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Benin: Own-account workers, male

70.23percent · 2016-7.9% since 2006

Own-account workers are workers who, working on their own account or with one or more more partners, hold the types of jobs defined as "self-employment jobs" and have not engaged on a continuous basis any employees to work for them. Own account workers are a subcategory of "self-employed". Reported as: modeled ILO estimate. Annual figures for Benin from 1991 to 2016.

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Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201670.228
201569.993
201469.687
201369.742
201270.372
201170.004
201076.464
200976.838
200877.053
200776.65
200676.246
200575.406
200475.648
200374.051
200274.547
200173.857
200074.313
199974.506
199880.248
199779.86
199679.834
199578.951
199478.444
199379.47
199279.125
199179.668

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World Bank (2026). Own-account workers, male. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-own-account-workers-male (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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