Unemployment rate: Namibia
19.291% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 19.291 |
| 2024 | 19.157 |
| 2023 | 19.154 |
| 2022 | 19.615 |
| 2021 | 20.931 |
| 2020 | 21.003 |
| 2019 | 19.929 |
| 2018 | 19.877 |
| 2017 | 21.748 |
| 2016 | 23.352 |
| 2015 | 20.791 |
| 2014 | 18.521 |
| 2013 | 19.028 |
| 2012 | 16.771 |
| 2011 | 19.481 |
| 2010 | 22.12 |
| 2009 | 22.271 |
| 2008 | 22.005 |
| 2007 | 22.12 |
| 2006 | 21.848 |
| 2005 | 22.108 |
| 2004 | 22.09 |
| 2003 | 22.104 |
| 2002 | 21.538 |
| 2001 | 21.009 |
| 2000 | 20.3 |
| 1999 | 21.668 |
| 1998 | 23.083 |
| 1997 | 24.45 |
| 1996 | 22.844 |
| 1995 | 21.34 |
| 1994 | 19.4 |
| 1993 | 19.078 |
| 1992 | 18.896 |
| 1991 | 19.14 |