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Tonga: Own-account workers, female

39.58percent · 2016+3.9% 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 Tonga from 1991 to 2016.

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Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201639.583
201539.607
201439.428
201338.977
201238.372
201138.776
201038.741
200938.285
200838.195
200738.223
200638.095
200539.08
200439.965
200339.556
200239.121
200138.869
200038.891
199939.919
199839.617
199738.133
199625.579
199526.516
199426.103
199331.555
199229.738
199130.663

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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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