Share of male and female entrepreneurs in the Netherlands from 1999-2019
Between 2009 and 2019, the gender distribution among entrepreneurs in the Netherlands remained relatively stable. In 2019, approximately 37 percent of entrepreneurs were women. This was a decrease of close to 0.5 percent compared to the previous year, and a 0.3 percent increase in comparison to 2009. Across the 2009 to 2019 period, the number of male entrepreneurs in the Netherlands was consistently higher.
