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Zimbabwe: Own-account workers, female

66.21percent · 2016-10.4% 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 Zimbabwe from 1991 to 2016.

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Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201666.211
201566.497
201466.588
201363.852
201264.305
201164.344
201066.691
200968.619
200874.648
200775.29
200673.867
200572.777
200473.85
200373.552
200262.908
200165.117
200064.654
199960.649
199863.434
199761.438
199664.343
199555.217
199461.091
199355.467
199241.479
199153.356

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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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