Africa Links 24 with Shelleygan Petersen
Published on 2025-01-30 17:00:00
Economists are slamming the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) for changing the definition of ‘unemployed’, saying the agency is misleading the country.
The agency yesterday announced that Namibia’s overall unemployment rate is 37%, with youth unemployment standing at 45%.
NSA statistician general and chief executive Alex Shimuafeni announced this during the release of the 2023 Labour Force Survey report in Windhoek.
Namibia’s workforce dropped from 725 742 in 2018 to 546 805…
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