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Uganda: Own-account workers, female

60.72percent · 2016+3.6% 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 Uganda from 1991 to 2016.

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Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201660.723
201561.914
201462.946
201363.359
201263.731
201162.366
201064.737
200952.205
200853.575
200754.992
200658.597
200559.643
200455.513
200351.844
200248.467
200156.055
200055.182
199969.423
199874.556
199774.461
199678.369
199582.991
199483.475
199384.92
199284.402
199185.901

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World Bank (2026). Own-account workers, female. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-own-account-workers-female (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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