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Eritrea: Own-account workers, female

32.38percent · 2016-29.0% 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 Eritrea from 1991 to 2016.

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Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201632.385
201532.133
201431.936
201332.643
201231.44
201131.104
201034.534
200928.543
200831.1
200744.248
200645.616
200541.668
200424.894
200326.163
200228.589
200131.123
200026.95
199941.565
199842.603
199729.617
199632.156
199536.67
199442.7
199339.735
199254.337
199146.148

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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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