According to the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, there has been a demonstrable uptrend in the percentage of Taiwanese businesses that are either owned by women or consist of self-employed women. In 1990, such ventures accounted for 16.7 % of all Taiwanese businesses. By 2002, their share had risen to 20.9 %. By 2005 it had surged to 36 %.
行政院主計處統計，1990 年，擁有女老闆與自營工作者的台灣企業占 16.7％，到了 2002 年，上升至 20.9％，去年更達到 36 %，節節攀高；而人數少於自營工作者的女老闆，二十年來更是呈倍數成長，1982 年，台灣企業的女老闆只有近三萬人，2004 年達到八萬七千人。