Namibia: All Indicators
The complete set of World Bank development indicators with data for Namibia — 264 indicators across 11 categories. Each links to its full trend, ranking, and download page.
Agriculture (10)
Arable land (% of land area)
2023
0.97
Arable land (hectares per person)
2023
0.27
Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.20
Rural land area (sq. km)
2015
827,174.29
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.20
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
1,661.37
Surface area (sq. km)
2023
824,290.00
Urban land area (sq. km)
2015
342.32
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.00
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
3.45
Economy (35)
Adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth)
2021
-4.46
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)
2021
1.51
Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI)
2021
12.73
Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI)
2021
8.92
Adjusted savings: energy depletion (% of GNI)
2021
0.00
Adjusted savings: mineral depletion (% of GNI)
2021
2.18
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)
2024
7.29
Coal rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2024
41.64
Forest rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.86
GDP (constant 2015 US$)
2024
12.22B
GDP (current US$)
2024
13.37B
GDP growth (annual %)
2024
3.71
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
2024
4,034.35
GDP per capita (current US$)
2024
4,413.13
GDP per capita growth (annual %)
2024
1.42
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2024
10,281.34
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $)
2024
11,686.60
GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2024
31.15B
GDP, PPP (current international $)
2024
35.41B
GNI (current US$)
2024
12.93B
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)
2024
4,240.00
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)
2024
11,300.00
GNI, Atlas method (current US$)
2024
12.84B
GNI, PPP (current international $)
2024
34.23B
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2024
67.98
Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP)
2024
28.86
Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)
2024
3.25
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
2024
4.24
Mineral rents (% of GDP)
2021
3.17
Natural gas rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Oil rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Services, value added (% of GDP)
2024
54.46
Total natural resources rents (% of GDP)
2021
4.03
Trade (% of GDP)
2024
109.63
Education (8)
Compulsory education, duration (years)
2025
7.00
Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)
2024
9.08
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
2023
87.64
Preprimary education, duration (years)
2025
2.00
Primary education, duration (years)
2025
7.00
School enrollment, primary (% gross)
2024
120.72
School enrollment, secondary (% gross)
2024
81.96
Secondary education, duration (years)
2025
5.00
Energy (10)
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population)
2023
48.00
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population)
2023
13.50
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population)
2023
71.35
Access to electricity (% of population)
2023
56.70
Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)
2023
34.10
Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)
2023
75.00
Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)
2023
1,232.16
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)
2021
25.58
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)
2021
365.30M
Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)
2021
93.37
Environment (45)
Bird species, threatened
2022
33.00
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
192.31
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
3.65
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
1.20
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.02
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.23
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.37
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.03
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.99
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e)
2023
-110.71
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)
2024
0.30
Fish species, threatened
2022
47.00
Mammal species, threatened
2022
15.00
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
100.88
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
7.82
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
6.32
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.03
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.10
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.01
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.36
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
65.71
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
2.41
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
2.22
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.01
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.01
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.11
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.02
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.03
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)
2020
19.99
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)
2017
100.00
Plant species (higher), threatened
2022
49.00
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)
2023
3.60
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
0.19
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
0.08
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)
2025
24.40
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)
2025
39.90
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
115.49
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
14.21
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
4.69
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
0.11
Health & Population (109)
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
2024
65.95
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
2024
68.50
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
2024
6.19
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
2024
62.31
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin
2024
897.00
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
25.89
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)
2021
56.15
Cause of death, by injury (% of total)
2021
7.11
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)
2021
29.92
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total)
2021
6.83
Current health expenditure (% of GDP)
2023
9.48
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
6.18
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79)
2024
5.30
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
2024
3.21
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
2009
2.70
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
74.00
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children)
2024
74.00
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
79.00
International migrant stock (% of population)
2024
3.80
International migrant stock, total
2024
116,035.00
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
2024
71.48
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
2024
63.45
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
2024
67.52
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)
2023
0.44
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country)
2023
225.00
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)
2023
139.00
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population)
2019
34.80
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)
2021
23.10
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)
2021
22.10
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)
2021
24.60
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)
2019
142.50
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)
2019
109.30
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)
2019
192.40
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)
2021
1.38
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
1.33
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
1.43
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)
2019
28.80
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
2024
170.87
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
2024
302.25
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
2024
36.40
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
32.60
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
40.00
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
2024
21.40
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
2024
39.50
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
35.40
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
43.40
Net migration
2025
1,866.00
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years
2024
211.00
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years
2024
335.00
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years
2024
597.00
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years
2024
273.00
Number of infant deaths
2024
2,808.00
Number of maternal deaths
2023
110.00
Number of neonatal deaths
2024
1,676.00
Number of under-five deaths
2024
3,038.00
People practicing open defecation (% of population)
2024
34.68
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)
2024
86.51
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population)
2024
38.72
Physicians (per 1,000 people)
2022
0.55
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
2024
36.98
Population ages 0-14, female
2024
562,511.00
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population)
2024
36.28
Population ages 0-14, male
2024
558,023.00
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population)
2024
37.71
Population ages 0-14, total
2024
1.12M
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
2024
59.35
Population ages 15-64, female
2024
917,853.00
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)
2024
59.20
Population ages 15-64, male
2024
880,448.00
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population)
2024
59.50
Population ages 15-64, total
2024
1.80M
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2024
3.67
Population ages 65 and above, female
2024
69,961.00
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)
2024
4.51
Population ages 65 and above, male
2024
41,334.00
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population)
2024
2.79
Population ages 65 and above, total
2024
111,295.00
Population growth (annual %)
2024
2.24
Population, female
2024
1.55M
Population, female (% of total population)
2024
51.16
Population, male
2024
1.48M
Population, male (% of total population)
2024
48.84
Population, total
2024
3.03M
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months)
2019
46.10
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
24.70
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%)
2023
28.30
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
24.90
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000)
2024
3.20
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000)
2024
5.90
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000)
2024
3.60
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000)
2024
11.40
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
2025
42.31
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin
2024
646.00
Rural population
2024
1.50M
Rural population (% of total population)
2024
49.59
Rural population growth (annual %)
2024
1.33
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births)
2024
1.01
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)
2021
8.59
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
3.57
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
13.86
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)
2024
73.01
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)
2024
57.49
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age)
2020
5.05
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age)
2020
1.66
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age)
2020
8.79
UHC service coverage index
2023
66.00
Urban population
2024
1.53M
Urban population (% of total population)
2024
50.41
Urban population growth (annual %)
2024
3.14
Labor & Business (6)
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
22.34
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
21.33
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
23.30
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
54.92
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
63.04
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
19.29
Poverty & Inequality (2)
Public Sector (2)
Technology (4)
Trade & Finance (33)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)
2024
14.47
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
2024
1.93B
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)
2024
0.12
Merchandise exports (current US$)
2024
6.54B
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
5.68B
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
4.28
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
30.98
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
12.63
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.05
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.05
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.05
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.91
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
55.35
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
13.67
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
55.35
Merchandise imports (current US$)
2024
8.88B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
7.19B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
10.93
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
32.55
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
12.58
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.49
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
3.94
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.30
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
7.06
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
43.07
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
24.38
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
43.07
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)
2024
115.36
Net ODA received (% of GNI)
2023
2.30
Personal remittances, paid (current US$)
2024
80.92M
Real interest rate (%)
2024
7.46
Data sourced from the World Bank Open Data portal. Values represent the most recent available year for each indicator. NULL or missing values indicate data is suppressed, not collected, or not applicable.