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Botswana: Own-account workers, male

11.30percent · 2016+106.7% 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 Botswana from 1991 to 2016.

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Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201611.304
201510.803
201410.524
201311.007
201211.287
201110.922
20105.91
20096.01
20085.681
20075.469
20065.469
20055.52
20045.819
20035.657
20025.553
20015.459
20004.746
199922.44
199822.103
199722.175
199622.4
199523.228
199429.327
199329.143
199228.757
199128.768

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World Bank (2026). Own-account workers, male. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-own-account-workers-male (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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