In Hong Kong, there are 12,816 female CPA accountants compared with 14,700 male CPA accountants. According to the Hong Kong Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, males are twice as likely as females, worldwide, to start their own businesses. It is noteworthy that although Hong Kong is a high-income economy, the level of male bias in Hong Kong is higher than the worldwide level in that there are three times as many male entrepreneurs as there are female entrepreneurs.