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Namibia

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Windhoek · pop. 3M · Afrikaans, German, English · Namibian dollar

Trajectories

economic complexity

#98

Sliding in the complexity rankings, from #89 in 2000.

2024 · −0.52

Harvard Growth Lab · thin line is the world’s median
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2000−0.36
2001−0.41−0.05 pts
2002−0.07+0.34 pts
2003−0.06+0.01 pts
2004−0.23−0.17 pts
2005−0.27−0.05 pts
2006−0.31−0.03 pts
2007−0.30+0.01 pts
2008−0.01+0.28 pts
2009high0.14+0.15 pts
2010−0.09−0.23 pts
2011−0.15−0.06 pts
20120.01+0.15 pts
20130.01+0.01 pts
2014−0.03−0.04 pts
2015−0.30−0.27 pts
2016−0.41−0.11 pts
2017−0.37+0.05 pts
2018−0.50−0.13 pts
2019−0.42+0.08 pts
2020−0.53−0.10 pts
2021−0.65−0.12 pts
2022−0.57+0.08 pts
2023low−0.77−0.20 pts
2024latest−0.52+0.25 pts

economic momentum

$4,413

Roughly doubled since 2000. GDP per head in 2024, in current US dollars.

2024 · $4,413

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
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whenvaluechange
1990$2,037
1991$2,117+3.9%
1992$2,347+10.9%
1993$2,155−8.2%
1994$2,356+9.3%
1995$2,483+5.4%
1996$2,423−2.4%
1997$2,460+1.5%
1998$2,235−9.1%
1999$2,178−2.6%
2000$2,157−1.0%
2001$1,916−11.2%
2002low$1,772−7.5%
2003$2,569+45.0%
2004$3,403+32.5%
2005$3,686+8.3%
2006$4,017+9.0%
2007$4,379+9.0%
2008$4,205−4.0%
2009$4,303+2.3%
2010$5,418+25.9%
2011$5,835+7.7%
2012high$5,943+1.8%
2013$5,347−10.0%
2014$5,378+0.6%
2015$4,774−11.2%
2016$4,396−7.9%
2017$5,144+17.0%
2018$5,309+3.2%
2019$4,732−10.9%
2020$3,879−18.0%
2021$4,413+13.8%
2022$4,350−1.4%
2023$4,188−3.7%
2024latest$4,413+5.4%

prices

4.2%

A year’s rise in consumer prices, in 2024. The world’s median was 3.1%.

2024 · 4.2%

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
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whenvaluechange
20037.1%
20044.1%−3.00 pts
20052.3%−1.85 pts
20065.0%+2.68 pts
20076.5%+1.59 pts
20089.1%+2.55 pts
2009high9.5%+0.36 pts
20104.9%−4.58 pts
20115.0%+0.13 pts
20126.7%+1.72 pts
20135.6%−1.12 pts
20145.4%−0.25 pts
20153.4%−1.96 pts
20166.7%+3.33 pts
20176.1%−0.58 pts
20184.3%−1.85 pts
20193.7%−0.57 pts
2020low2.2%−1.51 pts
20213.6%+1.41 pts
20226.1%+2.46 pts
20235.9%−0.20 pts
2024latest4.2%−1.64 pts

demographic curve

3.2 children per woman

Above replacement: still growing. Fell from 6.2 in 1980.

2024 · 3.2

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median · rule marks replacement (2.1)
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whenvaluechange
19606.2
19616.3+0.8%
19626.3+0.9%
19636.4+0.9%
19646.4+0.3%
19656.4+0.3%
19666.5+0.4%
19676.5+0.2%
19686.5+0.3%
19696.5+0.1%
19706.5+0.2%
19716.50.0%
19726.5+0.2%
19736.5+0.1%
1974high6.6+0.2%
19756.5−0.3%
19766.5−0.6%
19776.4−0.8%
19786.4−0.9%
19796.3−1.1%
19806.2−1.2%
19816.2−1.3%
19826.1−1.3%
19836.0−1.4%
19845.9−0.9%
19855.9−1.1%
19865.8−1.4%
19875.7−1.6%
19885.6−1.6%
19895.5−1.6%
19905.4−2.2%
19915.3−2.0%
19925.1−3.5%
19934.9−4.0%
19944.7−4.7%
19954.4−5.5%
19964.2−4.9%
19974.2−0.8%
19984.2+0.2%
19994.1−0.9%
20004.0−3.6%
20013.8−4.1%
20023.7−3.5%
20033.6−3.1%
20043.5−1.0%
20053.6+0.7%
20063.6+0.8%
20073.6+0.2%
20083.6+0.2%
20093.6+0.5%
20103.7+0.7%
20113.70.0%
20123.7+0.5%
20133.7−0.6%
20143.6−0.5%
20153.6−0.9%
20163.6−0.8%
20173.5−1.8%
20183.5−1.4%
20193.4−1.7%
20203.3−1.6%
20213.3−1.4%
20223.2−1.7%
20233.2−1.1%
2024latest3.20.0%

Metrics

  1. population
    3M
    138 of 176
    REST Countries · UN data
  2. gdp
    $12B
    143 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  3. gdp per capita
    $4,188
    104 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  4. military spending
    $339M
    109 of 151
    SIPRI via World Bank
  5. military % of gdp
    2.7%
    29 of 148
    SIPRI via World Bank
  6. area
    826K km²
    35 of 176
    REST Countries
  7. population density
    3.6 /km²
    170 of 176
    zuhd — derived from population and area
  8. life expectancy
    67.4 yr
    134 of 175
    World Bank · latest available
  9. internet access
    64%
    111 of 166
    ITU via World Bank
  10. co₂ per capita
    1.2 t
    108 of 163
    World Bank · Climate Watch
  11. urbanisation
    50%
    120 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  12. fertility rate
    3.2
    46 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  13. foreign-born share
    3.8%
    88 of 167
    World Bank · UN DESA
  14. remittances % of gdp
    0.7%
    109 of 155
    World Bank · IMF BOP
  15. r&d % of gdp
    0.6%
    56 of 123
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  16. researchers per million
    225
    84 of 118
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  17. scientific articles / yr
    220
    118 of 168
    NSF / World Bank
  18. high-tech exports %
    0%
    151 of 153
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
  19. youth unemployment
    38%
    158 of 166
    ILO via World Bank
  20. adult literacy
    88%
    62 of 109
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  21. democracy (v-dem)
    0.52
    55 of 163
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
  22. clean government
    49
    51 of 164
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
  23. press freedom
    19.7
    22 of 163
    RSF via Our World in Data
  24. human development
    0.665
    112 of 164
    UNDP via Our World in Data
  25. refugees hosted
    5.3K
    103 of 150
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
  26. refugees produced
    646
    102 of 152
    UNHCR via Our World in Data