Kavango East unemployment rate rises to 52 per cent: NSA

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2025-09-16

RUNDU, 16 September 2025 - The Namibia Statistics Agency GIS and NSDI Coordination Executive Alex Mudabedi handing the Namibia 2023 Population and Housing Census report to the Governor of the Kavango East region Hamunyera Hambyuka. (Photo by: Sawi Hausiku) NAMPA

RUNDU, 16 SEP (NAMPA) – The unemployment rate in the Kavango East Region has increased from 48 per cent in 2011 to 52 per cent in 2023, according to data released by the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) from the 2023 Population and Housing Census.
According to the NSA Census and Demographic Statistics Senior Statistician, Tommy Harris, during the official launch of the 2023 Census Regional Profiles in Rundu on Tuesday, 48 per cent of the populatio...

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