Namibia
Namibia in numbers — 19 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
Namibia recorded GDP per capita: 4,876 (2025), ranking 141 of 212 worldwide; Population: 3.09 million (2025), ranking 136 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 67.5 (2024), ranking 172 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: 3.51% (2025), ranking 82 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, GDP (PPP) shows the largest increase (+599%) and Inflation the largest decrease (-51%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
Across the measures below it sits below the world median on slightly more than half. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 6 of 19 comparable series are higher and 13 are lower.
Its population of 3.09 million (2025) makes it a smaller population by the standards of this dataset.
All 19 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | 15,080,340,653.53 | 2025 | +522.6% |
| GDP per capita | 4,875.93 | 2025 | +97.6% |
| GDP growth | 1.73% | 2025 | +78.1% |
| Population | 3,092,816 | 2025 | +422.9% |
| Population growth | 2.05% | 2025 | +5.4% |
| Urban population | 50.87% | 2025 | +117.4% |
| Life expectancy | 67.52 | 2024 | +39.1% |
| Infant mortality | 36.4 | 2024 | -38.9% |
| CO2 per capita | 1.2 | 2024 | +23.3% |
| GDP (PPP) | 37,069,626,686.08 | 2025 | +598.5% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 11,985.72 | 2025 | +209.3% |
| Labor participation | 58.84% | 2025 | +6.8% |
| Unemployment | 19.29% | 2025 | +0.8% |
| Electricity access | 59.3% | 2024 | +124.6% |
| Internet users | 64.87% | 2024 | — |
| Inflation | 3.51% | 2025 | -50.8% |
| Education spending | 9.08% | 2024 | +27.4% |
| Forest area | 7.81% | 2023 | -26.7% |
| Health spending | 9.48% | 2023 | -5.6% |