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Congo: Own-account workers, female

87.01percent · 2016+2.6% 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 Congo from 1991 to 2016.

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Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201687.013
201586.169
201484.676
201384.765
201285.021
201184.757
201084.876
200985.26
200884.46
200785.505
200684.848
200584.697
200482.893
200385.365
200285.254
200185.428
200084.61
199987.01
199888.501
199787.295
199685.946
199588.642
199488.718
199389.753
199290.241
199191.119

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

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