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Namibia: Own-account workers, female

27.11percent · 2016-32.5% 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 Namibia from 1991 to 2016.

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Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201627.112
201527.268
201431.571
201337.321
201233.201
201134.006
201039.688
200939.408
200837.332
200738.828
200640.155
200542.088
200422.017
200323.105
200222.21
200113.482
200032.644
199931.736
199831.111
199724.327
199625.384
199525.282
199423.171
199320.596
199219.152
199121.9

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

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