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Government consumption (% of GDP) — Namibia

Government consumption (% of GDP) in Namibia in 2025 — 22.3%. Ranked 22 in the world out of 132. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 8.1 pp.

2025 22.3% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 22of 132
Period maximum 27.9%2013
Period minimum 14.2%1980

Trend over time

1980–2025 · % of GDP

Government consumption (% of GDP) — Namibia, 1980–2025101520253019801985199019952000200520102015202020251980: 14.2%1981: 20.7%1982: 21.6%1983: 22.2%1984: 22.3%1985: 22%1986: 23%1987: 24.6%1988: 23.4%1989: 22%1990: 23.5%1991: 25.4%1992: 26.7%1993: 25.8%1994: 23.4%1995: 24.8%1996: 24.8%1997: 24.7%1998: 24.2%1999: 24.8%2000: 23.4%2001: 22.8%2002: 21.6%2003: 22.2%2004: 20.4%2005: 19.3%2006: 19.4%2007: 23.6%2008: 21.5%2009: 23.6%2010: 25.2%2011: 22.9%2012: 25%2013: 27.9%2014: 27.7%2015: 27.2%2016: 27%2017: 25.6%2018: 25.4%2019: 25.6%2020: 26.5%2021: 25.1%2022: 23%2023: 21.8%2024: 22.3%2025: 22.3%
Change over the period: +8.1 pp Annual average: 0.18 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Namibia

Namibia 22.3%
Sub-Saharan Africa 17%
Southern Africa computed 19.6%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 14.5%
Government consumption (% of GDP) — Namibia, by year Namibia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 22.3 +0 pp
2024 22.3 +0.4 pp
2023 21.8 −1.2 pp
2022 23 −2 pp
2021 25.1 −1.4 pp
2020 26.5 +0.9 pp
2019 25.6 +0.2 pp
2018 25.4 −0.2 pp
2017 25.6 −1.4 pp
2016 27 −0.2 pp
2015 27.2 −0.5 pp
2014 27.7 −0.2 pp
2013 27.9 +3 pp
2012 25 +2.1 pp
2011 22.9 −2.3 pp
2010 25.2 +1.6 pp
2009 23.6 +2 pp
2008 21.5 −2.1 pp
2007 23.6 +4.1 pp
2006 19.4 +0.2 pp
2005 19.3 −1.1 pp
2004 20.4 −1.9 pp
2003 22.2 +0.7 pp
2002 21.6 −1.2 pp
2001 22.8 −0.7 pp
2000 23.4 −1.3 pp
1999 24.8 +0.5 pp
1998 24.2 −0.5 pp
1997 24.7 −0.1 pp
1996 24.8 −0.1 pp
1995 24.8 +1.4 pp
1994 23.4 −2.4 pp
1993 25.8 −0.9 pp
1992 26.7 +1.3 pp
1991 25.4 +1.9 pp
1990 23.5 +1.5 pp
1989 22 −1.4 pp
1988 23.4 −1.2 pp
1987 24.6 +1.6 pp
1986 23 +1.1 pp
1985 22 −0.4 pp
1984 22.3 +0.1 pp
1983 22.2 +0.6 pp
1982 21.6 +0.9 pp
1981 20.7 +6.5 pp
1980 14.2 —

Southern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

LS Lesotho 36.4 BW Botswana 31.5 NA Namibia 22.3 ZA South Africa 18.9
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About the indicator

General government final consumption expenditure as a percent of GDP: compensation of public employees, purchases of goods and services for delivering public services, and spending on defense and security. It leaves out public investment and social transfers, so the indicator is lower than the overall size of the budget.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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