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Namibia — statistics

All indicators in the section for Namibia — the latest available values with the year shown. Click an indicator to see the trend over time and the world rank.

327 indicators Region: Sub-Saharan Africa Subregion: Southern Africa Income group: Upper middle income ISO: NAM
Indicator Value Year Source
Population people 3.09M 2025 UN DESA
Life expectancy at birth years 67.5 2024 UN DESA
Total fertility rate births 3.21 2024 UN DESA
Crude birth rate per 1,000 25.9 2024 UN DESA
Crude death rate per 1,000 6.2 2024 UN DESA
Population growth % 2.05 2025 UN DESA
Urban population share % 50.9 2025 UN DESA
Urban population people 1.57M 2025 UN DESA
Rural population share % 49.1 2025 UN DESA
Population density per km² 3.6 2023 World Bank
Share of population aged 65 and over % 3.8 2025 UN DESA
Share of population under 15 % 36.7 2025 UN DESA
Age dependency ratio per 100 67.9 2025 UN DESA
Net migration people 1,866 2025 UN DESA
Share of women in the population % 51.17 2025 UN DESA
Male population people 1.51M 2025 UN DESA
Female population people 1.58M 2025 UN DESA
Children under 15 people 1.13M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 15–64 people 1.84M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 65 and over people 117,312 2025 UN DESA
Male life expectancy years 63.45 2024 UN DESA
Female life expectancy years 71.48 2024 UN DESA
Adolescent fertility rate per 1,000 65.9 2024 UN DESA
Contraceptive use % 56.1 2013 UN DESA
Rural population people 1.52M 2025 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
Number of immigrants people 116,035 2024 UN DESA
Share of immigrants in the population % 3.8 2024 UN DESA
Refugees by country of asylum people 5,258 2024 UNHCR
Refugees by country of origin people 646 2024 UNHCR
Refugees per 100,000 people per 100k 173.5 2024 UNHCR
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people per 100k 43.5 2024 UNHCR
Indicator Value Year Source
Tuberculosis incidence per 100k 422 2024 WHO
HIV prevalence % 9 2024 WHO
People living with HIV people 220,000 2024 WHO
New HIV infections per 1,000 2.6 2024 WHO
HIV-related deaths people 3,200 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis cases people 13,000 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis deaths people 1,600 2024 WHO
Malaria deaths people 32 2024 WHO
Malaria death rate per 100k 0.57 2021 WHO
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases % 23.1 2021 WHO
Indicator Value Year Source
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 36.4 2024 WHO
Under-five mortality rate per 1,000 39.5 2024 WHO
Maternal mortality ratio per 100k 139 2023 WHO
Suicide mortality rate per 100k 8.6 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases % 29.9 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from infections % 56.1 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from injuries % 7.1 2021 WHO
Road traffic death rate per 100k 34.8 2019 WHO
Road traffic deaths people 557 2021 WHO
Air pollution death rate per 100k 142.5 2019 WHO
Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation per 100k 28.8 2019 WHO
Poisoning death rate per 100k 1.38 2021 WHO
Healthy life expectancy years 52.8 2021 WHO
Adult mortality rate, male per 1,000 302.3 2024 UN DESA
Adult mortality rate, female per 1,000 170.9 2024 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
GDP US$ 15.08B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita US$ 4,876 2025 World Bank
GDP growth % 1.73 2025 World Bank
GDP at purchasing power parity int$ 37.07B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita at PPP int$ 11,986 2025 World Bank
GNI per capita US$ 4,340 2025 World Bank
Consumer price inflation % 3.51 2025 World Bank
GDP deflator % 6.06 2025 World Bank
Industry share of GDP % 28.9 2025 World Bank
Manufacturing share of GDP % 10 2025 World Bank
Agriculture share of GDP % 7 2025 World Bank
Services share of GDP % 55 2025 World Bank
Household consumption (% of GDP) % 78.3 2025 World Bank
Government consumption (% of GDP) % 22.3 2025 World Bank
