As of 2020, own-account and family workers in Africa covered 68 percent of the total employment in the region, decreasing from 71 percent in 2010. Moreover, on the condition that businesses would be carried on as usual, the share was further projected to fall to 65 percent in 2040.
Own-account and contributing family workers as a share of total employment in Africa from 2000 to 2040
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