Key data points
Last release
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Observation period
2025
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
Indicator info
In Namibia, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
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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 2025 Namibia unemployment rate was 19.30%, and the year before it reached 19.20%.