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Namibia: Unemployment, total (% of labor force)

19.29percent · 2025-7.2% since 2015

Share of the labor force without work. Annual figures for Namibia from 1991 to 2025.

19912025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202519.291
202419.157
202319.154
202219.615
202120.931
202021.003
201919.929
201819.877
201721.748
201623.352
201520.791
201418.521
201319.028
201216.771
201119.481
201022.12
200922.271
200822.005
200722.12
200621.848
200522.108
200422.09
200322.104
200221.538
200121.009
200020.3
199921.668
199823.083
199724.45
199622.844
199521.34
199419.4
199319.078
199218.896
199119.14

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World Bank (2026). Unemployment, total (% of labor force). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-unemployment (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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