…as about N$94 million is needed for the survey
To successfully undertake the 2025/2026 Namibia Household Income & Expenditure Survey (NHIES), the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) will recruit around 171 temporary staff that includes team supervisors and enumerators for the main fieldwork.
For the pilot survey, NSA will recruit a total of 24 field staff this year. For next year, a total of 147 field workers will be recruited for 12 months.
“All NHIES positions will be advertised in all media platforms including the NSA website, and regional and local authority offices. Job applications will be done through an online recruitment system. Applications can be done via any device that has internet access such as a smart phone, tablet, or a computer. Applications are open to all Namibians and the Agency hopes to give employment opportunities to the unemployed. It is against that background that NSA intends to recruit individuals within their respective regions. The nation will be informed when the application process starts,” the Agency said in a statement.
The Agency also said that for the 2024/2025 financial year N$43,184,910.50 is made available for the pilot survey, logistics, training and other related costs. For the 2025/2026; 2026/2027 financial years an amount N$50,859,729.50 will be sourced from the Namibian Government.
NHIES is a twelve-months exercise to allow for seasonal variations which will start with a Pilot Survey that will run from 30 September until 18 October 2024. The main field work for the NHIES will run from 17 March 2025 until 17 March 2026. The survey is the primary source of information on income and expenditure in Namibia. This comprehensive survey is instrumental in calculating poverty indicators at both household and individual levels. Additionally, the NHIES also serves as a crucial statistical framework for compiling the national basket items for the compilation of price indices used in the calculation of inflation, a key economic indicator. It forms the basis for updating prices and rebasing of both national accounts and Consumer Price Index.