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Kenya: Own-account workers, female

22.66percent · 2016+109.1% 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 Kenya from 1991 to 2016.

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Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201622.663
201520.036
201417.066
201315.959
201215.369
201115.37
201014.353
200912.866
200811.957
200711.003
200610.84
200513.87
200414.58
200315.35
200215.29
200117.22
200017.95
199918.021
199816.757
199716.202
199616.009
199516.95
199418.255
199316.628
199214.038
199113.382

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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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