Female Participation in Ownership (% of firms) - Enterprise Survey - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators

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Firms with female participation in ownership are the percentage of firms with a woman among the principal owners. Source: World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).
Female Participation in Ownership (% of firms) - Enterprise Survey - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Ivory Coast (2009)61.94
2Liberia (2009)52.97
3Madagascar (2009)50.04
4Ghana (2007)44.01
5Cape Verde (2006)42.71
6Rwanda (2006)40.98
7Botswana (2006)40.91
8Zambia (2007)37.4
9Kenya (2007)37.1
10Cameroon (2006)35.29
11Burundi (2006)34.81
12Uganda (2006)34.73
13Namibia (2006)33.38
14Gabon (2009)33.11
15Republic of the Congo (2009)31.77
16Tanzania (2006)30.93
17Ethiopia (2006)30.91
18Swaziland (2006)28.56
19Senegal (2007)26.33
20Guinea (2006)25.43
21Mozambique (2007)24.43
22Angola (2006)23.38
23Burkina Faso (2006)23.31
24South Africa (2007)22.6
25Gambia (2006)21.34
26Democratic Republic of the Congo (2006)21.2
27Egypt (2007)20.89
28Nigeria (2007)19.96
29Guinea-Bissau (2006)19.93
30Lesotho (2009)18.39
31Mali (2007)18.35
32Mauritania (2006)17.26
33Mauritius (2009)16.87
34Malawi (2006)15.83
35Algeria (2007)15.03
36Morocco (2007)13.12
37Niger (2006)10
38Sierra Leone (2009)7.88
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