Women Account For 43 pct. of Brazil's Entrepreneurs

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Puerto Vallarta, Jal- Some 43 percent of businesses in Brazil are owned by women who operate small- and mid-sized companies, a report by credit rating agency Serasa Experian said.

The report, based on official data, found that there are 5.69 million businesswomen in Brazil, representing just 8 percent of the country's female population.

Forty-three percent of business owners in Brazil are women and 73 percent of them are involved in small- and mid-sized companies, the study said.

But only 0.20 percent of Brazilian businesswomen are partners in big companies.

The average age of businesswomen is 44, the report said.

Some 52.06 percent of Brazilian businesswomen, according to the Serasa Experian study, live in the country's most developed region, which encompasses the southeastern states of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais and Espirito Santo