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Uruguay: Own-account workers, female

20.53percent · 2016+0.8% 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 Uruguay from 1991 to 2016.

19912016

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201620.528
201520.116
201419.641
201319.534
201219.706
201120.384
201020.98
200921.025
200820.541
200721.125
200620.375
200519.541
200418.892
200319.781
200223.439
200119.614
200017.862
199917.989
199817.551
199717.712
199618.001
199518.12
199418.014
199318.533
199218.375
199118.932

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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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