{"schema_version":"1","release_id":"release-12de64a1-a47a-4ba3-9c4f-624be3639a4e","series_id":"series.namibia.unemployment","metric":{"key":"metric.unemployment","definition":"Share of the labor force without work who are available for and seeking employment, from the ILO modeled estimates series.","definition_version":"1","unit":"percent/labor-force"},"geography":{"id":"entity.geo.namibia","level":"country"},"frequency":"Annual","observations":[{"period_start":"2000-01-01","period_end_exclusive":"2001-01-01","value":"20.3","value_status":"present","revision_id":"rev-5b629c20-685e-42ca-a8a9-1b156fefc7ec","source_locator":"https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/NAM/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?source=2&format=json&date=2000&footnote=y","source_note":"","source_release_id":"wdi-2026-07-13-65f3182fd0d9","source_published_at":null,"retrieved_at":"2026-10-03T23:10:41.752Z"},{"period_start":"2001-01-01","period_end_exclusive":"2002-01-01","value":"21.009","value_status":"present","revision_id":"rev-05734e38-851f-4ca5-86d0-aace29f18fe2","source_locator":"https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/NAM/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?source=2&format=json&date=2001&footnote=y","source_note":"","source_release_id":"wdi-2026-07-13-65f3182fd0d9","source_published_at":null,"retrieved_at":"2026-10-03T23:10:41.752Z"},{"period_start":"2002-01-01","period_end_exclusive":"2003-01-01","value":"21.538","value_status":"present","revision_id":"rev-f1f90c23-a7aa-47de-bfe6-063f3a11d627","source_locator":"https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/NAM/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?source=2&format=json&date=2002&footnote=y","source_note":"","source_release_id":"wdi-2026-07-13-65f3182fd0d9","source_published_at":null,"retrieved_at":"2026-10-03T23:10:41.752Z"},{"period_start":"2003-01-01","period_end_exclusive":"2004-01-01","value":"22.104","value_status":"present","revision_id":"rev-d71e9f37-83b0-4561-81ee-527a6747f3b3","source_locator":"https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/NAM/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?source=2&format=json&date=2003&footnote=y","source_note":"","source_release_id":"wdi-2026-07-13-65f3182fd0d9","source_published_at":null,"retrieved_at":"2026-10-03T23:10:41.752Z"},{"period_start":"2004-01-01","period_end_exclusive":"2005-01-01","value":"22.09","value_status":"present","revision_id":"rev-f21ff424-095a-43cf-ba0f-d707ee69ade5","source_locator":"https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/NAM/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?source=2&format=json&date=2004&footnote=y","source_note":"","source_release_id":"wdi-2026-07-13-65f3182fd0d9","source_published_at":null,"retrieved_at":"2026-10-03T23:10:41.752Z"},{"period_start":"2005-01-01","period_end_exclusive":"2006-01-01","value":"22.108","value_status":"present","revision_id":"rev-cc6a26c9-deff-4434-8f3d-a9be6bafe33b","source_locator":"https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/NAM/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?source=2&format=json&date=2005&footnote=y","source_note":"","source_release_id":"wdi-2026-07-13-65f3182fd0d9","source_published_at":null,"retrieved_at":"2026-10-03T23:10:41.752Z"},{"period_start":"2006-01-01","period_end_exclusive":"2007-01-01","value":"21.848","value_status":"present","revision_id":"rev-f0b53944-0296-4b80-8d00-5fce804ae337","source_locator":"https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/NAM/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?source=2&format=json&date=2006&footnote=y","source_note":"","source_release_id":"wdi-2026-07-13-65f3182fd0d9","source_published_at":null,"retrieved_at":"2026-10-03T23:10:41.752Z"},{"period_start":"2007-01-01","period_end_exclusive":"2008-01-01","value":"22.12","value_status":"present","revision_id":"rev-2dc9a7cf-466a-4d0e-81eb-147495232c59","source_locator":"https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/NAM/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?source=2&format=json&date=2007&footnote=y","source_note":"","source_release_id":"wdi-2026-07-13-65f3182fd0d9","source_published_at":null,"retrieved_at":"2026-10-03T23:10:41.752Z"},{"period_start":"2008-01-01","period_end_exclusive":"2009-01-01","value":"22.005","value_status":"present","revision_id":"rev-7801dc71-59c3-455b-aa0b-318f6b47f203","source_locator":"https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/NAM/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?source=2&format=json&date=2008&footnote=y","source_note":"","source_release_id":"wdi-2026