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Cameroon: Own-account workers, male

62.15percent · 2016-0.2% 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 Cameroon from 1991 to 2016.

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Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201662.149
201562.116
201462.032
201362.548
201262.775
201163.148
201063.135
200963.128
200863.418
200763.41
200662.258
200562.192
200462.978
200357.405
200257.321
200157.306
200056.459
199958.614
199859.944
199759.478
199662.364
199561.877
199460.909
199359.348
199263.594
199161.033

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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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