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Madagascar: Own-account workers, female

28.02percent · 2016+1.5% 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 Madagascar from 1991 to 2016.

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Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201628.022
201530.606
201431.364
201331.09
201229.58
201129.601
201028.658
200929.576
200825.381
200725.991
200627.618
200528.43
200428.749
200333.913
200236.621
200132.307
200033.874
199934.959
199835.522
199736.69
199631.999
199532.182
199428.552
199345.959
199245.973
199146.201

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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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