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Namibia Unemployment Rate 2010s

Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank
20.16% decade average (2010-2019)

Namibia's unemployment rate during the 2010s ranged from 16.77% (2012) to 23.35% (2016), averaging 20.16% over 10 years of data.

2010s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2010 22.12% −0.15pp 186th
2011 19.48% −2.64pp 179th
2012 16.77% −2.71pp 170th
2013 19.03% +2.26pp 175th
2014 18.52% −0.51pp 176th
2015 20.79% +2.27pp 182nd
2016 23.35% +2.56pp 185th
2017 21.75% −1.60pp 186th
2018 19.88% −1.87pp 184th
2019 19.93% +0.05pp 184th