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Namibia: Unemployment rate

Percent · 1991–2018 · 13 observations · unemp

2018
19.9%percent
Average, 2010–2018
19.9%6 years
Record high and low
37.6% (2008)low 16.8% (2012)

Unemployment rate

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
201819.9
201623.4
201418.5
201319.0
201216.8
201022.1
200837.6
200422.1
200131.2
200020.3

Sources

  • IMF International Financial Statistics1991–2018
  • African Development Bank2000–2013
  • International Labour Organization2000–2018

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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