ILO estimate of youth unemployment in Namibia
The ILO estimates youth unemployment in Namibia at 38.1% in 2025.
Namibia, 2025
38.1%
Change from 2024
+0.8percentage points
World, 2025
12.4%
Position in 2025
10th of 181
ILO estimate of youth unemployment in Namibia over time
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% of the labour force aged 15 to 24. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates). Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.
| Period | Namibia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38.1% | 12.4% |
| 2024 | 37.2% | 12.3% |
| 2023 | 37.1% | 12.3% |
| 2022 | 37.8% | 12.9% |
| 2021 | 40.1% | 14.1% |
| 2020 | 41.5% | 15.4% |
| 2019 | 38.2% | 13.6% |
| 2018 | 38.0% | 14.0% |
| 2017 | 41.5% | 14.3% |
| 2016 | 44.2% | 14.3% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.8 percentage points from 37.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 41.2%, the figure has changed by −3.2 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Namibia has the 10th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 12.4%.
More for Namibia
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ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
30.7%
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ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
19.3%
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Labour force participation
58.8%
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Women's labour force participation
54.9%
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Employment-to-population ratio
47.5%
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Employment in agriculture
22.3%
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