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Malawi: Own-account workers, female

57.65percent · 2016-5.3% 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 Malawi from 1991 to 2016.

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Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201657.653
201558.576
201458.584
201359.444
201260.379
201158.896
201060.278
200959.144
200858.264
200757.86
200660.882
200562.231
200461.948
200361.527
200262.43
200163.425
200063.165
199964.517
199865.644
199765.91
199667.469
199566.749
199467.358
199368.458
199265.996
199165.633

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Published by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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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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