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Guyana: Own-account workers, female

21.31percent · 2016+12.8% 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 Guyana from 1991 to 2016.

19912016

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201621.307
201519.632
201419.97
201320.051
201220.542
201120.5
201020.623
200919.762
200819.217
200719.618
200618.894
200517.45
200418.775
200318.898
200219.105
200119.274
200019.223
199918.194
199818.466
199718.197
199617.383
199516.954
199418.254
199318.575
199217.155
199118.123

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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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