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Bhutan: Own-account workers, female

36.08percent · 2016+142.4% 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 Bhutan from 1991 to 2016.

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Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201636.075
201535.879
201430.066
201329.159
201228.472
201134.394
201028.118
200923.287
200823.456
200723.493
200614.88
200514.755
200414.913
200314.992
200214.964
200114.136
200014.027
199913.729
199813.766
199713.935
199613.719
199513.614
199422.029
199320.543
199220.669
199120.103

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

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