Between 2017 and 2018, most of the women who started a business in Latin America owned a start-up in the wholesale and retail industry with a share of nearly 61 percent, while 11.8 percent owned a start-up in either government, health, education or social services.
Distribution of female entrepreneurs in Latin America between 2017 and 2018, by industry
at least 2,000 female respondents from the Adult Population Survey in 63 industries.
Supplementary notes
* Information and Communication Technology ** Government, health, education, social services *** Finance, professor, administration, consumer services The source does not provide the exact number of respondents. A general guideline of GEM is to at least have 2,000 respondents for each of their surveys.
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GEM. (November 18, 2019). Distribution of female entrepreneurs in Latin America between 2017 and 2018, by industry [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/879898/latin-america-female-entrepreneurs-share/
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