Passage: Under a much broader definition (including people that have given up searching for employment) two different studies determined the unemployment rate to be 36.7% (2004) and 51.2% (2008), respectively. This estimate considers people in the Informal sector as employed. 72% of jobless people have been unemployed for two years or more. Labour and Social Welfare Minister Immanuel Ngatjizeko praised the 2008 study as "by far superior in scope and quality to any that has been available previously", but its methodology has also received criticism. The total number of formally employed people stood at 400,000 in 1997 and fell 330,000 in 2008, according to a government survey. The NSA 2012 study counted 396,000 formal employees. Of annually 25,000 school leavers only 8,000 gain formal employment-largely a result of a failed Education in Namibia.
How many annual school leavers do not gain formal employment? How many fewer people were employed in 2008 than in 1997? How many more people were employed in 1997 than in 2008? How many percent higher was the unemployment rate in 2008 compared to 2004? How many percent higher was the unemployment rate in 2008 than it was in 2004? Were more people employed in 1997 or 2008? Which year had a higher unemployment rate: 2004 or 2008?