-07-13-65f3182fd0d9","source_published_at":null,"retrieved_at":"2026-10-03T23:10:41.752Z"},{"period_start":"2009-01-01","period_end_exclusive":"2010-01-01","value":"22.271","value_status":"present","revision_id":"rev-7011e7e4-f447-4647-aaf8-05f3f40ecf8e","source_locator":"https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/NAM/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?source=2&format=json&date=2009&footnote=y","source_note":"","source_release_id":"wdi-2026-07-13-65f3182fd0d9","source_published_at":null,"retrieved_at":"2026-10-03T23:10:41.752Z"},{"period_start":"2010-01-01","period_end_exclusive":"2011-01-01","value":"22.12","value_status":"present","revision_id":"rev-6495dba0-91f1-4125-a6ff-d6c71a2835ce","source_locator":"https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/NAM/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?source=2&format=json&date=2010&footnote=y","source_note":"","source_release_id":"wdi-2026-07-13-65f3182fd0d9","source_published_at":null,"retrieved_at":"2026-10-03T23:10:41.752Z"},{"period_start":"2011-01-01","period_end_exclusive":"2012-01-01","value":"19.481","value_status":"present","revision_id":"rev-cb434303-e3c4-45d9-a815-f4a4a385785c","source_locator":"https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/NAM/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?source=2&format=json&date=2011&footnote=y","source_note":"","source_release_id":"wdi-2026-07-13-65f3182fd0d9","source_published_at":null,"retrieved_at":"2026-10-03T23:10:41.752Z"},{"period_start":"2012-01-01","period_end_exclusive":"2013-01-01","value":"16.771","value_status":"present","revision_id":"rev-979f190d-43bf-46bb-a7ac-edc1df40d4ba","source_locator":"https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/NAM/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?source=2&format=json&date=2012&footnote=y","source_note":"","source_release_id":"wdi-2026-07-13-65f3182fd0d9","source_published_at":null,"retrieved_at":"2026-10-03T23:10:41.752Z"},{"period_start":"2013-01-01","period_end_exclusive":"2014-01-01","value":"19.028","value_status":"present","revision_id":"rev-c7779297-eb3b-4189-8b4b-a91d13da25c4","source_locator":"https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/NAM/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?source=2&format=json&date=2013&footnote=y","source_note":"","source_release_id":"wdi-2026-07-13-65f3182fd0d9","source_published_at":null,"retrieved_at":"2026-10-03T23:10:41.752Z"},{"period_start":"2014-01-01","period_end_exclusive":"2015-01-01","value":"18.521","value_status":"present","revision_id":"rev-275cfb49-26c3-4576-88bf-b8df597aed15","source_locator":"https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/NAM/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?source=2&format=json&date=2014&footnote=y","source_note":"","source_release_id":"wdi-2026-07-13-65f3182fd0d9","source_published_at":null,"retrieved_at":"2026-10-03T23:10:41.752Z"},{"period_start":"2015-01-01","period_end_exclusive":"2016-01-01","value":"20.791","value_status":"present","revision_id":"rev-36d6f582-0f59-4b59-9566-85532c487a38","source_locator":"https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/NAM/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?source=2&format=json&date=2015&footnote=y","source_note":"","source_release_id":"wdi-2026-07-13-65f3182fd0d9","source_published_at":null,"retrieved_at":"2026-10-03T23:10:41.752Z"},{"period_start":"2016-01-01","period_end_exclusive":"2017-01-01","value":"23.352","value_status":"present","revision_id":"rev-aa22c320-21d8-48df-9958-37d39664a174","source_locator":"https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/NAM/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?source=2&format=json&date=2016&footnote=y","source_note":"","source_release_id":"wdi-2026-07-13-65f3182fd0d9","source_published_at":null,"retrieved_at":"2026-10-03T23:10:41.752Z"},{"period_start":"2017-01-01","period_end_exclusive":"2018-01-01","value":"21.748","value_status":"present","revision_id":"rev-93890a3b-e516-4bb0-87e8-1cc226a4fa82","source_locator":"https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/NAM/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?source=2&format=json&date=2017&footnote=y","source_note":"","source_release_id":"wdi-2026-07-13-65f3182fd0d9","source_published_at":null,"retrieved_at":"2026-10-03T23:10:41.752Z"},{"period_start":"2018-01-01","period_end_exclusive":"2019-01-01","value":"19.877","value_status":"present","revision_id":"rev-5b953faa-95c2-408c-91b4-02e4b898e89b","source_locator":"https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/NAM/