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SL.EMP.OWAC.ZS
Indicator Name
Own-account workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Long definition
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".
Source
International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2018.
Topic
Social Protection & Labor: Economic activity
Periodicity
Annual
Aggregation method
Weighted average
Limitations and exceptions
Data are drawn from labor force surveys and household surveys, supplemented by official estimates and censuses for a small group of countries. Due to differences in definitions and coverage across countries, there are limitations for comparing data across countries and over time even within a country. Estimates of women in employment are not comparable internationally, reflecting that demographic, social, legal, and cultural trends and norms determine whether women's activities are regarded as economic.
General comments
Data up to 2016 are estimates while data from 2017 are projections.
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