Work & Labour in Namibia 88 indicators covering work & labour for Namibia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 26.1% 2025 down 19.6% 137th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 32.6% 2025 down 11.5% 156th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 58.8% 2025 down 3.0% 112th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 63.0% 2025 down 3.5% 143rd Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 87.1% 2025 up 1.0% 46th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 29.3% 2025 down 15.2% 146th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 56.4% 2025 down 3.4% 114th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 63.9% 2025 down 4.3% 166th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 60.1% 2025 down 3.8% 143rd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 54.9% 2025 down 2.5% 84th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 68.4% 2025 down 7.8% 89th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 51.8% 2025 up 7.9% 95th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 70.9% 2025 up 0.8% 98th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 58.3% 2025 down 5.1% 114th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 16.5% 2025 down 2.7% 128th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 63.5% 2025 down 6.9% 102nd Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 5.4% 2025 down 14.0% 83rd Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 4.0% 2025 up 4.9% 66th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 4.7% 2025 down 6.0% 79th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 7.8% 2025 up 28.3% 130th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 24.9% 2025 down 7.3% 104th Employment in services (% of total employment) 61.1% 2025 up 4.3% 88th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 36.5% 2025 up 14.7% 85th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 31.6% 2025 up 22.4% 98th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 41.7% 2025 up 8.2% 73rd Employers, total (% of total employment) 6.6% 2025 up 60.6% 20th Employers, male (% of male employment) 8.0% 2025 up 52.6% 22nd Employers, female (% of female employment) 5.2% 2025 up 79.4% 13th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 39.5% 2025 down 15.6% 15th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 36.9% 2025 up 2.0% 10th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 38.0% 2025 down 7.7% 10th GDP per person employed 34,046 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 down 14.7% 105th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 19.9% 2018 down 47.1% 6th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 21.1% 2018 down 35.1% 5th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 18.6% 2018 down 56.8% 14th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 55.4% 2018 up 11.1% 96th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 62.7% 2018 up 1.8% 162nd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 58.9% 2018 up 6.3% 128th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 26.4% 2018 down 23.2% 126th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 32.1% 2018 down 16.6% 148th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 88.4% 2018 up 9.1% 41st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 29.2% 2018 down 19.7% 141st Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 38.0% 2018 down 10.7% 7th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 37.5% 2018 down 4.4% 5th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 38.5% 2018 down 16.0% 10th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 33.2% 2025 down 7.2% 39th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 28.1% 2025 up 0.6% 17th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 30.7% 2025 down 4.0% 26th Productivity: output per hour worked 16.51 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 down 11.9% 86th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 23.6% 2025 up 14.8% 110th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 15.8% 2025 down 8.5% 152nd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 20.6% 2025 down 12.5% 177th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 18.2% 2025 down 10.6% 171st Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 29.9% 2025 up 7.9% 90th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 36.6% 2025 up 2.4% 75th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 47.5% 2025 down 1.1% 154th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 50.4% 2025 down 4.7% 176th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 44.8% 2025 up 2.7% 122nd Unemployment with basic education 17.5% 2018 down 15.7% 11th Unemployment with basic education, male 20.8% 2018 up 5.7% 6th Page 1 of 2 Next →