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In Europe, women entrepreneurs and their businesses is a growing segment of
the business population. In the 1990s, there was a significant increase in
the number of businesses owned by women. However, the number of female
entrepreneurs compared to male entrepreneurs worldwide is relatively low thus
one exception is found in the agricultural sector in which approximately 41
percent of women and 57 percent of men are self-employed .
The female Total Entrepreneurial Activity (TEA) index measures the percent of
women in the labor force that is either involved in starting a new business
or who own or manage a business that is less than 42 months old. Figure 2
shows the comparative results for men and women in some of the European
countries. The participation of women in entrepreneurship varies but the
differences between men and women are remarkably stable across the countries.
There is no country where women are more active than men .
The figure (1) below displays the International stats of women in Business
and the numbers of starting entrepreneurs and young entrepreneurs
(enterprises not older than 3,5 years) per 100 adults (in the age of 16 till
64 year) for 29 countries.
Red= female
Green= male
These countries are part of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor
(GEM-www.gemconsortium.org)
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