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Namibia: Own-account workers, male

16.02percent · 2016-39.9% 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
201616.024
201516.248
201417.232
201319.604
201219.444
201119.986
201026.248
200926.11
200825.514
200726.185
200626.674
200527.803
200413.807
200314.154
200213.989
20018.772
200017.723
199918.162
199818.102
199713.112
199613.353
199513.413
199417.526
199317.309
199217.109
199117.552

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

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