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Employment in services — Namibia

Employment in services in Namibia in 2025 — 61.1%. Ranked 87 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 22.6 pp.

2025 61.1% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 87of 182
Period maximum 61.2%2018
Period minimum 38.5%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Namibia, 1991–2025304050607019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 38.5%1992: 39.7%1993: 40.6%1994: 41.6%1995: 44.1%1996: 46.7%1997: 49.3%1998: 52.4%1999: 55.5%2000: 58.5%2001: 58.1%2002: 57.8%2003: 57.5%2004: 57.3%2005: 57.3%2006: 57.6%2007: 57.8%2008: 57.9%2009: 57.7%2010: 57.8%2011: 58.3%2012: 58.7%2013: 54.2%2014: 55.8%2015: 58.6%2016: 60.6%2017: 61%2018: 61.2%2019: 60.9%2020: 60.4%2021: 60.3%2022: 60.5%2023: 60.7%2024: 60.9%2025: 61.1%
Change over the period: +22.6 pp Annual average: 0.66 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Namibia

Namibia 61.1%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Southern Africa computed 71.7%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 52.9%
Employment in services — Namibia, by year Namibia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 61.1 +0.2 pp
2024 60.9 +0.2 pp
2023 60.7 +0.2 pp
2022 60.5 +0.1 pp
2021 60.3 −0 pp
2020 60.4 −0.6 pp
2019 60.9 −0.3 pp
2018 61.2 +0.2 pp
2017 61 +0.4 pp
2016 60.6 +2 pp
2015 58.6 +2.7 pp
2014 55.8 +1.7 pp
2013 54.2 −4.6 pp
2012 58.7 +0.5 pp
2011 58.3 +0.5 pp
2010 57.8 +0.1 pp
2009 57.7 −0.2 pp
2008 57.9 +0 pp
2007 57.8 +0.2 pp
2006 57.6 +0.3 pp
2005 57.3 +0 pp
2004 57.3 −0.3 pp
2003 57.5 −0.3 pp
2002 57.8 −0.3 pp
2001 58.1 −0.4 pp
2000 58.5 +3 pp
1999 55.5 +3.1 pp
1998 52.4 +3.1 pp
1997 49.3 +2.7 pp
1996 46.7 +2.6 pp
1995 44.1 +2.5 pp
1994 41.6 +1 pp
1993 40.6 +0.9 pp
1992 39.7 +1.2 pp
1991 38.5 —

Southern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

ZA South Africa 73.8 BW Botswana 66.2 NA Namibia 61.1 SZ Eswatini 58.7 LS Lesotho 36.1
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About the indicator

The share of total employment in the service sector: trade, transport, communications, finance, business services, public administration, education, health care. In high-income countries it exceeds 70–80%; the rise of this share is the main line of structural change in labor markets over the past half century.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.

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