Gross capital formation (% of GDP) % 18.7 2025 World Bank
GDP (IMF) bn US$ 22.5 2031 IMF
Real GDP growth (IMF) % 3 2031 IMF
GDP per capita at PPP (IMF) int$ 14,719 2031 IMF
Inflation, average consumer prices (IMF) % 3 2031 IMF
GDP in constant prices US$ 2015 12.43B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita in constant prices US$ 2015 4,019 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita growth % -0.33 2025 World Bank
Share of world GDP % 0.018 2031 IMF
Gross national income US$ 14.17B 2025 World Bank
Industry value added US$ 4.37B 2025 World Bank
Manufacturing value added US$ 1.51B 2025 World Bank
Agriculture value added US$ 1.05B 2025 World Bank
Services value added US$ 8.29B 2025 World Bank
Household consumption US$ 11.8B 2025 World Bank
Government consumption in US dollars US$ 3.36B 2025 World Bank
Gross capital formation in US dollars US$ 2.82B 2025 World Bank
Gross national savings % 9.5 2024 World Bank
Consumer price index index 202.75 2025 World Bank
End-of-period inflation % 3 2031 IMF
GDP per capita (IMF) US$ 6,614 2031 IMF
GNI at purchasing power parity int$ 34.83B 2025 World Bank
PPP conversion factor per int$ 7.277 2025 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Government debt % 75.7 2031 IMF
Tax revenue (% of GDP) % 33.87 2024 World Bank
Government revenue % 35.56 2024 World Bank
Government expense % 36.16 2023 World Bank
Budget balance % -5.3 2031 IMF
Indicator Value Year Source
Cereal production t 153,012 2023 FAO
Cereal yield kg/ha 451 2023 FAO
Food production index index 100.5 2022 FAO
Livestock production index index 91.3 2022 FAO
Agricultural land share % 47.14 2023 FAO
Arable land share % 0.97 2023 FAO
Arable land per capita ha/person 0.27 2023 FAO
Fertilizer use kg/ha 27.1 2023 FAO
Agricultural land km² 388,120 2023 FAO
Arable land ha 800,000 2023 FAO
Land under cereal production ha 339,089 2023 FAO
Crop production index index 116.3 2022 FAO
Indicator Value Year Source
Forest cover % 7.81 2023 FAO
Forest area km² 64,259 2023 FAO
Protected areas % 24.4 2025 World Bank
Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources % 1.67 2022 FAO
PM2.5 air pollution µg/m³ 14.2 2023 WHO
Land area km² 823,290 2023 FAO
Surface area km² 824,290 2023 FAO
Renewable water resources km³ 6 2022 FAO
Water resources per capita m³/person 2,132 2022 FAO
Freshwater withdrawal km³ 0 2022 FAO
Population living in slums % 41.4 2022 World Bank
Population below five meters above sea level % 0.19 2015 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Renewables share of final energy consumption % 30 2021 World Bank
Primary energy consumption quad Btu 0.065 2024 EIA
Energy consumption per capita MMBtu 21.4 2024 EIA
Primary energy production quad Btu 0.005 2024 EIA
Coal production Mtoe 0 2024 EIA
Natural gas production bn m³ 0 2024 EIA
Oil production kb/d 0 2025 EIA
Indicator Value Year Source
Air passengers carried people 60,304 2023 World Bank
Aircraft departures departures 2,960 2023 World Bank
Air freight traffic M t-km 0 2021 World Bank
Container port traffic TEU 171,151 2024 UNCTAD
Logistics performance index score 2.9 2022 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Internet users % 64.87 2024 ITU
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 85.2 2024 ITU
Fixed broadband internet per 100 2.83 2024 ITU
Fixed telephone lines per 100 2.55 2024 ITU
Secure internet servers per 1M 427 2024 World Bank
ICT service exports % 2.02 2024 UNCTAD
ICT service exports, US$ US$ 26.03M 2024 World Bank
Number of mobile subscriptions subs 2.58M 2024 ITU
Number of fixed broadband subscriptions subs 85,893 2024 ITU
Indicator Value Year Source
Human development index index 0.665 2023 UNDP
Gender development index ratio 1.011 2023 UNDP
Gender inequality index index 0.448 2023 UNDP
Corruption perceptions index score 49 2024 Transparency Intl
Human capital index index 0.45 2020 World Bank

Values are given for the most recent year for which the source publishes data on this territory, so the years differ from indicator to indicator. Units of measurement are shown next to the indicator name.

Southern Africa