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Jordan: Own-account workers, female

2.12percent · 2016-35.6% 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 Jordan from 1991 to 2016.

19912016

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20162.124
20152.095
20142.066
20132.042
20122.013
20112.517
20102.416
20092.414
20082.601
20073.193
20063.299
20053.309
20043.262
20033.612
20024.993
20014.459
20003.558
19993.528
19983.586
19973.657
19963.698
19953.642
19943.746
19933.956
19924.338
19914.451

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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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