica (2004)32.18
56Togo (2008)31.84
57Armenia (2008)31.78
58Republic of the Congo (2008)31.77
59Bhutan (2008)31.31
60Tanzania (2005)30.93
61Ethiopia (2005)30.91
62Slovakia (2008)30.9
63Argentina (2005)30.26
64Serbia (2008)28.76
65Swaziland (2005)28.56
66Guatemala (2005)28.43
67Lebanon (2005)27.88
68Chile (2005)27.8
69Vietnam (2004)27.41
70Nepal (2008)27.35
71Senegal (2006)26.33
72Montenegro (2008)25.97
73Guinea (2005)25.43
74Czech Republic (2008)25.01
75Mexico (2005)24.81
76Mozambique (2006)24.43
77Greece (2004)24.41
78Malawi (2008)23.85
79Angola (2005)23.38
80South Africa (2006)22.6
81Gambia (2005)21.34
82Democratic Republic of the Congo (2005)21.2
83Germany (2004)20.31
84Nigeria (2006)19.96
85Guinea-Bissau (2005)19.93
86Burkina Faso (2008)19.24
87North Korea (2004)19.12
88South Korea (2004)19.12
89Lesotho (2008)18.39
90Mali (2006)18.35
91West Bank and Gaza (2005)18
92Niger (2008)17.59
93Mauritania (2005)17.26
94Mauritius (2008)16.87
95Bangladesh (2006)16.08
96Cameroon (2008)15.7
97Algeria (2006)15.03
98Jordan (2005)13.13
99Morocco (2006)13.12
100Malaysia (2006)13.06
101Kosovo (2008)10.92
102Albania (2006)10.83
103Azerbaijan (2008)10.79
104India (2005)9.11
105Sierra Leone (2008)7.88
106Pakistan (2006)6.7
107Eritrea (2008)4.24
108Afghanistan (2007)2.81
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