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Namibia – Agriculture Employment

Name: Namibia Agriculture Employment
Creator: World Bank
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Share of total employment in the agriculture sector. Includes farming, animal husbandry, hunting, forestry, and fishing. · World Bank

22.34% −0.30% from 2024 G20 rank: 106th · all-time high: 45.31% (1991)

APA

Namibia Agriculture Employment. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 10, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/namibia/agriculture-employment

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_namibia_agriculture-employment,
  title = {Namibia Agriculture Employment},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/namibia/agriculture-employment},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2028* trend	21.48%	–	–
2027* trend	21.77%	–	–
2026* trend	22.06%	–	–
2025	22.34%	−0.30%	106th
2024	22.64%	−0.30%	107th
2023	22.94%	−0.29%	107th
2022	23.23%	−0.26%	108th
2021	23.49%	−0.11%	109th
2020	23.59%	+0.74%	107th
2019	22.85%	+0.26%	108th
2018	22.59%	+1.20%	106th
2017	21.39%	+1.32%	104th
2016	20.07%	−4.34%	103rd
2015	24.41%	−4.91%	105th
2014	29.32%	−2.07%	117th
2013	31.39%	+4.02%	119th
2012	27.37%	−0.63%	108th
2011	28.00%	−0.69%	109th
2010	28.68%	+0.25%	110th
2009	28.43%	+0.61%	108th
2008	27.83%	+0.28%	106th
2007	27.55%	+0.07%	105th
2006	27.48%	−0.02%	103rd
2005	27.49%	+0.43%	102nd
2004	27.06%	−0.51%	101st
2003	27.57%	−0.40%	100th
2002	27.96%	−0.33%	99th
2001	28.29%	−0.10%	100th
2000	28.39%	−2.35%	100th
1999	30.74%	−2.40%	106th
1998	33.15%	−2.36%	111th
1997	35.50%	−2.80%	113th
1996	38.31%	−2.72%	119th
1995	41.03%	−2.64%	123rd
1994	43.67%	−0.55%	129th
1993	44.22%	−0.22%	129th
1992	44.45%	−0.87%	130th
1991	45.31%	–	131st

Show all years (1991–2025)

* Linear trend extrapolation from last 5 data points

Detected Pattern▾

Stagflation Risk

GDP growth below 2% combined with inflation above 8% and rising unemployment. The worst macro combination for policymakers.

Inflation 9.5% GDP growth 0.3% Unemployment 22.3%

This pattern occurred 204 times in G20 history, 77 successful

Haiti 2024

Inflation

26.9%

GDP growth

-4.2%

Unemployment

14.6%

São Tomé and Principe 2024

Inflation

14.4%

GDP growth

1.1%

Unemployment

9.1%

Angola 2023

Inflation

13.6%

GDP growth

1.3%

Unemployment

14.1%

Colombia 2023

Inflation

11.7%

GDP growth

0.7%

Unemployment

9.6%

Haiti 2023

Inflation

36.8%

GDP growth

-1.9%

Unemployment

14.5%

Lebanon 2023

Inflation

221.3%

GDP growth

-0.8%

Unemployment

11.0%

HistorySaid – pattern alert

In 77 of 204 past occurrences of this pattern, the outcome was successful (38% of cases). Namibia matched this pattern in 2009. View full analysis →

HistorySaid

In 2025, Namibia recorded 22.34% for agriculture employment – 106th in the G20. Based on recent trends, HistorySaid estimates 22.06% by 2026.