Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - Agriculture in Namibia

Namibia: Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - Agriculture was 88.3% in 2018. ▬ Flat

Latest (2018)
88.3%
Change on year
down 7.5%
World rank
20th
of 26 countries
All-time high
95.4%
in 2016
All-time low
88.3%
in 2018
Years of data
5
2012–2018

Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - Agriculture in Namibia, 2012–2018

0204060801002012201520182012: 94.12013: 942014: 91.62016: 95.42018: 88.3

Source: UN Open Data Hub. Available at: https://unstats-undesa.opendata.arcgis.com/.

Analysis

In 2018, informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - agriculture in Namibia stood at 88.3%. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of down 7.5% on the previous year and down 6.2% over ten years.

That places Namibia 20th out of 26 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - Agriculture in Namibia, year by year

Annual values for Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - Agriculture, forestry and fishing - Female in Namibia, 2012 to 2018.
Year Value Change
2012 94.1%
2013 94.0% -0.1%
2014 91.6% -2.6%
2016 95.4% +4.1%
2018 88.3% -7.5%

Countries ranked near Namibia

  1. 17 El Salvador 93.7% compare
  2. 18 Thailand 92.7% compare
  3. 19 Colombia 89.2% compare
  4. 21 Dominican Republic 86.4% compare
  5. 22 Serbia 74.3% compare
  6. 23 Costa Rica 51.9% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - agriculture in Namibia?
Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - agriculture in Namibia was 88.3% in 2018, according to UN Open Data Hub. Available at: https://unstats-undesa.opendata.arcgis.com/.
What is the highest informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - agriculture recorded in Namibia?
The highest recorded value was 95.4% in 2016.
What is the lowest informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - agriculture recorded in Namibia?
The lowest recorded value was 88.3% in 2018.
How does Namibia rank for informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - agriculture?
Namibia ranks 20th out of 26 countries with data for 2018.
Is informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - agriculture rising or falling in Namibia?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Namibia data come from?
The figures come from UN Open Data Hub. Available at: https://unstats-undesa.opendata.arcgis.com/, published as part of Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - Agriculture, forestry and fishing - Female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - Agriculture, forestry and fishing - Female
Source
UN Open Data Hub. Available at: https://unstats-undesa.opendata.arcgis.com/
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
26 places, 265 data points, 2000–2019
Last refreshed

This indicator presents the share of agriculture (female) employment which is classified as informal employment in the total economy. Data is taken from the United Nations Sustainable Goals, representing Indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total employment, by sector and sex.