Namibia's unemployment rate stands at 39.9 per cent

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2025-01-29

WINDHOEK, 30 October 2024 - NSA Statistician General Alex Shimuafeni. (Photo by: Ester Hakaala) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 29 JAN (NAMPA) - The Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) on Wednesday released the 2023 census labour force report, revealing that 36.9 per cent of the Namibian population is unemployed.
The 2023 Population and Housing Census Labour Force Report indicates that 320 442 Namibians are unemployed out of a total labour force population of 867 247.
Statistician General Alex Shimuafeni, who launched the report in Windhoek, said the working-age pop...

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