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China: Own-account workers, female

21.18percent · 2016+24.8% 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 China from 1991 to 2016.

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Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201621.181
201520.864
201420.471
201320.162
201219.732
201119.445
201019.083
200918.428
200817.99
200717.919
200616.967
200516.32
200415.853
200315.104
200214.671
200114.213
200013.889
199913.66
199813.496
199713.341
199613.223
199512.855
199412.443
199311.831
199211.606
199111.091

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

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