Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Namibia
Namibia: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 4.7% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Namibia, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
The most recent figure for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Namibia is 4.7%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Namibia peaked at 14.4% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 3.9%, in 2016.
Namibia ranks 79th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Namibia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 14.4% | — |
| 1992 | 14.3% | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 14.3% | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 14.3% | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 14.2% | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 14.1% | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 14.0% | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 13.6% | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 13.1% | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 12.7% | -3.5% |
| 2001 | 12.2% | -4.0% |
| 2002 | 11.6% | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 11.0% | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 10.4% | -5.9% |
| 2005 | 9.7% | -6.3% |
| 2006 | 9.0% | -7.2% |
| 2007 | 8.3% | -8.1% |
| 2008 | 7.6% | -8.8% |
| 2009 | 6.9% | -9.4% |
| 2010 | 6.2% | -9.8% |
| 2011 | 6.0% | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 5.8% | -3.3% |
| 2013 | 4.6% | -20.3% |
| 2014 | 6.1% | +33.9% |
| 2015 | 5.0% | -18.7% |
| 2016 | 3.9% | -22.3% |
| 2017 | 4.2% | +8.8% |
| 2018 | 4.6% | +8.4% |
| 2019 | 4.7% | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 4.9% | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 4.6% | -6.1% |
| 2022 | 4.7% | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 4.7% | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 4.7% | +0.3% |
| 2025 | 4.7% | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.0% | 13.1% | 14.4% | 9 |
| 2000s | 9.9% | 6.9% | 12.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.1% | 3.9% | 6.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.7% | 4.6% | 4.9% | 6 |
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- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.0916 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.0906 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.0929 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3746 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 1.88 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 3,116 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 1,223 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 3,070 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 2,828 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 5,898 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Namibia?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Namibia was 4.7% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 14.4% in 1991.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.9% in 2016.
- How does Namibia rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Namibia ranks 79th out of 186 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Namibia data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Contributing family workers are those workers who hold "self-employment jobs" as own-account workers in a market-oriented establishment operated by a related person living in the same household.