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Germany: Own-account workers, female

4.68percent · 2016-4.7% 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 Germany from 1991 to 2016.

19912016

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20164.679
20154.673
20144.821
20134.914
20125.095
20115.123
20104.979
20094.898
20084.842
20074.954
20064.908
20054.871
20044.236
20034.02
20023.774
20013.742
20003.837
19993.697
19983.721
19973.813
19963.553
19953.272
19943.004
19933.095
19922.875
19912.763

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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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