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Samoa: Own-account workers, female

30.43percent · 2016+114.6% 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 Samoa from 1991 to 2016.

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Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201630.431
201529.439
201429.198
201328.587
201228.891
201129.624
201028.544
200928.382
20081.458
20071.409
200614.183
200514.551
200414.219
200313.97
200214.298
200112.187
200012.052
199911.41
199811.78
199712.327
199612.399
199511.929
199413.52
199312.889
199212.988
199112.615

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World Bank (2026). Own-account workers, female. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-own-account-workers-female (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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