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Namibia unemployment rate

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Key data points


Last release
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Observation period
2024
Next release
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Forecast
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Highest
24.50 % on Dec 31, 1997
Lowest
16.80 % on Dec 31, 2012

About Namibia unemployment rate


Category
Labor
Source
Central Bureau of Statistics
Frequency
Annual
Units
%
In Namibia, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.

Namibia in figures — see more economic indicators tied to NAUR.
NAEMP
Employed Persons
NALFPR
Labor Force Participation Rate
NALWF
Living Wage Family
NALWI
Living Wage Individual
NAPOP
Population
NAUP
Unemployed Persons
NAUR
Unemployment Rate
NAWHS
Wages High Skilled
NAWLS
Wages Low Skilled
NAYUR
Youth Unemployment Rate

Frequently Asked Questions


To calculate Namibia unemployment rate you need to take the number of the country residents without a job and looking for work divided by the total number of residents in the labor force.
The lowest ever Namibia unemployment rate is 16.80%.
The highest figure Namibia unemployment rate has ever reached is 24.50%.
In 2024 Namibia unemployment rate was 19.10%, and the year before it reached 19.40%.