Namibia — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for Namibia, 1980–2025.
GDP for Namibia was 15.08 billion in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 46 years, from 1980 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 1.61 billion in 1985 (about 9.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 4.15% per year.
Namibia ranks 147 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 69%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 19.93 billion, so Namibia sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 33%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 29 of 47 economies; Malawi (14.92 billion) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 47% in 2003. That is 20% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1980 level: doubled by 2003. Doubling roughly every 17 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 97th of 163 in 1980 → 127th of 192 in 1990 → 127th of 204 in 2000 → 129th of 212 in 2010 → 143rd of 210 in 2020 → 140th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1980 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15,080,340,653.53 | +10.6% |
| 2024 | 13,641,190,683.46 | +8.9% |
| 2023 | 12,522,012,873.8 | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 12,569,449,123.37 | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 12,402,486,183.64 | +17.2% |
| 2020 | 10,583,748,541.53 | -15.6% |
| 2019 | 12,541,928,303.48 | -8.3% |
| 2018 | 13,682,019,076.4 | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 12,895,153,370.91 | +20.3% |
| 2016 | 10,722,018,732.09 | -5.4% |
| 2015 | 11,335,161,083.51 | -8.8% |
| 2014 | 12,435,430,969.63 | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 12,043,307,277.12 | -7.7% |
| 2012 | 13,042,053,591.69 | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 12,523,359,440.55 | +9.6% |
| 2010 | 11,431,412,421.13 | +27.9% |
| 2009 | 8,938,847,189.08 | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 8,607,431,497.49 | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 8,839,536,476 | +10.5% |
| 2006 | 8,001,779,551.06 | +10.4% |
| 2005 | 7,248,374,837.72 | +9.7% |
| 2004 | 6,609,205,994.77 | +34.2% |
| 2003 | 4,926,439,383.51 | +47.1% |
| 2002 | 3,349,169,826.39 | -5.9% |
| 2001 | 3,557,341,215.15 | -9.3% |
| 2000 | 3,922,232,164.83 | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 3,868,551,730.39 | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 3,873,109,865.56 | -6.8% |
| 1997 | 4,154,989,950 | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 3,989,163,196.57 | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 3,978,514,206.31 | +8.5% |
| 1994 | 3,666,503,529.63 | +12.8% |
| 1993 | 3,251,188,833.15 | -5.2% |
| 1992 | 3,429,521,699.4 | +14.4% |
| 1991 | 2,996,869,281.48 | +7.4% |
| 1990 | 2,789,921,853.53 | +10.1% |
| 1989 | 2,535,135,797.51 | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 2,495,094,746.44 | +8.5% |
| 1987 | 2,300,068,216.97 | +27.1% |
| 1986 | 1,809,048,527.11 | +12.5% |
| 1985 | 1,608,237,350.44 | -17.6% |
| 1984 | 1,951,260,037.95 | -15.1% |
| 1983 | 2,297,400,687.55 | +8.4% |
| 1982 | 2,118,710,248.33 | -5.8% |
| 1981 | 2,249,908,578.03 | -7.1% |
| 1980 | 2,421,990,338.12 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Namibia’s GDP in 1981?
2,249,908,578.03 (1981). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Namibia’s GDP figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Namibia’s GDP growing or shrinking?
Between 1980 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +522.6% in total — about 4.1% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 15,080,340,653.53; 2024: 13,641,190,683.46; 2023: 12,522,012,873.8; 2022: 12,569,449,123.37; 2021: 12,402,486,183.64. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.