Percentage of women engaging in early-stage entrepreneurial activity in Latin America in 2023, by selected countries

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Release date

February 2024

Region

Latin America and the Caribbean

Survey time period

2023

Supplementary notes

TEA (early-stage entrepreneurial activity) = percentage of adults who have started or are running a business in the initial stage (first 3.5 years).

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Latin America: female engagement in early-stage startups 2023

Published by S. Galan, Nov 28, 2025

In 2023, Ecuador was found to be one of the Latin American countries with the highest female early-stage entrepreneurship activity (TEA). Among the *** countries from the region included in the study, Brazil had the lowest share of women starting up or running their own business.

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