Lesotho vs Namibia: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

Lesotho

18.7%

in 2024

Namibia

19.9%

in 2018

Lesotho rank

8th

Namibia rank

6th

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

Lesotho
Namibia

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 19.9% against 18.7% in Lesotho, a difference of 1.2%.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.

Lesotho ranks 8th and Namibia ranks 6th of 185 countries.

Individual pages

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Lesotho
Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Namibia
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates
Unit: %
Source: Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 185 places, 5,169 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon. Figures refer to national estimates and may not be fully comparable across countries.