ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in fishing and in Namibia
Namibia: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in fishing and was 6.16 % in 2018. ▲ Rising
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in fishing and in Namibia, 2012–2018
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 6.16 % for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in fishing and in 2018. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is up 9.4% on the previous year and up 52.9% over ten years.
Namibia ranks 12th of 66 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in fishing and in Namibia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4.03 % | — |
| 2013 | 2.63 % | -34.7% |
| 2014 | 3.62 % | +37.6% |
| 2016 | 5.63 % | +55.5% |
| 2018 | 6.16 % | +9.4% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 6.16 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2.73 %, 2.3× the median. (11 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 6.16 % is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2.16 %, 2.9× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Namibia
More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0699 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 340.78 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4913 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in fishing and in Namibia?
- Ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in fishing and in Namibia was 6.16 % in 2018, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in fishing and recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 6.16 % in 2018.
- What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in fishing and recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.63 % in 2013.
- How does Namibia rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in fishing and?
- Namibia ranks 12th out of 66 countries with data for 2018.
- Is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in fishing and rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in fishing and aquaculture — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database. In addition, the ILO modelled estimates and projections (ILOEST) are used to provide information on employment in agriculture. FAOSTAT also publishes indicators on employment in agrifood systems (AFS) from 2000 at the national, regional, and global levels, using a methodology developed by the FAO to estimate the number of people employed within these systems.