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?source=2&format=json&date=2018&footnote=y","source_note":"","source_release_id":"wdi-2026-07-13-65f3182fd0d9","source_published_at":null,"retrieved_at":"2026-10-03T23:10:41.752Z"},{"period_start":"2019-01-01","period_end_exclusive":"2020-01-01","value":"19.929","value_status":"present","revision_id":"rev-ab2c6dce-050d-4558-a2e8-4f791d29c028","source_locator":"https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/NAM/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?source=2&format=json&date=2019&footnote=y","source_note":"","source_release_id":"wdi-2026-07-13-65f3182fd0d9","source_published_at":null,"retrieved_at":"2026-10-03T23:10:41.752Z"},{"period_start":"2020-01-01","period_end_exclusive":"2021-01-01","value":"21.003","value_status":"present","revision_id":"rev-698577dd-ed28-4d66-81d6-7d532fb563ba","source_locator":"https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/NAM/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?source=2&format=json&date=2020&footnote=y","source_note":"","source_release_id":"wdi-2026-07-13-65f3182fd0d9","source_published_at":null,"retrieved_at":"2026-10-03T23:10:41.752Z"},{"period_start":"2021-01-01","period_end_exclusive":"2022-01-01","value":"20.931","value_status":"present","revision_id":"rev-58768ae0-2383-4e08-9d52-6f962848363d","source_locator":"https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/NAM/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?source=2&format=json&date=2021&footnote=y","source_note":"","source_release_id":"wdi-2026-07-13-65f3182fd0d9","source_published_at":null,"retrieved_at":"2026-10-03T23:10:41.752Z"},{"period_start":"2022-01-01","period_end_exclusive":"2023-01-01","value":"19.615","value_status":"present","revision_id":"rev-0d5f4f16-695c-414c-b5a8-3782b66cb6dd","source_locator":"https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/NAM/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?source=2&format=json&date=2022&footnote=y","source_note":"","source_release_id":"wdi-2026-07-13-65f3182fd0d9","source_published_at":null,"retrieved_at":"2026-10-03T23:10:41.752Z"},{"period_start":"2023-01-01","period_end_exclusive":"2024-01-01","value":"19.154","value_status":"present","revision_id":"rev-0811cd4f-bcec-4e63-9624-9911131cebdf","source_locator":"https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/NAM/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?source=2&format=json&date=2023&footnote=y","source_note":"","source_release_id":"wdi-2026-07-13-65f3182fd0d9","source_published_at":null,"retrieved_at":"2026-10-03T23:10:41.752Z"},{"period_start":"2024-01-01","period_end_exclusive":"2025-01-01","value":"19.157","value_status":"present","revision_id":"rev-d969c209-1faa-4056-9b2c-c125efe0c91e","source_locator":"https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/NAM/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?source=2&format=json&date=2024&footnote=y","source_note":"","source_release_id":"wdi-2026-07-13-65f3182fd0d9","source_published_at":null,"retrieved_at":"2026-10-03T23:10:41.752Z"},{"period_start":"2025-01-01","period_end_exclusive":"2026-01-01","value":"19.291","value_status":"present","revision_id":"rev-1296c0c5-e167-424c-bceb-3768e289921e","source_locator":"https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/NAM/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?source=2&format=json&date=2025&footnote=y","source_note":"","source_release_id":"wdi-2026-07-13-65f3182fd0d9","source_published_at":null,"retrieved_at":"2026-10-03T23:10:41.752Z"}],"provenance":{"source_url":"https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?locations=NAM","dataset_id":"wdi-unemployment","source_collection_updated_at":"2026-07-13","source_published_at":null,"retrieved_at":"2026-10-03T23:10:41.752Z"},"rights":{"license_url":"https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/int/public-licenses#cc-by","license_name":"CC BY 4.0 · World Bank additional terms","attribution":"The World Bank: World Development Indicators: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: January 17, 2026. Indicator SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS.","permitted_channels":["public_display","csv_export"]},"caveats":["This is the modeled ILO series, not the national headline unemployment release.","People outside the labor force are excluded from the denominator.","WDI does not identify every imputed observation in this response. Cross-country ranking and comparison are disabled because ILO warns against comparing imputed observations.","Differences between rates are measured in percentage points."],"comparison_allowed":false}