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Niger: Own-account workers, female

58.53percent · 2016-11.7% 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 Niger from 1991 to 2016.

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Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201658.532
201556.419
201454.304
201351.952
201254.917
201159.095
201062.32
200959.748
200865.506
200762.757
200666.288
200565.719
200461.83
200366.273
200266.889
200164.522
200058.064
199960.998
199859.808
199749.578
199650.843
199548.951
199447.518
199350.614
199249.459
199147.08

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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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