Farming income loses backbone status
Compared to the previous survey, the Namibia Household Income and Expenditure Survey for 2015/16 results released this week reveal that a smaller portion of households listed subsistence farming as their main source of income, and a larger portion has listed salaries and wages.
Ndama Nakashole
The latest Namibia Household Income and Expenditure Survey (NHIES) 2015/16 results reveal that fewer Namibian households depend on subsistence farming, compared to a far larger portion that historically relied on this activity.
The NHIES 2015/16 results, released on Wednesday, indicate that more than half of the 544 655 households in the country listed salaries and wages as their main source of income, compared to less than 50% in the 2009/10 survey.
The details
Notable is the Zambezi Region, where only a very small portion of the 21 945 households surveyed, listed subsistence farming as their main source of income. In the 2009/10 report, a quarter of households relied on this activity to survive. A dependency on salaries at household level in this region also increased, with almost half of the total households listing salaries and wages as their main source of income in 2015/16.
Also notable is the Ohangwena Region, one of the poorest in the country, which recorded a large decline in the number of households who listed subsistence farming as main income, down from close to half recorded in 2009/10, to less than a quarter in 2015/16.
The portion of households who depend on grants in this region went up by 13.4 percentage points between 2009/10 and 2015/16. The same trend was recorded in all other regions except for Erongo which showed a drop of 0.2 percentage points to 8.8%.
Other regions that saw declines in the reliance on subsistence farming between the two survey periods are Oshikoto, Oshana, Omusati and Kavango.
In Otjozondjupa, Omaheke, Kunene, Hardap, Erongo, Khomas and //Karas, very few households listed subsistence farming as their main source of income. Save for Kunene, the bulk indicated wages and salaries as primary income sources.
Business income
The highest percentage of households who listed business income as their main source of income are Ohangwena, Oshana, Zambezi, Oshikoto , Kavango West, and Hardap, with more than 10% of households in these regions listing the business pool as the main source of income.
Although Namibia’s total percentage of households who depend on business income increased from the previous survey’s 8.8% to 9.1%, the portion of households who depend on businesses has decreased in the //Karas, Hardap, Erongo, Khomas and Omusati regions.
Overall
Overall, the NHIES survey saw there were 544 655 households in the 14 regions in Namibia, compared to 436 795 recorded in 2009/10.
Total household expenditure in Namibia stood at N$64 billion as compared to the N$28.5 billion recorded in 2009/10.
The average household expenditure was recorded at N$119 000, which is almost double the N$65 000 recorded during the previous survey. Consumption per capita expenditure stood at N$28 434, more than double the amount of N$13 813 and inequality measured on the Gini-coefficient stood at 0.56, down from 0.58 in 2009/10.
The latest Namibia Household Income and Expenditure Survey (NHIES) 2015/16 results reveal that fewer Namibian households depend on subsistence farming, compared to a far larger portion that historically relied on this activity.
The NHIES 2015/16 results, released on Wednesday, indicate that more than half of the 544 655 households in the country listed salaries and wages as their main source of income, compared to less than 50% in the 2009/10 survey.
The details
Notable is the Zambezi Region, where only a very small portion of the 21 945 households surveyed, listed subsistence farming as their main source of income. In the 2009/10 report, a quarter of households relied on this activity to survive. A dependency on salaries at household level in this region also increased, with almost half of the total households listing salaries and wages as their main source of income in 2015/16.
Also notable is the Ohangwena Region, one of the poorest in the country, which recorded a large decline in the number of households who listed subsistence farming as main income, down from close to half recorded in 2009/10, to less than a quarter in 2015/16.
The portion of households who depend on grants in this region went up by 13.4 percentage points between 2009/10 and 2015/16. The same trend was recorded in all other regions except for Erongo which showed a drop of 0.2 percentage points to 8.8%.
Other regions that saw declines in the reliance on subsistence farming between the two survey periods are Oshikoto, Oshana, Omusati and Kavango.
In Otjozondjupa, Omaheke, Kunene, Hardap, Erongo, Khomas and //Karas, very few households listed subsistence farming as their main source of income. Save for Kunene, the bulk indicated wages and salaries as primary income sources.
Business income
The highest percentage of households who listed business income as their main source of income are Ohangwena, Oshana, Zambezi, Oshikoto , Kavango West, and Hardap, with more than 10% of households in these regions listing the business pool as the main source of income.
Although Namibia’s total percentage of households who depend on business income increased from the previous survey’s 8.8% to 9.1%, the portion of households who depend on businesses has decreased in the //Karas, Hardap, Erongo, Khomas and Omusati regions.
Overall
Overall, the NHIES survey saw there were 544 655 households in the 14 regions in Namibia, compared to 436 795 recorded in 2009/10.
Total household expenditure in Namibia stood at N$64 billion as compared to the N$28.5 billion recorded in 2009/10.
The average household expenditure was recorded at N$119 000, which is almost double the N$65 000 recorded during the previous survey. Consumption per capita expenditure stood at N$28 434, more than double the amount of N$13 813 and inequality measured on the Gini-coefficient stood at 0.56, down from 0.58 in 2009/10.
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