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Lesotho: Own-account workers, male

57.22percent · 2016-4.3% 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 Lesotho from 1991 to 2016.

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Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201657.225
201557.266
201457.565
201357.854
201258.186
201158.417
201059.169
200959.334
200859.017
200759.478
200659.806
200560.22
200460.234
200361.002
200260.833
200161.101
200061.599
199961.702
199861.625
199761.686
199662.271
199562.355
199462.712
199362.218
199262.269
199162.799

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World Bank (2026). Own-account workers, male. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-own-account-workers-male (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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